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1 | Eating meat with blood in it: Gen. 9:4 | Gen 9:4 | kalos | 111575 | ||
minjackson: You ask a good question: "Why do we Christians not take seriously the above passage [Genesis 9:3,4]?" My short answer: [Gentile] Christians generally do not take seriously the Tanakh (OT) or the Torah (The Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch) or the Mosaic Law. So the question could just as easily be: Why do Christians not take seriously the Torah? ******************** For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace. [] For the goal at which the Torah aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts. Romans 6:14; 10:4 (CJB) Matthew 5:17-19 (ESV) "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. [18] For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. [19] Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. --kalos |
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2 | Eating meat with blood in it: Gen. 9:4 | Gen 9:4 | minjackson | 111795 | ||
Kalos Thanks for responding. I have spent time in the Kosher meat market simply because I wanted to enjoy eating my meat and found in some cases more blood in some of the meat than was in the regular market. This said to me that because we Christians are so comfortable with our grace, we cause others who know nothing of our grace to violate their consciences. When one tries to overcome the effects of the laws of a land, that sometimes makes them targets of mischief, and I thought someone, i.e. disgruntled worker, was deliberately trying to sabotage what the Kosher meat company was trying to accomplish. I am not under law, I know, but under grace. If this issue was only about the Leviticus passage, I could accept this as a law/grace issue. Because of the Acts 15:20 and Genesis 9:3,4 passages, I do not see this issue as a law/grace issue. By the way, meat that is properly drained of its' blood content tastes much better than that which is not. I put this issue in the category of the Genesis 2:16,17 command to our foreparents. They couldn't bear one little prohibition. I see God subjecting the whole creation to groaning as noted in Romans 8:19-23, because of our sin, and giving us meat to eat is part of that groaning process. It seems to me God is saying to us in Genesis 9:3,4 respect that which gave that animal its' life, its' circulating blood. Good hearing from you and would love it if you have more to share on the above. Shaloam. Minjackson |
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3 | Eating meat with blood in it: Gen. 9:4 | Gen 9:4 | EdB | 111853 | ||
Minijackson What you saw in the package was not blood it was body fluid. Blood is thick and clotty, it spoils almost instantly. To be Kosher a Rabbi had to kill the animal, done by slitting the artery with a scarey sharp knife. From what I observed the knife is so sharp the animal isn't aware that it's throat is cut. It's blood pumps out and the animal falls asleep at this point the animal is hung upside down and bled some more. The animal is gutted and organs are inspected by the Rabbi. If the animal is found with any defect the meat become gentile meat. Kosher meat is then cut and again inspected by the Rabbi and then packaged. After the meat is bought it is to be soaked in a slat water solution to draw out the body fluid. The meat is then cooked completely and served. Chickens are handled the same way but have a much higher rejection rate. I watched a Rabbi fill the Gentile barrel in short order while inspecting the chickens. For non Kosher chickens the chicken is suspended by it feet it is stunned by electricity (some are stunned before being put in the machine) but the heart is usually still functioning. Its head is removed, at which point it blood is drained, remember chickens hardly have any blood compared to a human or cattle. It is then sent in the steamer / plucker , then it is gutted and packaged. You may find red juice in a chicken but that is body fluid and your right some veins may still contain tiny amounts of blood that clotted before it was drained. EdB |
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4 | Eating meat with blood in it: Gen. 9:4 | Gen 9:4 | glory777 | 111860 | ||
Thanks, EdB- After that discourse, I know much more than I ever wanted to know! I think I am going to have my salad, now - and from now on! glory777 |
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5 | Eating meat with blood in it: Gen. 9:4 | Gen 9:4 | EdB | 111890 | ||
glory777 Probably not a bad idea. :-) One thing for sure the cows are all for it. EdB |
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