Part 1 – The Light That Tests Us & Ham the Enlightener
Mr. Dumond has done an incredible amount of study of the Holy Scriptures and the Biblical Calendar. I am posting this FIVE part series for those who wish to dive deep into the Word and understand truth. You may not agree with all that he has to say but you will be challenged to seek the Father diligently in order to understand truth.
When I look at the record of creation, I see that Yehovah formed light before He formed the luminaries. The light came first—a spiritual illumination that reveals, separates, and tests. From the beginning, light was never only about visibility; it was about discernment. Yehovah divided light from darkness so that His people would learn the difference between obedience and rebellion.
Every generation is tried by light. Adam was tested by what looked good to the eyes, Israel by the manna that fell six days but not on the seventh, and our own generation by the dazzling lights of religion, entertainment, and man-made festivals that claim to honour Him but are not commanded in His Torah.
The Counterfeit Light
The first counterfeit “light-bearer” after the Flood was Ham. His very name in Hebrew—Cham—comes from the root meaning “hot,” “burning,” or “sun-heated.” Egypt later remembered this ancestor as Khem or Chem, the name that still clings to the land in the word Kemet, “the Black (sun-baked) Land.” [1] The nations turned that meaning of heat and brightness into worship of the sun itself. Thus, Ham, the father of Egypt, became to them the first “enlightener,” the one whose light was not the light of Yehovah but of the burning orb in the sky.
The Scripture refers to Egypt as “the land of Ham” (Psalm 105:23; 106:22 MKJV). From that same root, the Egyptians built the cult of Ra and Amun-Ra, the rising and setting fire that they said gave life to the Nile. What had begun as a man’s name meaning “warmth” became a god of blazing rebellion.
Psa 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob resided in the land of Ham.
Psa 106:21 They forgot God their Deliverer, who had done great things in Egypt;
Psa 106:22 wonderful works in the land of Ham, fearful things by the Red Sea.
Uncovering the Father’s Nakedness
Genesis 9 records that Ham “saw the nakedness of his father.” In Hebrew, this idiom means more than looking upon a body; it means uncovering a father’s wife and his authority—stripping away his covering and seizing what was not given. Ham’s act was not curiosity but insubordination. He brought dishonour to the covenant head of the new world. He had a sexual relationship with his mother and gave birth to Canaan, whom Noah curses. Cush also had sex with her as did Nimrod when he came to power.
Lev 18:8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
Lev 20:11 And the man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be on them.
From that rebellion sprang a pattern: whenever men throw off the covering Yehovah places, they replace it with their own “light.” They interpret, explain, and prophesy without His Spirit. They invent festivals to honour the Creator with what He never commanded. Ham’s enlightenment was the first humanistic illumination, a torch lit from strange fire.
The Birth of Solar Worship
The nations descending from Ham carried his symbol. Mizraim (Egypt) raised obelisks shaped like rays; Cush and Nimrod built towers to reach the heavens; Canaan filled his hills with high places. Yehovah had warned that such things would come:
“And take heed, lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you be driven to worship them and serve them, which Yehovah your Elohim has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.” — Deuteronomy 4:19 (MKJV) [2]
This was not merely a prohibition; it was an observation of the human heart. The Creator knew that men would look at light and desire it more than the Source of light. Egypt, Babylon, and every empire after them repeated Ham’s choice: they built civilizations on the worship of illumination rather than obedience.
The Test of Light
I often tell readers that Yehovah’s commands are tests. He gives a command not because He needs it kept but because He wants to reveal hearts. The tree in Eden was a test of loyalty; the manna in the wilderness was a test of trust:
“Then said Yehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or no.” — Exodus 16:4 (MKJV) [3]
Yehovah stopped the manna on the seventh day. The people chose to go instead, and they found none, so that their disobedience might be exposed. Light always tests. Every revelation is an examination.
Today, the same pattern stands. The world keeps festivals of its own making—festivals of lights, of candles, of suns—and says they honour the Creator. But the question remains: Who commanded them? The true Light of the world does not need the light of men’s inventions to confirm His glory. He tests whether we will walk by His word or by our own reasoning.
Footnotes – Part 1
- TP 16 Aug 2014.docx, p. 3 – discussion of Ham as Khem, “hot,” and Egypt as “land of Ham.”
- The-Torah-Calendar v1.71-Home-Printable.pdf, Deut 4:19 exegesis on sun-worship.
- Exodus 16:4 (MKJV).
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