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eating habits
Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:48 AM

i am fretting because i had donuts and ice cream all day. highly unhealthy. i hope i don't get diabetic.

i feel like discussing something in the bible about eating.

many a time, people question my eating habits. why can't you eat pork? why can't you eat seafood? honestly, the questions isn't "why can't you..." but "why don't you..."

in Leviticus 11, God set the rules for what to eat and what not to eat. honestly, it's best to read the whole thing.. but here are the ones about pork & seafood.

Leviticus 11:4 "You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud."
Leviticus 11:7 "And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you."

Leviticus 11:9 "Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales."
Leviticus 11:10 "But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins or scales - whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water - you are to detest."

the thing is.. people tell me that these rules do not apply as God has given people a message through a vision to Peter, which is in Acts 10:9-16

Points people mention...
Acts10:11 "He saw heaven opened...large sheet being let down to earth..."
Acts10:12 "It contained all kinds of four-footed-animals... reptiles... birds..."
Acts10:13 "Then a voice told him, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.'"
Acts10:14 "'Surely not, Lord!' Peter replied. 'I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.'"
Acts10:15 "The voice spoke to him a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'"

Points people don't mention (and notes)...

This is just a part of a chapter (Acts 10). In the beginning part (v1-8), this man Cornelius has a vision of bringing back Peter from Joppa. Cornelius was a Gentile...
[For those who don't know, at that time only Jews were part of this religion and all other people were called Gentiles.]
Anyway, Cornelius was a Gentile. And at that time, Gentiles were not supposed to be included in evangelism waves, etc. Peter thought that way too...

This vision is God's revelation to Peter that all people are "clean", using the example of the clean & unclean foods.

Want more proof? Read on in Acts 10.

Acts 10:28 "He said to them: 'You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.'"

Peter himself says it.

my point here is that.. don't read the Bible in just portions. like pieces of scripture picked out here and there. the Bible works as a whole. read all you can of it. beautiful book..

finally, Happy Merdeka Day!!!

p.s. avril concert stuff later.

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