1 John 3:1-7 King James Version
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of Yahuwah: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of Yahuwah, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of Yahuwah: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of Yahuwah, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Verse 6 could be written “whoever abides in him does not transgress the law, for whoever transgresses the law has not seen Him or known Him.” Remember that verse in Matthew 7? 22 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (which means ‘lawlessness’).” - shows the other side of the coin – that He says HE doesn’t know THEM, to go along with 1 John 3 saying THEY haven’t known HIM. It’s a two-way street and it’s all because of transgressing the law that Christians like to say is done away with.
Romans 7:7 King James Version
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Yahuwah forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
‘Transgression’ refers to presumptuous sin. To transgress is to choose to intentionally disobey; transgression is willful trespassing. Shouldn’t we be learning what His law requires of us so that we can stop transgressing it?
So, learning the commandment/laws is the way to find out what Yahuwah counts as sin. The law, or Torah, is His instructions for our lives. Parts of the law that we cannot do because it goes against the laws of our land, our civil laws (like stoning someone for certain violations), or is not meant to be done literally and just represents the seriousness of the crime (like cutting off hands or plucking out eyes), or because it’s only for those living in Israel and under their former government, or it’s only for men, or only for women, etc) we can still honor it by reading it and asking for His understanding of it. This expresses our desire to follow our Creator’s teachings in the best way we can. His instructions have reasons, and if we learn the reasons, we can come closer to understanding why He made certain laws that didn’t make sense to us. This is NOT cherry picking the law – it is being real and doing the best we can in our situation.
For instance, one of the dietary commandments in Leviticus to not eat swine (pig) – pigs have a very simple digestive system that does not clean the toxins out of what they eat, and they eat just about anything – garbage, dead animals, rotten flesh, toxic plants, etc., and their meat has dangerous worms in it which do not die when we cook them, even up to 200 degrees they can still live, so they end up in our bodies and can kill us, or make us really sick. Pigs were created to clean up the garbage from the earth. Catfish and shellfish clean up the garbage in the waters, and the types of birds He says not to eat have the same kind of purpose. Pigs are also used by pagans like Zeus worshipers as sacrifices. He is so against us eating swine flesh that it says in Isaiah 66 that He will destroy those who eat it! This is an end-time verse that is yet to come:
16 For by fire and by his sword will Yahuwah plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahuwah shall be many.
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 Yahuwah.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Christians love to say “He knows my heart”, but notice here it says He knows their WORKS AND their THOUGHTS (which would be their hearts in that context) – but not JUST their thoughts. This is end-time judgment. This is where the fear and trembling should come in from Philippians 2:12 – when one goes to the store to buy bacon or ham or pork chops or lobster or catfish, etc., they should remember this verse and tremble. It’s much easier to just give up the unclean meats.
Peter’s vision is another area of Scripture Christians use to justify breaking the law – the dietary laws.
The vision Peter had was not about eating unclean animals, as Christians love to say it does – it was to let him know he could begin to minister to the Gentiles, and not just the Jews. It was an allegory. Like an idiom doesn’t mean what it says, an allegory is similar. The definition of allegory from Oxford Languages is “a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.”
Peter never ate unclean meats, and neither did our Messiah, and Peter KNEW that Yahuwah didn’t want him to start. And guess what? Unclean animals are mentioned in Revelation (New Testament). If they’re not unclean anymore, why are they in there? Some try to insist that Yahuwah would be lying if He didn’t mean that the unclean animals could now be eaten.
Yahushuwa used parables a lot when He taught. They are similar to allegories – phrases or stories that don’t necessarily describe events that actually happened, yet they are not considered to be lying.
Here is Peter’s vision:
Acts 10:9-22, 28 King James Version
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Yahuwah; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Yahuwah hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Verse 6 could be written “whoever abides in him does not transgress the law, for whoever transgresses the law has not seen Him or known Him.” Remember that verse in Matthew 7? 22 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (which means ‘lawlessness’).” - shows the other side of the coin – that He says HE doesn’t know THEM, to go along with 1 John 3 saying THEY haven’t known HIM. It’s a two-way street and it’s all because of transgressing the law that Christians like to say is done away with.
