Clean Animals and Unclean Animals

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lydever91

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Here is a list of clean and unclean animals that should not be eaten because they are not healthy to consume.

My family and I do our best to abide by this law given to Moses in Leviticus 11.
Why?
Not only is this a law given by the LORD, which is the reason we live by the rule, but it is also known that pork is unhealthy to eat, shellfish have parasites on them that can live up to 800 degrees!

It's interesting that thousands of years ago we were given this law before scientists confirmed this, isn't it?






Also, did you know how gelatin is made?

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hislastwalk

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I love me some pork.
 
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wwjd_kilden

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I don't really think about what type of meat I eat. I wish elk meat was cheaper though, it is delicious.
 

jb

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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1Tim 4v3...:p

The food laws are OT and not relevant for Christians...
 

lydever91

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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1Tim 4v3...:p

The food laws are OT and not relevant for Christians...
Why did God give us these laws, then? To bypass time? We both know that the Holy Trinity never wasted time.
 
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Tombo

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Why did God give us these laws, then? To bypass time? We both know that the Holy Trinity never wasted time.
Il posted this on another thread but it applies here too:

Colossians 2:16 "Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ."

Read Acts 10:9-15 "The next day, as they were on their journey and approching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. And the voice came to him a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common."

We can now know what the ceremonial dietary restrictions in the OT were pointing to by reading further in Acts chapter ten, about Peter being sent to the house of a Gentile, Cornelius.

Acts 10:28-29 " And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without objection."

Acts 10:34-35 " So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him."

These passages show us that the dietary laws in the Old Testamnet weren't given because the animals were in and of themsleves unclean, but were used to point to the unsaved of the world who were without God. Israel was to be seperate from the evil nations around them, from the evil practices that they performed. The clean and unclean animals were meant to remind the Jews of their position as God's people, the clean, and the Gentiles who were excluded and unclean. It is also why He said not to sow two kinds of seed in the same field. It was all pointing to the unsaved of the world that Israel was to have nothing to do with. But now that Christ Jesus has come, He has made of the two, Jew and Gentile, one people of God. Therefore the ceremonial dietary restrictions no longer apply, they were but a picture of the seperation that existed between Jew and Gentile, between God's people and the heathen of the world.
This is the point that I made about the New Testament giving us a much clearer picture of what the Old Testamnet was teaching. God didn't care whether we ate a pork chop or a burger, He only put those laws in place as a picture, or illustration, as Peter clearly shows us in Acts 10.
I hope you have seen some truth from what I've shared.
God bless.

Tom
 
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miktre

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Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1Tim 4v3...:p

The food laws are OT and not relevant for Christians...
Scripture not relevant to the point your making, take a closer look, it's talking about being Vegetarian:

1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Abstain from what meats? What meats? It tells you what kind of meat, those created to be received (clean animals).


1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
every creature of God=Clean animals

1Ti 4:5
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.


That means we don't eat buzzards, snakes, swine, rats, dogs, skunks, slugs, scorpions. You really want to tell me that you think some of these on the list are ok now just because you find them tasty? This list is helpful to those serious about their walk. This list is helpful to Christians that want to stay healthy. The food laws don't determine heaven or hell but can determine how fast you get there.
 

tribesman

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I keep my diet in accordance with the biblical dietary laws. There are many health benefits to enjoy from it.

Acts 10 is not about making unclean meats clean, by the way. It is about gentiles being accepted into God's household.
 

