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1 | cannot eat pork,seafood? | 1 Tim 4:3 | Mathew | 84383 | ||
Hank, What were the unclean animals in Genesis 7:2 "You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female. And take two of the animals that are NOT CLEAN, the male and female. Noah was not a Jew. So how could Jewish laws, or Mosaic laws apply to Noah? Ya, you can eat whatever you wan't. But when did God call UNCLEAN MEAT clean. Entire chapters, such as Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, have laid down detailed listings of the clean and unclean categories of animals. And since the original diet prescribed by God included no meat whatsoever ( Genesis 1:29), we can be absolutely certain that no forbidden, "unclean" meat was included in the diets of those who lived before the flood and followed God's law. The flood experience also demolishes a popular argument used by those who insist on eating both clean and unclean animals. They claim that the law of unclean foods only applied to the Jewish people. This cannot be correct, since there were no Jews in Noah's day when the restriction was laid, by God Himself, upon all the human race. Furthermore, the Bible declares that the forbidden-meat law will still be in effect at the second coming of Jesus. (Isaiah 66:15-17.)Isa 66:15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and with His chariots like a tempest, to refresh His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. Isa 66:16 For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will execute judgment with all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah will be many. Isa 66:17 Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves to go into the gardens, behind one tree in the middle, eating SWINE'S FLESH, and the HATEFUL THING, and the MOUSE, will be cut off together, says Jehovah. |
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2 | cannot eat pork,seafood? | 1 Tim 4:3 | BradK | 84389 | ||
Matthew, Quite simply, we cannot ignore NT revelation by adhering to OT practices if we're being true to scripture. It's called progressive revelation. You state "But when did God call UNCLEAN MEAT clean." I think a good answer is found in Acts 10:14-15: "But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy." Was not the Apostle Paul rather clear in Rom.6:14 when he said "you are not under law, but under grace?" Also in Romans 14:14-17 we have: "I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." My question would be, how would you therefore reconcile your rather legalistic view of the OT dietary laws with these scriptures? Further, you must somehow explain Colossians 2:16 "Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day..." Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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3 | cannot eat pork,seafood? | 1 Tim 4:3 | Mathew | 84395 | ||
BradK, First off let me explain were I'm coming from. I use to eat all foods becuse of these same scriptures, but these were the explanations that were given back. I totaly could not argue. I'm not trying to make everyone see my way. I'm trying to actually find the truth about this matter. The context of Acts chapter 10 reveals that Peter at first did not understand the meaning of the perplexing vision. Verse 17 says that "Peter doubted in himself" what it meant. And again, verse 19 says that "Peter thought on the vision." While he was trying to figure it out, the three servants sent by Cornelius knocked on Peter's door. He listened to their account of Cornelius' vision, then lodged the men. The next day Peter returned with them to Caesarea, where Cornelius had his family and friends gathered to welcome the apostle. The crux of the entire narrative is found in verse 28, where the previously blinded fisherman-disciple tells how the vision had been explained to him. He addressed the Gentile assembly with these words: "Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." Acts 10:28, emphasis added. Here we plainly see that God had used the vision of the sheet to teach the prejudiced Peter that he should no longer shun the Gentiles. The vision had nothing to do with eating and drinking. It was addressing Peter's attitude toward people, not toward food. So this scripture gives no support for the eating of abominable and unclean meat. I'll answar the rest of your questions in another post. |
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