Romans 7:7 King James Version
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Yahuwah forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
‘Transgression’ refers to presumptuous sin. To transgress is to choose to intentionally disobey; transgression is willful trespassing. Shouldn’t we be learning what His law requires of us so that we can stop transgressing it?
So, learning the commandment/laws is the way to find out what Yahuwah counts as sin. The law, or Torah, is His instructions for our lives. Parts of the law that we cannot do because it goes against the laws of our land, our civil laws (like stoning someone for certain violations), or is not meant to be done literally and just represents the seriousness of the crime (like cutting off hands or plucking out eyes), or because it’s only for those living in Israel and under their former government, or it’s only for men, or only for women, etc) we can still honor it by reading it and asking for His understanding of it. This expresses our desire to follow our Creator’s teachings in the best way we can. His instructions have reasons, and if we learn the reasons, we can come closer to understanding why He made certain laws that didn’t make sense to us. This is NOT cherry picking the law – it is being real and doing the best we can in our situation.
For instance, one of the dietary commandments in Leviticus to not eat swine (pig) – pigs have a very simple digestive system that does not clean the toxins out of what they eat, and they eat just about anything – garbage, dead animals, rotten flesh, toxic plants, etc., and their meat has dangerous worms in it which do not die when we cook them, even up to 200 degrees they can still live, so they end up in our bodies and can kill us, or make us really sick. Pigs were created to clean up the garbage from the earth. Catfish and shellfish clean up the garbage in the waters, and the types of birds He says not to eat have the same kind of purpose. Pigs are also used by pagans like Zeus worshipers as sacrifices. He is so against us eating swine flesh that it says in Isaiah 66 that He will destroy those who eat it! This is an end-time verse that is yet to come:
Isaiah 66:15-18 King James Version
15 For, behold, Yahuwah will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will Yahuwah plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahuwah shall be many.
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 Yahuwah.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Christians love to say “He knows my heart”, but notice here it says He knows their WORKS AND their THOUGHTS (which would be their hearts in that context) – but not JUST their thoughts. This is end-time judgment. This is where the fear and trembling should come in from Philippians 2:12 – when one goes to the store to buy bacon or ham or pork chops or lobster or catfish, etc., they should remember this verse and tremble. It’s much easier to just give up the unclean meats.
Peter’s vision is another area of Scripture Christians use to justify breaking the law – the dietary laws.
The vision Peter had was not about eating unclean animals, as Christians love to say it does – it was to let him know he could begin to minister to the Gentiles, and not just the Jews. It was an allegory. Like an idiom doesn’t mean what it says, an allegory is similar. The definition of allegory from Oxford Languages is “a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.”
Peter never ate unclean meats, and neither did our Messiah, and Peter KNEW that Yahuwah didn’t want him to start. And guess what? Unclean animals are mentioned in Revelation (New Testament). If they’re not unclean anymore, why are they in there? Some try to insist that Yahuwah would be lying if He didn’t mean that the unclean animals could now be eaten.
Yahushuwa used parables a lot when He taught. They are similar to allegories – phrases or stories that don’t necessarily describe events that actually happened, yet they are not considered to be lying.
Here is Peter’s vision:
Acts 10:9-22, 28 King James Version
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Yahuwah; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Yahuwah hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
(Most Christians stop here and claim this means we can eat whatever we want now. But the rest of the Scripture lets us know that this is not so.)
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
(Peter doubted what it meant because he knew Yahuwah was not telling him to eat unclean animals, so he wanted to find out what the allegory meant. If he believed Yahuwah did want him to start eating unclean animals, he would not have argued with Yahuwah, and would not have wondered what it really meant.)
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth Yahuwah, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from Yahuwah by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth Yahuwah, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from Yahuwah by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
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28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but Yahuwah hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Verse 28 tells us that it’s about people and not animals, and is an allegory. Notice how it says in verse 10 “And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance” – Yahuwah used his hunger as a tool to get His message across, meeting him where he was at.
