Subject: Hank - Diet ??? |
Bible Note: Het Steve: I wrote a lengthy response to your questions but then found out the limit is 5000 characters. I had to delete 1500 characters. I will try to remember what I said. Regarding the diet and Noah. Did you know that Cain commited sin in murdering Abel. Cannot be sin without law. There is no scripture about a stated law about murder. But Cain was punished for it. Sin is the transgression of the law. In Genesis 26:5 says Abraham kept God's commandments. But wait a second the law was not "given" until Sinai. Something is very inconsistent with the arguement that the law only appears at Sinai when we have scriptural evidence to refute it. Something to think about. Definitely not, I am not saying Gentiles should have been circumcised but many of the Jewish Christians thought they should. That is why Peter was being condemned by Paul. They were being hypocrites - treating them one way when no Christian Jews were around. Jewish Christians (some) were still struggling with their upbringing that Gentiles were somehow different than them in the eyes of God. But amazingly many Christians (Gentiles like myself) still follow the healthy principal of circumcision. Lev. 11,12,13 have alot to say about God wanting His people to be clean (washing laws). Your quoting of Gen. 9:3-4 is the declaration of God to eat clean meat only. Just as not every plant was good to eat (some poisonous) the same is true about animals. Why do you think God said in Gen 7:2 about clean or unclean animals. God wanted clean sacrifices and want our bodies to only eat clean food. Ever wonder why throughout the bible the lamb is a picture of very clean and unblemished. These animals only ate good things (vegetation) not dead carcases of animals. I have had this discussion with a good friend and he put forth the arguement that many animals are raised on different diets now. That does not changed the fact that the blood line of the animal is defiled. Isaiah 65:4 says swine is an abomination or defiled or destestable. We are not to defile our body. This is very obvious to me but man does not want to be told what we can or can't eat. Just like Adam and Eve. The funny thing is even medical science today will tell us that the best diet is the original diet of God and if we eat meat the clean meats are the best for us to eat. It us amazing how we can be brought up to follow the tradition of man and not the doctrine of Truth from God. God does not want to keep us form the good things of life but want the best for us because He created us. Steve, I do not expect you to agree with me but I will say that it took me sometime to figure this out a realize that the "Chruch" has changed the Truth of God. Looking forward to more feedback, Merv |