iamsoandso

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i spoke before in other post about food supply in the united states,,,,,,,,,,i worked for a company called "ricetec" which is part of texmati rice where they were developing "hybrid rice seed",,,,,they have a 500 acre farm in chocolate bayou,,,,,,,,,,,,part of the process of developing any of the gmo products is that if the human body breathes in the pollen their immune system has no (resistance to any of the gmo and most hybrid pollens) so most everyone is allergic to it,,,,,,the bees cannot correctly process it into honey which is probably the cause of the disease among the bees called "community collapse disorder",or c.c.d.,why all of this takes place is because your body cannot build up a resistance to the pollen of hybrid/gmo., product food scientist from each of the different companies discovered if you add ,,,(human d.n.a.) to the plants d.n.a. your body will better tolerate these allergies.,,,,,,,,,so you are eating human d.n.a./blood,,,,,,,,,,,do some additional research on the feed that is given to any of the livestock you listed,,,,,,,,,,,they are "eating gmo products",and you are eating them,,,,,,,,,,,,,that is take for instance quail,chicken,turkey,,,during the cold months they are supplemented with a higher fat diet,,,,,,better known as "dog food",,,,,,,,,,,,,,now look at the ingredients in "dog food" well you see you are eating the animals that are eating it,,,,,,,,,,,according to the f.d.a. processed foods (meats pulse ect.) can contain 3% rat,roach droppings and or hair/body parts and still pass inspection,,so most everything you listed is in the products you eat everyday.,,,,,,,,,when bush jr. was in office he sighed into law that since you cannot prove that the food (gmo/hybrid) is harmful to you ,,,,,,,,, "you cannot force these companies to tell you whether they are in the products or not",,,,,,,,,because it may hurt their buesness profits unnecessarily,,,,,,,,,,the issue at hand was weather they could grow "pieces of meat" in a culture dish instead of growing the whole cow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,use the "www",,,,,,,,search for commercial slaughter houses,,,,,,you'll find there are only 14 left in the united states,,,,,,,,,(to feed every man woman and child in the u.s.) and be the largest exporter of meat products,lol,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but better yet,,search from the west coast to the east coast from the north border to the south,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"and show me were the great big gigantic grave yard is where they bury the hair,guts,heads bones ect. from all the billions of animals they butcher in the u.s.",,,,,,,,,,,"what do you think they do with it"?????????,,,,,,,,well most say they make fertilizer out of it bone meal and such,,,,,,,,,but go to the feed store and ask for bone meal,,,,,,,,,and youll see all three bags they have,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but first you'll need to find who buys it because in the u.s.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they seized most of the family farms in the 70's and hardly nobody plants a garden anymore. but now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"i do agree with you,,,,,god did say all of what you wrote",,but man your beaten a dead horse,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you got food like you described at your house invite us over to dinner,i wonder what real food taste like!!!!!!!!!!!or else we could eat "mud pie" but then "round-up" doesn't go away it runs down the rivers the clouds pick it up and then it rains down on all the heirloom crops,,,( that's why they grow good one year and the next it dont),round-up in the rain kills it,,,,but any how mud-pies out of the question its not pure mud-pie any more,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,its mud-pie with roundup,,,,,go to the woods and shoot you some deer there full of the gmo corn the hunters keep buying and feeding them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i couldn't work for ricetec for very long ,i was about 30 then,,,,i wasnt one of the dr's' ,,,,i was a worker in the greenhouses,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you see i love to farm,,,,so i quit because i love god and you my brothers and sisters,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,when i sit down at the dinner table im not sure if im insulting god to tell him thanks for the food im eating or if we should tell Lucifer thanks for the food he created and put into our food supply,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,god did create the creatures,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Lucifer bread them out of existence and created new ones ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"ive got a pin number between my eyes,,,,,,,,,,in my fore-head,,,,,,,,it's just like me signing my name,or the name of the beast that gave me the authority to use it,,,,,,,i take a card and slide it in a machine with my right hand,,, and then i enter the number into the machine that's in my fore-head with my right hand,,,,,,,,,that i only "have wisdom of",,,,you see you cannot calculate the number of my name (i only have wisdom of it),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sometimes i don't have money in my debit account,,,,,,,,,,,,so i use credit,,,,,,,, i just use the name and i can buy sell and eat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 

lydever91

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I definitely agree with iamsoandso. Our cows are eating corn instead of grass, chickens are being left in a room in the dark where they cannot exercise (they're not free-range) and our foods are allowed some nasties in them.

This movie and Food Inc. have information that many don't know about
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ0Drb0oZwc[/video]

What's really in our chicken nuggets at the local McDonald's?
 

WomanLovesTX

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I definitely agree with iamsoandso. Our cows are eating corn instead of grass, chickens are being left in a room in the dark where they cannot exercise (they're not free-range) and our foods are allowed some nasties in them.

This movie and Food Inc. have information that many don't know about
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ0Drb0oZwc[/video]

What's really in our chicken nuggets at the local McDonald's?
I am so glad to see one as young as you who understands the wicked and evil of our food sources. I agree with iamsoandso. I also believe that God did not change His laws to benefit some theological approval to eat unclean animals. Those listed as unclean are not food. So Satan has gone into overtime in these Last Days in polluting what should and could have been healthy foods. NWO needs to reduce population. This fact of "poisoning" people is part of the global plan.
 
