I am copying this from another thread because I believe that an important principle needs to be addressed:
Originally Posted by Muzungu256
interesting.......... isaiah 66:17 looks like the Lord coming back u see......... and eating swine is still a sin!!!!!!!!
no church ever teaches this though.... i wonder what it means u see. it doesnt matter, i dont eat swine anyway.
IMO Circumcision was a sign of being under God's covenant with Abraham. But men under that covenant did not walk around with their circumcision showing. Besides this the women had no sign of the covenant.
Ge 9:3-4
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat
KJV
1 Ti 4:4
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
KJV
Between these we find Leviticus chapter 11. separating the clean from the unclean.
I believe that the purpose of the Law of Moses was to persuade people, especially Israel, that they could not be right with God by their own efforts.
I believe that the purpose of Lev chapter 11 was to give the nation of Israel an outward sign of the Mosaic covenant.
I believe that the outward sign of the new covenant (Jer 31:31-34) is:
Jn 13:35
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
KJV
I believe that the anger and ugliness that we see on the forum helps us distinguish who among us takes God's word to heart.
If we relate to one another in obedience to the precepts that Jesus taught; that IMO is of far more importance than doctrinal correctness.
That is NOT intended to suggest that sound doctrine is unimportant.
It does mean that unsound doctrine is NOT an excuse for treating others unkindly.
interesting.......... isaiah 66:17 looks like the Lord coming back u see......... and eating swine is still a sin!!!!!!!!
no church ever teaches this though.... i wonder what it means u see. it doesnt matter, i dont eat swine anyway.
IMO Circumcision was a sign of being under God's covenant with Abraham. But men under that covenant did not walk around with their circumcision showing. Besides this the women had no sign of the covenant.
Ge 9:3-4
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat
KJV
1 Ti 4:4
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
KJV
Between these we find Leviticus chapter 11. separating the clean from the unclean.
I believe that the purpose of the Law of Moses was to persuade people, especially Israel, that they could not be right with God by their own efforts.
I believe that the purpose of Lev chapter 11 was to give the nation of Israel an outward sign of the Mosaic covenant.
I believe that the outward sign of the new covenant (Jer 31:31-34) is:
Jn 13:35
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
KJV
I believe that the anger and ugliness that we see on the forum helps us distinguish who among us takes God's word to heart.
If we relate to one another in obedience to the precepts that Jesus taught; that IMO is of far more importance than doctrinal correctness.
That is NOT intended to suggest that sound doctrine is unimportant.
It does mean that unsound doctrine is NOT an excuse for treating others unkindly.