WALKING BACKWARDS

Previously:

"We are born into this "Natural World" in this order: BODY, SOUL AND THEN SPIRIT. Our first home is the Natural or physical realm. But when we become "Born-again", we are born anew as SPIRIT SOUL AND THEN BODY, contrary and BACKWARD to this natural world."

WHEN WE BECOME "BORN-AGAIN" OUR TRIUNE ORDER IS REVERSED, BACKWARDS TO THE NATURAL REALM! THE FIRST MENTION OF WALKING BACKWARDS IS IN GENESIS 9:18 

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Immediately after the flood, the first story that was recorded was that Ham had defiled his father.

Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Look at the recorded response of Ham's 2 brothers

Genesis 9:23-27 NKJV

But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."

And he said: "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant. May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant."

We can gather that Shem and Japheth somehow knew that looking upon their fathers "Nakedness" was wrong or "evil". This is a mystery, but in the blessing and the curse that Noah spoke over his sons there are CLUES.

I "SEE" that Ham Japheth and Shem are a prophetic picture of our triune nature BODY SOUL AND SPIRIT. From these 3 all the descendants of the earth are born of, but individually they represent:

SHEM -REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF A PERSON

JAPHETH -REPRESENTS THE SOUL OF A PERSON

HAM/CANAAN -REPRESENTS THE PHYSICAL BODY OF A PERSON

 Note several things here. Japheth does not have have his own TENT, he may dwell in the tent of Shem (SPIRIT). Japheth may be ENLARGED. Our soul can grow in knowledge wisdom and understanding. The spirit BODY is unchanging. And also, it was Ham who sinned, but his son Canaan was cursed because it is a prophetic FUTURE WORD which applies to the "Born-again" spirit which occurred with the coming of Jesus.

As spirit filled Believers, we are cursed when we walk in the NATURAL way of this world, but we are BLESSED when we walk BACKWARDS to the way of this world, IN THE SPIRIT.

Galatians 5:16

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. [18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

After our "Born-Again" experience, we have the ability to WALK BACKWARD (In the spirit - SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY)

When I first saw this, I was amazed and wondered if there was more evidence to further establish this truth. Then I discovered that FATHER ABRAHAM who is our great father of FAITH, is the descendant of SHEM (SPIRIT) and thru Abraham came Jesus.

Prophetically "Tents" represent a movable dwelling. Our PHYSICAL BODY allows us (Our SOUL) to navigate the NATRUAL REALM, and our SPIRIT BODY allows us (Our SOUL) to navigate the SPIRIT REALM. It is with our Spirit Body that we live eternally in Heaven, or in Hell, our spirit body and soul are ETERNAL. This is God's design that we may know Him.

Romans 8:4

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

The New Testament at first seems almost completely void of Walking BACKWARD, unless you take into account that the word "REPENT" means to turn and walk "BACKWARD".

REPENT is used 64 times in the New Testament (KJV) and means the same thing, "to walk in the spirit".

To get a better picture of our two "bodies", our physical body and our spirit body and that our SOUL (personality, identity) can walk by the Flesh, or in the Spirit, lets SEE the first Passover.

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