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but Yahuwah hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Verse 28 tells us that it’s about people and not animals, and is an allegory. Notice how it says in verse 10 “And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance” – Yahuwah used his hunger as a tool to get His message across, meeting him where he was at.
Peter was VERY hungry, yet he still knew he was not to eat unclean animals and so he argued with Yahuwah “Not so Yahuwah.”
Where it says it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with someone from another nation, there is NO law in Torah of this nature. The law being referred to is the Israelite leaders’ man-made dogma, or ordinances, fences, the laws that are called ‘the ordinances against us’. Here are some man-made laws (dogma) that were written by the Jewish leaders and that they expected the people to obey:
Mishnah Tractate Avot 1: Moses received the Torah (Law) from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets handed it down to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples, and make a fence around the Torah (Law).
Mishnah Tractate Avot 3: Rabbi Akiva said: Jesting and frivolity lead a man towards promiscuity. ‘Tradition’ is a safeguarding fence around the Torah. Tithes are a fence to wealth. Vows a fence to abstinence. Silence is a fence to wisdom.
When people talk about how the Pharisees put ‘fences’ around Yahuwah’s laws, this is what they are referring to. The Pharisees believe the fences help them to not mess up and break a law in Torah. But they make it a burden when you add to Yahuwah’s laws. If Yahuwah wanted ‘fences’ He would have written His own into His laws! The man-made added laws created enmity. Besides, we are told not to add or take away from the Scriptures! Jews also had man-made ordinances about not associating with Gentiles. These were not part of Yahuwah’s laws.
Ephesians 2:14-15 King James Version
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
The verse above shows Paul retelling the message in Peter’s vision, that the Gentiles were not their enemies, and could be given the opportunity to become part of their nation when they repented of their sins and believed in and confessed Yahushuwa as their Messiah.
Next are some verses that show that the Law of Yahuwah does NOT forbid association with the Gentiles – they too are to be treated fairly and given the opportunity to follow Yahuwah’s laws:
Exodus 22:21 King James Version
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9 King James Version
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 17:15 King James Version
15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 24:22 King James Version
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am Yahuwah your God.
Numbers 15:15 King James Version
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before Yahuwah.
Deuteronomy 10:19 King James Version
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:17 King James Version
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 27:19 King James Version
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
So, you see, the man-made laws, dogma, actually violated Yahuwah’s laws! So, when Peter got the meaning from Yahuwah for his vision, it was not actually CHANGING any laws, but was letting him know he did not have to obey those man-made laws.
And here are New Testament verses that show the same:
Romans 2:9-11 King James Version
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with Yahuwah.
Romans 10:12 King James Version
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Yahuwah over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
1 Corinthians 12:13 King James Version
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Galatians 3:28-29 King James Version
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Mashiach Yahushuwa.
29 And if ye be Mashiach’s, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Look at that! In Yahushuwa we are Abraham’s offspring, Israelites, not Jews or Gentiles.
Ephesians 3:6 King James Version
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Mashiach by the gospel:
And here the story continues in the next chapter, showing even more how Peter’s vision is about people (the Gentiles) and not animals:
Acts 11:1-18 King James Version
1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of Yahuwah.
2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What Yahuwah hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
16 Then remembered I the word of Yahuwah, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17 Forasmuch then as Yahuwah gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on Mashiach Yahushuwa; what was I, that I could withstand Yahuwah?
18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified Yahuwah, saying, Then hath Yahuwah also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Changing the dietary laws would go against not removing a jot or tittle.
Matthew 5:17-18 King James Version
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Guess what? Look out your window! Heaven and earth have not passed away yet – when they do, after the Millennium, we will receive from our Creator a new heaven and earth. Also, all is not fulfilled yet – He still will return for His bride, stop the tribulation, and rule during the Millennium. When He finally brings down the new heaven and earth, THEN all will be fulfilled!
Matthew 5:17-18 King James Version
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Guess what? Look out your window! Heaven and earth have not passed away yet – when they do, after the Millennium, we will receive from our Creator a new heaven and earth. Also, all is not fulfilled yet – He still will return for His bride, stop the tribulation, and rule during the Millennium. When He finally brings down the new heaven and earth, THEN all will be fulfilled!
