This was a vision not a real life scenario of tying up your oldest son and offering him as a human sacrifice on an altar of a high mountain - there were no real rats there for Peter to eat. Peter ate no rats.
Neither does Peter ever say in his THRICE given interpretation of the vision "God showed me how to eat sewer rats".
Neither does Peter ever say to God "OH NO Lord for I have never preached the gospel to gentiles" AS IF that was a test of faith or sign of obedience. No not even ONCE!
Finally it is clear that PETER did not take as from Chrsit "we are supposed to be eating sewer rats now".
NEITHER does Peter say "OH Lord your Son told me to start eating sewer rats but I have been unnable to obey on that point - please pardon me just for a bit longer while I try to adjust to the idea of eating sewer rats instead of beefsteak! Just a bit more mercy then I will get to eating rats I promise".
The twist and bend of scripture that those need who want to promote the rats, cats, dogs bats diet for Christians is entirely missing from the text!!
Do pork-eaters go to hell?!
Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by xdisciplex, Mar 11, 2007.
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Remember that the Tent of Meeting - the earhtly sanctuary had a ceiling in the desert of porpoise (unclean animal) and camel (unclean animal). Elijah wore Camel's hair clothing (unclean animal). Your dog and cat are unclean animas. No chewing on them for a late night snack!:praying:
But in smelling them - you are taking in "animal molecules" sir.
If God wanted us to live in a world where the molecules of unclean animals were never inhaled -- taken in...(and humans are also unclean I remind you - no chewing on humans) - then we would have had to live in a very very different world than the one we live in. -
#1) If you want to refer to Abraham, Abraham OBEYED God's seemingly strange command. Peter disobeyed God's seemingly strange command. If it was a test, as you say Abraham also received a test, then Peter failed rather than obeyed.
#2) You say Peter refused a direct command from God as a test and you say eating unclean foods is a sin which was part of the test. James says God does not tempt men with sin.
#3) If it was a test of obedience as you say, Peter was placed in a no win situation by God. Obey and sin by eating unclean, or sin by disobeying a direct command.
Your theory fails.
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I wonder why BobRyan seems to ignore or conveniently forget that Abraham had no prohibition, in fact an OK for, his so-called "kitty sandwiches" or "mouse soup"? But Ol' Abe, like Noah, did have a prohibition against "blood".
Go ahead, xdisciplex, enjoy your ham sandwich, if you so choose and if it does not go against your own conscience.
Ed -
All you pork eaters let me know, will you???? Joke!!!! ha ha ha
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Sorry you are probably having to avoid such 'goodies', these days. But I too, know how that is.
Ed -
hmm - I think I am being flattered here.
#2. I never said Peter was being tested by God - I said Peter gives an ANSWER as though that is what he is thinking.
Note the inconvenient detail "HE does NOT SAY -- Oh NO Lord for I have NEVER witnessed to Gentiles" as IF THAt would considered a point of faithful obedience!
Apparently Peter "gets the obvious" just when everyone else pretends not to --
But in this case - it is clear that God is showing Peter that the Jewish tradition that Gentiles are as unclean as GOD SAID unclean animals are - is a false teaching. -
Pretty hard concept - but if I repeat it 12 more times -- somebody is going to get the point - I just know it.:applause:
In Christ,
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BTW - having pointed out the obvious repeatedly on this thread -- one more obvious point needs to be made.
I did not bring this topic up. -
Hey, if you don't want to eat pork then that is no skin off of my nose. But I'm pretty certain your doctrine teaching others that it is sin will vanish in the flames at your reward cerimony :thumbs:
God Bless! -
I would drop the "thinking" angle :thumbs:
God Bless! -
As for what Peter would DO when confronted by a direct contradiction of scripture - no need to imagine it -- WE SEE it in Acts 10 for what he did NOT do was EAT RATS though it was brought to him THREE time. He states at the end that he was trying to figure out why God was doing that - after he had refused the directive THREE times in obedience to the Word of God in Lev 11.
And we see that when HOLDING to the Word of God (in this case in Lev 11) He ALSO does not argue rebellion as a form of faithfulness by saying "OH NO Lord for I have NEVER given the Gospel to the Gentiles".
Thus BOTH of your arguments fail.
Not only does HE NOT eat the rats. He also DOES NOT argue that by not eating rats he must still reject Gospel evangelism going to the Gentiles!!
Rather - 3 times he repeats this as the lesson of gentile EVANGELISM and NOT as the lesson of "fat rat sandwiches".
Those who want to view this as just fat-rat-sandwiches continually avoid the primary POINT of the vision as Peter stated it. Peter never argues "I had to start eating fat rats before I could evangelize gentiles".
God's point to Peter was that Peter was viewing Gentiles the way that GOD SAID to view fat rats -- as unclean.
God pointed out that this was a wrong view of Gentiles. And presto -- instead of Peter immediately chewing on rats - Peter immediately witnesses to GENTILES!
In Christ,
Bob -
I don't think he is going to singe anyone for BELIEVING what He said there either!
As always - it is left up to me to point out the obvious on the BB.
In Christ,
Bob -
In this exchange STeaver claims that those are good who ignore the fire and brimstone warning of God in "Isaiah 66" regarding those who eat rats.
Steaver claims it is evil to actually pay attention to that Isaiah 66 warning .
And so he stands opposed to Isaiah 66.
But also- God addresses specifically the case of those who "call evil good and call good evil" -- and so Steaver goes from one error - on to the next error.
Having begun on the wrong path Steaver - it appears that you simply elect to proceed to new errors. Why not throw away that shovel now and climb out of that ditch you are digging?
(And of course it is simply obvious that there is NO SCRIPTURE predicting a fiery judgment for those who read and heed the warning of Isaiah 66 -- as Steaver claims)
In Christ,
Bob -
#1) He disobeyed God's direct command. Unlike Abraham, whom you say Peter must have been "thinking" about.
#2) You have God tempting Peter to sin directly contradicting James.
But maybe if you say it twelve more times folks will forget about these thorny facts.
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God Bless! -
Your funny argument only works if I am the AUTHOR of Isaiah 66. Funny but I don't think God will get singed the way you seem to suspect for authoring that statement about those who EAT rats in Is 66!
I don't think he is going to singe anyone for BELIEVING what He said there either!
As always - it is left up to me to point out the obvious on the BB.
In Christ,
Bob -
Deut. 14:21 "Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. . ."
I Kings 17:4-6
"And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook." -
But further - since Peter NEVER said he HAD eaten rats AND in his thrice repeated interpretation of the vision never says he DID eat rats (as your point 1 observes) it is clear that the LESSON Peter was taking from this (by his own explicit statement) was the lesson of GENTILE evangelism NOT the lesson of eating rats.
You admit Peter never eats rats in this scenarion. It is therefore instructive that God never says to Peter "you have failed Me - 3 times
-- what am I going to do with you?"
IN FACT when the 3 men show up at Peter's door God says "go with them" and Peter immediately goes! Peter does NOT say "OH NO Lord for I have NEVER ministered the Gospel to Gentiles!".
The lesson is immediately ACCEPTED by Peter.
As usual here Steaver - your insighs are pretty funny. Thanks for sharing sir.
in Christ,
Bob -
#2. IF you are asking about eating diseased animals that die of their disease and whethr it is morally conscionable to give such poor food to others - that is a different topic altogether. I know of no SDAs that give diseased meat to strangers. But even in that case God is not pointing to eating "rats that die of themselves".
#3. I think the point of Isaiah 66 still holds -- God is predicting a real fact of the future judgment - not "make believe".
As the OP points out
Isa 66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isa 66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Isa 66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
In Christ,
Bob
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