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Nov 30, 2023 · God created everything good. We can freely enjoy these things, rather than deceive ourselves, thinking we are more holy by abstaining from certain foods. “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer” (1 Tim 4:4-5).
A well-known Scripture about clean and unclean foods in the New Testament is the “great sheet vision” found in Acts 10. In it, Peter falls into trance where he sees a great sheet descending from heaven. Filling this sheet are all kinds of animals: wild beasts, creeping critters, and all sorts of birds. Then he hears a voice: “Rise, Peter ...
The apostle Paul wrote the following to the young evangelist Timothy: “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with ...
May 31, 2005 · One area that the world has surely done away with God's law is that of clean and unclean meats. Those who believe this quote passages from the Bible that seem to say that all food, even the unclean ones, have somehow been made fit for us to eat today. A common argument is that the clean and unclean laws were part of the Old Covenant, and that ...
Leviticus 11:4-8 ESV / 6 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
Jan 30, 2011 · Unclean could refer to animals God did not intend to be consumed as food (listed in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14). Unclean could also refer to ceremonial uncleanness. In Romans 14 Paul uses the word koinos, which means "common" (W.E. Vine, Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1985, "Unclean," p. 649).
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Jan 11, 2024 · The purpose of the food laws was to make the Israelites distinct from all other nations. After this purpose had ended, Jesus declared all foods clean (Mark 7:19). Later, God gave the apostle Peter a vision that implied formerly unclean animals could be eaten: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean” (Acts 10:15).
