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We must listen to John 19:30.
"Torah Observers" don't follow the clean meat laws
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All of your work, all of your "keeping" is over. Christianity is a brand new Way.
We are given Rest as a gift. We don't keep rests in a carnal way anymore. That's what sabbath means is rest, right?
What easier way to Love God than to be given all these priceless gifts? Salvation, Obedience, Rest... etc
Matthew 11:28 [FONT="]Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[/FONT]Ezekiel 36:27 [FONT="]And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
[/FONT]You won't understand anything of Torah, of the law, until you come to Christ and receive Rest and understanding and Wisdom. Whenever you go back to your own understanding of what you need to work at, or "keep", it shows a lack of understanding of what the Work of Christ actually is.
Romans 7:4 [FONT="]Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.[/FONT]
We are given Rest as a gift. We don't keep rests in a carnal way anymore. That's what sabbath means is rest, right?
What easier way to Love God than to be given all these priceless gifts? Salvation, Obedience, Rest... etc
Matthew 11:28 [FONT="]Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[/FONT]Ezekiel 36:27 [FONT="]And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
[/FONT]You won't understand anything of Torah, of the law, until you come to Christ and receive Rest and understanding and Wisdom. Whenever you go back to your own understanding of what you need to work at, or "keep", it shows a lack of understanding of what the Work of Christ actually is.
Romans 7:4 [FONT="]Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.[/FONT]
I'm not taking the time to read through the whole thread, so forgive me if I'm saying something that has already been said.....
Eating clean foods isn't as difficult as people make it out to be. Much like the Pharisees did, people like to add all sorts of extra rules and hoops to jump through to set such a high standard that they can then say it's impossible to keep.
Scripture clearly defines what is clean and unclean. That is simple enough. However,
The article references Lev 11:32-35 and says, "It is abundantly clear that any “clean” food that comes in contact with a grill, an oven, a pot, a utensil, or a stove that has ever had an “unclean” carcass on it, the so-called “clean” animal has become as tameh (as “unclean”) as if it was pork or shrimp or snake! This is the very law of Leviticus and it is without dispute:"
So, it is with dispute because he says in the next paragraph, "They say Leviticus 11:32–35 (about an unclean carcass coming onto an oven, a pot, etc.)"
This passage of Leviticus is in fact talking about unclean animals that touch these items. Not any and all animals
Interestingly enough, one part of the whole clean and unclean discussion in Leviticus 11 that gets overlooked is the difference between water from a spring and water in a cistern (verse 36.) Water from a spring is constantly in motion and taking away any impurities in the water. A cistern contains stagnant water. Moving water cleanses. Stagnant water does not. When you wash items with running water, they can be cleansed.
Again, eating "kosher" isn't as hard as some think it is, especially when you pay attention, especially when you consider that the large majority of food we eat is at home and not a restaurant.
Eating clean foods isn't as difficult as people make it out to be. Much like the Pharisees did, people like to add all sorts of extra rules and hoops to jump through to set such a high standard that they can then say it's impossible to keep.
Scripture clearly defines what is clean and unclean. That is simple enough. However,
The article references Lev 11:32-35 and says, "It is abundantly clear that any “clean” food that comes in contact with a grill, an oven, a pot, a utensil, or a stove that has ever had an “unclean” carcass on it, the so-called “clean” animal has become as tameh (as “unclean”) as if it was pork or shrimp or snake! This is the very law of Leviticus and it is without dispute:"
So, it is with dispute because he says in the next paragraph, "They say Leviticus 11:32–35 (about an unclean carcass coming onto an oven, a pot, etc.)"
This passage of Leviticus is in fact talking about unclean animals that touch these items. Not any and all animals
Interestingly enough, one part of the whole clean and unclean discussion in Leviticus 11 that gets overlooked is the difference between water from a spring and water in a cistern (verse 36.) Water from a spring is constantly in motion and taking away any impurities in the water. A cistern contains stagnant water. Moving water cleanses. Stagnant water does not. When you wash items with running water, they can be cleansed.
Again, eating "kosher" isn't as hard as some think it is, especially when you pay attention, especially when you consider that the large majority of food we eat is at home and not a restaurant.
If you are dead to something what exactly does that mean? Does it mean continue to work at it as though you weren't dead to it?
No. It means it no longer exists for you. You are dead to it.
Why? Because your work at the law has nothing to do with obedience. Otherwise you wouldn't be told to be dead to those works so you could be alive to God.
Galatians 2:19
[FONT="]19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.[/FONT]
[FONT="]20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.[/FONT]
[FONT="]21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.[/FONT]
No. It means it no longer exists for you. You are dead to it.
Why? Because your work at the law has nothing to do with obedience. Otherwise you wouldn't be told to be dead to those works so you could be alive to God.
Galatians 2:19
[FONT="]19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.[/FONT]
[FONT="]20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.[/FONT]
[FONT="]21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.[/FONT]