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Hi, I have just got to add my 2 cents worth here.

I’m joining my comment to this teaching on: Noah cursed, and it caused great harm. It did not reflect God’s ways but rather the fallen human nature, in opposition to God’s character and intent. That’s a brief summary of what I hear in episode 52.

Now I want to go ahead in time to the establishment of the twelve tribes if Israel. To establish something God could bless, I see a reversal of what Noah did….I see the engaging of the principles of repentance and forgiveness as laying a necessary foundation for moving forward as the people of God.

Joseph’s brothers hurt him, Benjamin, and their father through their anger that they were treated badly while he was given special status. They sinned in a cruel way towards Joseph. Joseph was deeply hurt by what they did. Yet in the end they showed the depth of their repentance, and Joseph extended his heart and forgave them, genuinely. (…Another brief summary).

(A brief note, lots of bible commentators are harsh on the Joseph’s brothers. It helps to look at them with more compassion than traditional thinking affords them).

The story is a great example of how people can hurt each other in families, especially with favouritism. And is illustrates the principle in the Lord’s prayer ‘forgive us our sins (repentance) as we forgive those who sin against us (forgiveness).

As a conclusion, Israel could never have been established with its twelve tribes if this reconciliation did not happen. The forming of Israel as a nation depended on it. that is very significant.

Back to Noah, he could’ve repented to his son for his outburst. Ham could’ve forgiven his father, and it could’ve all been resolved using principles of God’s Kingdom, and the division would not have persisted. God’s prescription for repentance and forgiveness are His antidote for division, and destruction of relationships. Noah and his sons didn’t know that, and the rest is history, as outlined on the channel. The LRM of WL cannot avoid ongoing division unless they do it God’s way. God’s way works, as you can see from the story of Joseph, and is clearly instructed in the new testament.

By ‘cursing’ dissenters the LRM are acting in spiritual blindness and are validating the flesh as described by Cal. Noah didn’t know better, he wasn’t provided a new testament copy of the bible!!. But we don't have that excuse anymore, and neither does the LRM.