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Post by Troopa1911 on Jun 9, 2009 9:08:59 GMT -5
Okay can someone explain this passage
4 "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
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Post by kingdelta on Jun 9, 2009 9:29:54 GMT -5
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Post by Troopa1911 on Jun 9, 2009 9:34:28 GMT -5
Thanks KD
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Post by No Screen Name on Jun 9, 2009 9:38:56 GMT -5
King--I don't know if I believe in what that website has to say. That website is basically saying that it's not Biblical to eat ANY meat AT ALL--that God didn't intend for us to eat meat. I don't believe that. What about these verses in Acts 10?
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Post by LejaOMG on Jun 9, 2009 10:05:39 GMT -5
Yes! I can! Soon as the IT guys go to lunch, I'll be back to explain
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Post by Mrs. Eyes on Jun 10, 2009 15:23:48 GMT -5
I can't wait to read your response.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< excited!
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Post by No Screen Name on Jun 10, 2009 15:28:21 GMT -5
Hyppy-notice when Leja made that post. Either her IT guys are TRULY lunchin'...or she just forgot! ;D
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Post by Mrs. Eyes on Jun 10, 2009 15:29:16 GMT -5
I agree. She forgot.....................  |
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Post by No Screen Name on Jun 10, 2009 15:55:46 GMT -5
I'm mad how she got us all hyped up, like she had the knowledge and was coming back to set the whole matter skraight.  We got excited for NOTHING.  I'm going to get some iced tea, I'll see y'all later. |
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Post by LejaOMG on Jun 10, 2009 21:13:02 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay…wanted to be home when I responded
There are many times in both testaments of the Bible where God has prohibited his people from consuming blood in any fashion. Blood was used synonymously with "life" and "soul" to show how important it was. The relationship that God was trying to establish between righteousness and blood was foreshadowing of…you guessed it…the covenant created by means of Christ's shed blood which gave us all life (i.e. "lifeblood").
1. He declared to our forefather Noah: “Only flesh with its soul—its blood—you must not eat.” (Genesis 9:4)
2. in repeating his Law to Israel, he clearly stated: “Simply be firmly resolved not to eat the blood, because the blood is the soul and you must not eat the soul with the flesh. You must not eat it. ”
3. It's not just eating it either, He prohibited Israelites even to have intercourse with their menstruating wives
It's also a matter of health. As you know, many illnesses are bloodborne and because the Israelites were wandering and carryin on, they didn't have access to medical technology of the day, so God took it upon himself to create laws that would promote good health, if followed. Apparently, this was so important, that Paul was inspired to repeat often it to the First-Century Christians. It bears notice that consumption of blood was mentioned in the same breath as fornication and idolatry! Further the Christians came into contact with lots of Pagan traditions involving blood and in an effort to keep His people clean and separate, he had them abstain from all uses of blood whatsoever.
3. Acts 15:28, 29: “The holy spirit and we ourselves ... adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled [ killed without draining their blood] and from fornication. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!” (There the eating of blood is equated with idolatry and fornication, things that we should not want to engage in.)
Submission to God's laws about blood is/was directly related to submission under Christ's blood covenant. This is why even today serious students of the bible refrain from transfusion of whole blood and blood fractions and are sure to consume meat that has been bled and cooked properly.
With regard to meat, there is no biblical indication that eating meat in itself is wrong as one God's first communications to Mankind was: “Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. As in the case of green vegetation, I do give it all to you" (Genesis 9:3). See also Leviticus 17:13-16 (explaining the official procedure for bleeding animals before preparation)
Hope this helped.
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Post by Chal™ on Jun 11, 2009 10:30:33 GMT -5
very powerful, Leja, and very true. Exalt!!!
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Post by Mrs. Eyes on Jun 11, 2009 14:06:04 GMT -5
Leja...........................very well stated. Thank you ma'am!
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Post by LejaOMG on Jun 11, 2009 14:11:11 GMT -5
de nada
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Post by huey on Jun 12, 2009 8:59:38 GMT -5
all-creatures.org now is that a unbias website? |
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Post by kingdelta on Jun 16, 2009 11:34:16 GMT -5
NSN, I never said I believed what is said, I simply posted it. Anyway, your post was great Leja! As always!!
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Post by denounced on Jun 17, 2009 12:07:11 GMT -5
God's intentions and our sin.........
"With regard to meat, there is no biblical indication that eating meat in itself is wrong as one God's first communications to Mankind was: “Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. As in the case of green vegetation, I do give it all to you" (Genesis 9:3). This is not true. Read Genesis 1:28-29 (God's original command) versus Genesis 9:3, which was given to Noah after God's judgment.
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Post by LejaOMG on Jun 17, 2009 14:22:18 GMT -5
Denounced, I don't understand your point. Please help me.
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Post by Vudu_Prince on Jun 17, 2009 15:55:18 GMT -5
Scratching the surface of the initial intent
Genesis 1:
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Enoch takes it deeper
Ethiopic Epic of Enoch Chapter 7 Verse 1-6
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3 became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
The latter is expounding on the "Sons of God saw the daughters of Men and begat Giants" deal from Genesis. Not only is the blood impure but the flesh is as well and this is how the giants sinned against the birds beast and reptiles. But another thing the "Evil" introduced to the people. So because of it... "God" destroyed the earth with the flood BUT then says man can now eat meat just not the blood softening a earlier stance in which he forbade entirely. That he partially killed everyone for. Like geez dude couldn't spare the water and let the folk have a barbeque ninja? This chit is dumb. Straight up
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Post by denounced on Jul 7, 2009 7:05:09 GMT -5
Denounced, I don't understand your point. Please help me. The Hebrew word for meat is "oklah", which means food. Animals were no eaten. God's provided food at that time was vegetation. It was not until later that we see God giving mankind permission to eat animals. Animals changed after the flood as well. This is why we have so many different species of animals now. |
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We got excited for NOTHING. 
