It will soon be time for big garden parties again in the northern
hemisphere. Pork sausages and pork are grilled and eaten to the
point of overeating, not to mention the strong drinks. But Adonai has
very important to say to these sorrowless and gluttonous sinful people:
Isaiah 66:15-17
>>"15 For look, Adonai comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. 16 For Adonai judges all humanity with fire and his sword; Adonai will kill many.
17 "As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice - they will all be destroyed together," says Adonai."<<
Does that warning also apply to Christians?
It applies to them as well as to the Israelites, because when the expression 'all humanity' is used in the Tanakh, it means all people from all nations. That means you and me too!
You may ask, how can our Creator be so merciless as to forbid people to eat such delicacies, because grilled pork and pork sausages taste so delicious, especially when well seasoned and dressed with delicious mustard?
It is precisely about obedience to his word and will. The Israelis didn't starve to death for 40 years in the barren Arabian sand desert while wandering, although they did not get such 'delicacies' to satisfy their appetites and lusts. Even today, we have several permitted options that taste much better than pork dishes and it's not a matter of taste!
Many Christians appeal to Paul's promise to the Gentile: 1. Cor. 10:25-26
>>25 Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience, 26 for the earth and its abundance are Adonai's.<<
I don't know if it's a typo. I gues that it is, because Paul himself walked as a believer in Adonai Yeshua still according to the Law of Moses. Acts 21:24
>>take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.<<
Some appeal to these teachings of Adonai Yeshua: Matt. 15:11 and Mark. 7:18-19
Matt. 15:11 >>What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."<<
Mark. 7:18-19 >>18 He replied to them, "So you too are without understanding? Don't you see that nothing going into a person from outside can make him unclean? 19 For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach, and it passes out into the latrine." (Thus he declared all foods ritually*) clean.**)<<
*) David H. Stern has added the word 'ritually' to the Bible translation (Complete Jewish Bible) and emphasizes in his Jewish New Testament Commentary that here ritual purity cannot mean that e.g. pork is thus declared kosher, but here the reference is to the verses Mark. 7:1-4, where it is said that the Pharisees themselves invented numerous rules related to ritual purity, which do not belong to the teachings of the Tanakh at all! Thus, the kosher food regulation is still valid!
**) It is interesting to note that the phrase in brackets is completely missing from the Aramaic to English translation of the Lamsa Peshitta! That's why it's probably a later addition, i.e. a falsification of the Bible's word by those who liked the pork party(?)
Some appeal to these teachings of Adonai Yeshua: Matt. 15:11 and Mark. 7:18-19
Matt. 15:11 >>What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."<<
Mark. 7:18-19 >>18 He replied to them, "So you too are without understanding? Don't you see that nothing going into a person from outside can make him unclean? 19 For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach, and it passes out into the latrine." (Thus he declared all foods ritually*) clean.**)<<
*) David H. Stern has added the word 'ritually' to the Bible translation (Complete Jewish Bible) and emphasizes in his Jewish New Testament Commentary that here ritual purity cannot mean that e.g. pork is thus declared kosher, but here the reference is to the verses Mark. 7:1-4, where it is said that the Pharisees themselves invented numerous rules related to ritual purity, which do not belong to the teachings of the Tanakh at all! Thus, the kosher food regulation is still valid!
**) It is interesting to note that the phrase in brackets is completely missing from the Aramaic to English translation of the Lamsa Peshitta! That's why it's probably a later addition, i.e. a falsification of the Bible's word by those who liked the pork party(?)
I think that in both of those passages, Adonai is referring to the fact that a person's soul is not defiled even by unclean food. Modern science proves that a person can get a disease and even die from it. Based on those verses, a person can eat any kind of food to stay alive, even meat from non-kosher animals in emergencies and exceptional circumstances. I emphasize that only in emergencies. Unfortunately, the most Christians have made emergencies and exceptional circumstances a common practice!
This is how I justify why the verses above - immediately below the attached image Isaiah 66:15-17 the warning is still valid and current.
So what is healthy to eat?
According to the Tanakh, kosher foods are healthy, and by eating them, a person also honors his Creator. The list of foods allowed to humans can be found in Leviticus 11:2 and onwards.
Nowadays there is also the so-called Numerous additives harmful to health are added to the 'allowed' foods, so you should be careful when reading the product descriptions of the foods. The surest way to eat healthily is to follow a kosher diet and prepare the food yourself, starting with their raw materials. Overeating is a sin and of course also unhealthy!
How do we best learn obedience to Adonai?
Everything starts with reading the Bible and receiving its teachings. You should be very careful about the teachings of teachers who in one way or another change the original teaching of the Bible. It is very important to consider the overall revelation of the Bible, and not to justify any of your views with only partial quotations.
As for discipline in general
When a parent disciplines a child and a teacher disciplines a student, the best way to make them learn is to do the discipline in love and gently. It has been established that even a dog learns best when it experiences caressing, encouragement and rewards when it shows obedience. The IQ of humans is much lower compared to our Creator than the IQ of dogs compared to us.
Many people nowadays think that our Creator has become more 'merciful', i.e. 'more tolerant of our sins' over the millennia. On that score they greatly err, for it is said of his rules and he has said concerning himself as follows: Psalm 119:152 and Malachi 3:6
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So what is healthy to eat?
According to the Tanakh, kosher foods are healthy, and by eating them, a person also honors his Creator. The list of foods allowed to humans can be found in Leviticus 11:2 and onwards.
Nowadays there is also the so-called Numerous additives harmful to health are added to the 'allowed' foods, so you should be careful when reading the product descriptions of the foods. The surest way to eat healthily is to follow a kosher diet and prepare the food yourself, starting with their raw materials. Overeating is a sin and of course also unhealthy!
How do we best learn obedience to Adonai?
Everything starts with reading the Bible and receiving its teachings. You should be very careful about the teachings of teachers who in one way or another change the original teaching of the Bible. It is very important to consider the overall revelation of the Bible, and not to justify any of your views with only partial quotations.
All the so-called The teachings of the 'Church Fathers' should be approached with great criticality. Some of the teachings of the Bible are often learned only through error, because the teaching is so often misleading and tickles the natural man's mind. The Holy Spirit is the surest and best explainer of the Bible's teachings. He must be given authority. Let's read of that: John 16:13
>>Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.<<
>>Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.<<
It is good to remember that the teaching of Adonai Yeshua and the apostles authorized by him is largely based on the teachings of the Tanakh, although they contain the teachings of the New Covenant as the Pearl, believing in which we receive salvation through faith in the grace of Adonai Yeshua.
As for discipline in general
When a parent disciplines a child and a teacher disciplines a student, the best way to make them learn is to do the discipline in love and gently. It has been established that even a dog learns best when it experiences caressing, encouragement and rewards when it shows obedience. The IQ of humans is much lower compared to our Creator than the IQ of dogs compared to us.
Many people nowadays think that our Creator has become more 'merciful', i.e. 'more tolerant of our sins' over the millennia. On that score they greatly err, for it is said of his rules and he has said concerning himself as follows: Psalm 119:152 and Malachi 3:6
Psa. 119:152 >>I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last.<<
Mal. 3:6 >>For I am Yehowah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.<<
Because he does not change and all his rules last, we must change to become like him. Let us agree that he will change us to his liking!
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