And don’t forget Isaiah 66!
Revelation 18:2 King James Version
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
As you can see, there are still unclean animals in Revelation, which is about the last days.
Next is more Scripture that Christians insist mean we are allowed to eat unclean animals.
When Yahushuwa ‘declared all foods clean’ He was not referring to unclean animals that He forbids us to eat – they were NOT considered to be food!
Mark 7:18-21 King James Version
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
‘Meats’ in this verse is #1033 in the Strong’s Concordance, broma, and means ‘that which is eaten, food, meat, victual’. It’s referring to edible meat (Kosher meat) that’s been offered to idols, that it can’t defile a person. The versions that say he declared all ‘meat’ clean are incorrect! The translations below did a better job on this verse:
AMP
since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?” (By this, He declared all foods ceremonially clean.)
CSB
For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean).
CEB
That’s because it doesn’t enter into the heart but into the stomach, and it goes out into the sewer.” By saying this, Yahushuwa declared that no food could contaminate a person in Yahuwah’s sight.
CJB
For it doesn’t go into his heart but into his stomach, and it passes out into the latrine.” (Thus he declared all foods ritually clean.)
The unclean animals are NOT ‘food’.
A pig farmer told a man whose book I once read that if you pick up a pig’s foot and squeeze it, pus will come out of it. The pig has a canal that runs down its’ feet, which is a sweat gland that releases pus into the ground. The pig feeds off the ground and ends up eating its’ own pus as well. They eat feces, tumors, dead pigs, garbage, etc., and there are researchers who say pigs are not fit for human consumption because they have such a high toxicity level and do not have a way of clearing the toxins from their bodies.
The author also said that whenever a mink farm accidentally gave the mink feed with pork in it, ALL of the mink would die! He said it was because pigs are so toxic and the mink could not handle the poison from them. Yet a pig can eat some poisons or get bit by a poisonous snake and not die. The man had stomach cancer, and learned that cancer feeds off pork, so he gave up pork, and his cancer healed.
Here are some pictures of pus being squeezed out of pig abscesses, just to wet your appetite if your one of those people who love your bacon more than you love Yahuwah. Now I realize that other animals like cows can and do get abscesses if they get an infection, but pigs have the sewer line down to their feet whether they get an infection or not – it is a normal everyday occurrence for them because of the way they’re made, and the pus and toxins get into their bodies as well.
On the left – a chunk of pork from Aldi, and on the right – from Toronto Pig Save. So imagine squeezing this out of a pig’s feet.
The unclean animals are NOT ‘food’.
A pig farmer told a man whose book I once read that if you pick up a pig’s foot and squeeze it, pus will come out of it. The pig has a canal that runs down its’ feet, which is a sweat gland that releases pus into the ground. The pig feeds off the ground and ends up eating its’ own pus as well. They eat feces, tumors, dead pigs, garbage, etc., and there are researchers who say pigs are not fit for human consumption because they have such a high toxicity level and do not have a way of clearing the toxins from their bodies.
The author also said that whenever a mink farm accidentally gave the mink feed with pork in it, ALL of the mink would die! He said it was because pigs are so toxic and the mink could not handle the poison from them. Yet a pig can eat some poisons or get bit by a poisonous snake and not die. The man had stomach cancer, and learned that cancer feeds off pork, so he gave up pork, and his cancer healed.
Here are some pictures of pus being squeezed out of pig abscesses, just to wet your appetite if your one of those people who love your bacon more than you love Yahuwah. Now I realize that other animals like cows can and do get abscesses if they get an infection, but pigs have the sewer line down to their feet whether they get an infection or not – it is a normal everyday occurrence for them because of the way they’re made, and the pus and toxins get into their bodies as well.
This is a pork rib above
Video from Toronto Pig Save
Video of the pork rib
Abscess found in country style rib - Never eat pork again?
"Removing 10 lbs of Meat Worms from a Bodybuilder’s Colon" from pork.
