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To Eat or Not to Eat Pork
Dave in Tenn:
When you think about it, I'll bet you'd have a hard time coming up with something that causes such a visceral, physical revulsion as the thought of eating something you've been taught is 'off-limits'. I've done a little nibbling like this in my travels. I'll confess that eating a grass-hopper or a spoonful of grubs required not only more 'effort' than scarfing down a twinkie, but a measure of humility as well.
I think Peter experienced this in his dream...this built-in sense of the 'wrongness' of it all. It was something to be overcome, re-evaluated, and he had to humble himself to obey the Lord. Of course, this dream taught him to receive the Gentiles as brothers in Faith. Maybe there is a lesson there for our present and future, if we are to righteously judge the whole world. After all, he who is first in the Kingdom is the servant of all.
microlink:
--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on August 07, 2014, 10:06:55 PM ---Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Colossians 2:16
--- End quote ---
Yes, very true.
I believe that even common sense prevails on some things like eating crab, lobsters, snakes, octopus, etc.
It is repulsive and not created by God for human consumption, IMO.
The deeper spiritual meaning has to do with partaking of spiritual unclean that Babylon serves us on her platter.
Dennis Vogel:
In most Asian countries they eat just about anything. Spiders, monkeys, rats, whatever.
Dave in Tenn:
I'll testify that I am a human and have eaten all of the above...and craw-dads too.
It's always somebody else's diet that makes us squirm--assuming we're 'squirmable'. The Kingdom of Heaven is not in food or drink. It's in righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. I've yet to meet a too-squirmable eater full of peace and joy at the table.
Joh_6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
thewatchman:
I can imagine a hebrew travelling through Philistia and smelling the most marvellous smell...."what is that?" he asks....It is roast pig, or bacon.....and he can't have any...or did he secretly eat it away from other jews? And the wrath of God did not fall upon him....Hmmmmm....Bacon...the tasty temptress.... 8)
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