In the Book of Habakkuk you will see why people get other people drunk and their intentions. It says that they force their cup upon them so that they can gloat over their nakedness and shame. In the Book of Proverbs chapter 31 it says that the reason people drink is because they are either in anguish or they are perishing. Basically, they are miserable on the inside, so they drink to escape reality. These people are losing hope and trying to deal with realities in their lives. They are not necessarily bad people, they have real problems with no solutions, sometimes they drink or do drugs long enough that they become addicted and now they have compounded their problems. Now in Habakkuk you see that people are taking advantage of these peoples issues in life. They are like predators that are attacking their prey, they look for their victims and either use alcohol or drugs to get more personal information about them for whatever their perverted agenda is that they have schemed up in their evil hearts. This is how evil works. Satan has perverted God’s creation for evil. Alcohol was meant for pleasure, not evil. It was not to be consumed in such amounts that you became drunk. Jesus’ very first miracle was at a wedding where He turned water into wine. Why? Because He was celebrating the union of a man and a woman in Holy Matrimony.

You will see in the story of the Recabites that these people were obedient to their ancestors and because of this obedience God blesses their blood line. You will also see in the story of Noah, that his son Ham went out and exposed his father’s nakedness and his blood line was cursed. When you study Scripture you will see that Ham’s descendents were truly cursed. The Canaanites were the people who had worked on the promised land that God gave to Joshua and the Israelites, this was the land that Joshua and the Israelites went in and wiped them out. You will find when you study the Word of God (The Holy Bible) that God’s people are blessed and everyone who rejects Him is cursed. The Bible teaches that we either live under blessings or cursings, we make that choice. Jesus said that you are either gathering or scattering, that we are either for Him or against Him, we have been given free will to make that choice by our creator.

If you would like to get out of this lifestyle of being drunk, then I suggest to pray to God for deliverance from this bondage. He is the solution to all of the problems. Sometimes when He answers our prayers we do not like how it starts out, but remember that we do not see the future glory that He is going to bring to Himself with answering our prayers. I have seen the LORD totally deliver people from all sorts of different kinds of bondage. From alcohol, drug addictions, sex addictions, gambling, and many others. May God Bless You and if you do not have a relationship with the LORD, go to the category section and click on “Relationship with Jesus.”

Drunkenness: n. 1 drunk; intoxicated [a drunken person]. 2 brought on by being drunk

Habakkuk 2:15-16

“How terrible it will be for you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so that you can gloat over their nakedness and shame. But soon it will be your turn! Come, drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the LORD’s judgment, and all your glory will be turned to shame.

Genesis 9:20-25

After the Flood, Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard. One day he became drunk on some wine he had made and lay naked in his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, walked backward into the tent, and covered their father’s naked body. As they did this, they looked the other way so they wouldn’t see him naked. When Noah woke up from his drunken stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done. Then he cursed the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham.

Jeremiah 35:1-19

This is the message the LORD gave Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah: “Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live, and invite them to the LORD’s Temple. Take them into one of the inner rooms, and offer them some wine.”

So I went to see Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah and all his brothers and sons – representing all the Recabite families. I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the palace officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper.

I set cups and jugs of wine before them and invited them to have a drink, but they refused. “No,” they said. “We don’t drink wine, because Jehonadab son of Recab, our ancestor, gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.’ So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine since then, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters. We haven’t built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops. We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor. But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon arrived in this country, we were afraid of the Babylonian and Aramean armies. So we decided to move to Jerusalem. That is why we are here.

Then the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah: “The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and say to the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Come and learn a lesson about how to obey me. The Recabites do not drink wine because their ancestor Jehonadab told them not to. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you refuse to listen or obey. I have sent you prophet after prophet to tell you to turn from your wicked ways and to stop worshiping other gods, so that you might live in peace here in the land I gave to you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or obey. The families of Recab have obeyed their ancestor completely, but you have refused to listen to me.’

“Therefore, the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Because you refuse to listen or answer when I call, I will send upon Judah and Jerusalem all the disasters I have threatened.”

Then Jeremiah turned to the Recabites and said, “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You have obeyed your ancestor Jehonadab in every respect, following all his instructions. Because of this, Jehonadab son of Recab will always have descendants who serve me. I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken!”

Luke 1:5-25

It all begins with a Jewish priest, Zechariah, who lived when Herod was king of Judea. Zechariah was a member of the priestly order of Abijah. His wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations. They had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and now they were both very old.

One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week. As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary and burn incense in the Lord’s presence. While the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying.

Zechariah was in the sanctuary when an angel of the Lord appeared, standing to the right of the incense altar. Zechariah was overwhelmed with fear. But the angel said, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! For God has heard your prayer, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son! And you are to name him John. You will have great joy and gladness, and many will rejoice with you at his birth, for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or hard liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth. And he will persuade many Israelites to turn to the Lord their God. He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah, the prophet of old. He will precede the coming of the Lord, preparing the people for his arrival. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will change disobedient minds to accept godly wisdom.”

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know this will happen? I’m an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years.”

Then the angel said, “I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news! And now, since you didn’t believe what I said, you won’t be able to speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly come true at the proper time.”

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah to come out, wondering why he was taking so long. When he finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized from his gestures that he must have seen a vision in the Temple sanctuary.

He stayed at the Temple until his term of service was over, and then he returned home. Soon afterward his wife, Elizabeth, became pregnant and went into seclusion for five months. “How king the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children!”