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I keep my diet in accordance with the biblical dietary laws. There are many health benefits to enjoy from it.

Acts 10 is not about making unclean meats clean, by the way. It is about gentiles being accepted into God's household.
Acts 10 is speaking of meats also. Why would God include all kinds of animals in that great sheet from heaven and then tell Peter to "kill and eat???" What does "kill and eat" have to do with the Gentiles. It is cleary showing that the dietary restrictions were pointing to the Gentiles, but now that Christ has come and made of the two, Jew and Gentile, one new creation, both resstrictions are done away with, the dietary laws and seperation from the Gentiles.
God bless.

Tom
 
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And BTW, I should add that if anyone is observing these dietary laws because they think it is more healthy, and not because they think God commands it, then there would be nothing wrong with it. But if you think that God is dipleased with anyone who eats anything, then you are doing it, at the least, out of ignorance, but at worse, you are creeping back under law. These restrictions were not given for health, but as illustrations and shadows of real truth.
God bless.

Tom
 
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Unclean animals are the scavenger animals that are here to clean our earth. Everything the Lord made was good; it is not that they are not good. The Lord taught the Hebrews through what they did. The dietary laws had several purposes. It kept them separate from their neighbors, as even when they were friends with pagans they didn’t eat together to share that. We are to keep clean in our thoughts, words and deeds, and keep our bodies clean. It was a reminder of that.

Paul, in his zeal to bring Christ to the gentiles talked against the ceremonial laws that God taught the Hebrews with. Certainly, if we watch our diet for any other reason except to obey our Lord we love, it is not going to bring us closer to the Kingdom of God, and NT scripture says it over and over. Christ was to reach our hearts, first. But I find even the dietary laws helpful in reminding me what my Savior wants me to be like.

Scientist are finding, though, that animals who eat the refuse of our earth really aren’t clean, and some are following what our Creator taught because they are health conscious, not because they are God conscious.
 
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Read Mark 11:18-19 "And He said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from the outside cannot defile him, since it enters not into his heart but his stomach, and is expelled? (Thus He declared all foods clean)."
God bless.


Tom
 
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Eating or not eating unclean animals do not determine how right with God you are.
 
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It's so sad to see people making lists and setting up rules and regulations again. I know some here are just trying to put people back under the law because of misunderstandings about national Israel, millenial reigns, and such. But don't fall for it. Anyone who puts themselves under the law again are bound to keep the whole law. If they fail in one point they have broken the whole law. They fail to see why Jesus had to come and fulfill the law on our behalf, and to take the punishment of the law that we deserved. He did it because we couldn't. Please, don't profane the work of Jesus with your filthy works. BTW, I am not speaking to the author of this thread, I don't know what she believes on those issues. But I hope she is not keeping the dietary laws in order to please God, it will do nothing but deny what our Lord Jesus has done to fulfill all of those laws.
God bless.

Tom
 
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miktre

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It's so sad to see people making lists and setting up rules and regulations again. I know some here are just trying to put people back under the law because of misunderstandings about national Israel, millenial reigns, and such. But don't fall for it. Anyone who puts themselves under the law again are bound to keep the whole law. If they fail in one point they have broken the whole law. They fail to see why Jesus had to come and fulfill the law on our behalf, and to take the punishment of the law that we deserved. He did it because we couldn't. Please, don't profane the work of Jesus with your filthy works. BTW, I am not speaking to the author of this thread, I don't know what she believes on those issues. But I hope she is not keeping the dietary laws in order to please God, it will do nothing but deny what our Lord Jesus has done to fulfill all of those laws.
God bless.

Tom
Don't get too excited, nobody is saying the Lord loves you any less. We are just speaking two different languages. What you call "restrictions" I call a wonderful guide created just for me and those like minded. I know the food law was created for man and not man for the food law. The author merely posted information for those who are interested in the Health laws and not to condemn you.
God Bless
 
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One of these days you are going to wake up, Tom, and say Oh THAT is what our Lord meant when he said we were under grace not law. You have given your heart to the Lord, that is what counts. We all see darkly, we can only try and have faith.
 
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hislastwalk

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I'm eating bbq pork tonight. :D yumm!