How about some pig’s feet and sauerkraut? I used to eat that! Yuck! My husband used to eat pickled pig’s feet.
Here are some cuts of pork that had worms in them. If you do this experiment, it will not always bring out worms, because some cuts of pork evidently do not have them, but that doesn’t mean this is fake. Looks pretty genuine to me. (Please forgive the boob show - I couldn't find another video showing the worms crawling out so I used this one even though the gal isn't dressed modestly.)
Pork Parasites don't like Pepsi
The next video is the same gal, but the worms are VERY obvious in this one!
"Worms in Pork"
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Eat what’s set before you – this verse doesn’t mean what most Christians think it means. Neither does the phrase “All things are lawful for me”
1 Corinthians 10:20-29 King James Version
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to Yahuwah: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of Yahuwah, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of Yahuwah's table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke Yahuwah to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is Yahuwahs, and the fulness thereof.
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
28 But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is Yahuwahs, and the fulness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
1 Corinthians 6:12 King James Version
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Is Paul actually saying that all things are lawful for him? No, he is actually quoting a mantra used by the Libertine Gnostics of Corinth, in his letter to the Corinthians. The translators didn’t bother to put that in quotation marks so we would know that he was not speaking his own ideas but was quoting a mantra from the cult that they came out of. He quoted their ‘mantra’ so he could address it because it goes against the law of Yahuwah.
The translations below do have the quotation marks in place, therefore making the verse easier to understand as it was meant to be! In quotation marks are the cult’s words, and ‘but……’ are Paul’s words as he answered back to them.
New Living Translation
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.
English Standard Version
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
Berean Study Bible
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
This whole section is about eating meat that’s been offered in sacrifice to idols (demons). There is instruction in the Bible to not eat meat that has been, but Paul is saying if they go into a feast where they don’t believe this (“that believe not”), and may be serving food that may have been offered to idols, to not ask about it, but just go ahead and eat it, because in reality it won’t harm them. These people didn’t serve the ‘unclean’ meats that Yahuwah forbids, such as pork, shellfish, etc. and it is NOT referring to unbelievers who eat unclean meats, it is referring to believers who may have served meat bought in the market that had previously been offered to idols.
He goes on to say in verse 28 that if they come right out and say it has been offered to idols, then they were not to eat it, because that might give the server the idea that idol worship was approved of by them, and cause them to stumble. In other words, in this particular instance, what they don’t know won’t hurt them!
Here is another popular verse used out of context to justify violating Yahuwah’s laws!
Galatians 4:8-11 King James Version
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not Yahuwah, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9 But now, after that ye have known Yahuwah, or rather are known of Yahuwah, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
The Galatians were pagans before they got born-again, and had been worshipping demonic deities, and AFTER getting born-again they began going back into the bondage of the paganism they came out of. They started observing pagan holidays again, and Paul was doing his best to stop the from falling away from Yahushuwa’s salvation. This verse is NOT saying they went ‘back’ into Yahuwah’s laws – they were never in them in the first place, and verse 8 verifies this “when ye knew not Yahuwah”. Use some common sense here, and also learn the history behind the Scripture.
Let’s move right along – this next chapter, Romans 14 (below), is also used by Christians to support not following the dietary laws or holy days.
Their understanding of this chapter tends to be “People who keep the Sabbath and eat kosher are weak in faith, but the strong in faith treat every day alike and eat anything.” It’s understandable if you just have this one chapter and not the rest of the Scriptures which say the opposite, but it is far from the truth.
Romans 14 King James Version
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. (Paul does not mean literally ALL THINGS – it is about vegetarianism versus eating meat.)
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for Yahuwah hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for Yahuwah is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto Yahuwah; and he that regardeth not the day, to Yahuwah he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to Yahuwah, for he giveth Yahuwah thanks; and he that eateth not, to Yahuwah he eateth not, and giveth Yahuwah thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto Yahuwah; and whether we die, we die unto Yahuwah: whether we live therefore, or die, we are Yahuwah.
9 For to this end Yahushuwa both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Yahushuwa.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith