Noah

Many report Ham as being the first black, but read Genesis 9:25-27 carefully and you will see two major holes in this claim. First, it is Canaan, not Ham, that Noah curses. Second, he is cursed to be his brothers’ servant. Nowhere is skin color mentioned as a part of this punishment. The identity of the first black remains a mystery.

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French call drunkards “A friend of the grape�. Charming isn’t it? Sounds so much more pleasant than drunk or alcoholic. And who was the first “friend of the grape�? Noah. Noah saved the human race, planted the first vineyard and became the first recorded instance of a human getting drunk. Which, of course, led to Ham discovering his father’s nakedness in the tent and bringing a huge curse upon his son. All because he just happened to stumble upon this “friend of the grape� lying in repose in his tent.

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For years I wondered why the raven was ignored in the story of Noah’s ark. My pastor recently explained to me that it was because the dove brought back evidence that the flood waters were abating while the raven never returned.
The dove is not merely a symbol of peace, it is a messenger of hope, bringing news that God remembers us during our trials just as He did Noah.

Anne Provoost on Bill Myers’s Faith and Reason brought up a very interesting and valid observation.

A God who brought about the flood and killed every human being on the planet, including small children etc can’t be trusted. His selection of Noah as the one to survive was a mistake as Noah is not shown to be such an ethical and moral person after the flood is over. There must surely have been better people that the “Lord� could have “saved�.

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