THE BIBLE DIET (4)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Are Old Testament instructions on the kinds of animals and fish God does and does not want in our diet no longer VALID? Did Jesus change his Father's laws to allow us to eat pork and shrimp? Was the vision given to Peter God's way of communicating a CHANGE in His will regarding what is an acceptable diet? Did the apostle Paul encourage a church to eat whatever they like in spite of what others may think?
1. Did Paul teach unclean foods could be consumed?
i) "Babylon the Great is fallen . . . has become a habitation of demons . . . and a prison of every UNCLEAN and hated bird; (Revelation 18:2)
b) The Bible tells us God's dietary laws will be upheld in the Millennium. When Christ returns to rule the earth to rule as King of Kings he will PUNISH those who disobey his Father's laws regarding what is a proper diet based on Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Isaiah 66:16-17). If the New Testament does not nullify God's dietary laws, and we know Jesus will enforce the same laws when he returns, it is therefore correct to conclude that such precepts are still in force TODAY.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Are Old Testament instructions on the kinds of animals and fish God does and does not want in our diet no longer VALID? Did Jesus change his Father's laws to allow us to eat pork and shrimp? Was the vision given to Peter God's way of communicating a CHANGE in His will regarding what is an acceptable diet? Did the apostle Paul encourage a church to eat whatever they like in spite of what others may think?
1. Did Paul teach unclean foods could be consumed?
i) 16. Therefore, do not allow anyone to judge you in eating or in drinking, or with regard to a festival, or new moon, or the Sabbaths (Colossians 2:16)
a) Much of Christianity will tell you that the laws concerning clean and unclean meats, God's annual holy Days, etc. were abrogated or done away after the death of Jesus. The Bible does not teach this. A review of church history shows that false teachings concerning the law, the change of Sabbath to Sunday, the change from Passover to Easter, and others were brought into the Church during the period from about 100 to 300 A.D.
b) The majority of believers in Colossae were, prior to their conversion, Gentiles and not Jews. They had not grown up learning about the law of God or trying to put in practice God's commandments like someone with a Jewish background. In their lives they had eaten all kinds of unclean foods like pork in their diet. Paul was actually teaching the church to observe the laws of clean and unclean foods, to keep the Sabbath and so on. Christian gentiles were likely being judged and condemned by their unconverted friends and relatives regarding what they were doing. Paul was encouraging this mostly Gentile background church to not be influenced or swayed by those who were judging them.
2. Conclusion
a) There is absolutely no Biblical basis for the teaching that God's laws of clean and unclean foods have been abolished and therefore can be ignored in the diet of a Christian. The distinction between what is clean and unclean will still be extant in the End Time when Babylon the Great is judged by God.
b) The majority of believers in Colossae were, prior to their conversion, Gentiles and not Jews. They had not grown up learning about the law of God or trying to put in practice God's commandments like someone with a Jewish background. In their lives they had eaten all kinds of unclean foods like pork in their diet. Paul was actually teaching the church to observe the laws of clean and unclean foods, to keep the Sabbath and so on. Christian gentiles were likely being judged and condemned by their unconverted friends and relatives regarding what they were doing. Paul was encouraging this mostly Gentile background church to not be influenced or swayed by those who were judging them.
2. Conclusion
a) There is absolutely no Biblical basis for the teaching that God's laws of clean and unclean foods have been abolished and therefore can be ignored in the diet of a Christian. The distinction between what is clean and unclean will still be extant in the End Time when Babylon the Great is judged by God.
i) "Babylon the Great is fallen . . . has become a habitation of demons . . . and a prison of every UNCLEAN and hated bird; (Revelation 18:2)
b) The Bible tells us God's dietary laws will be upheld in the Millennium. When Christ returns to rule the earth to rule as King of Kings he will PUNISH those who disobey his Father's laws regarding what is a proper diet based on Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 (Isaiah 66:16-17). If the New Testament does not nullify God's dietary laws, and we know Jesus will enforce the same laws when he returns, it is therefore correct to conclude that such precepts are still in force TODAY.
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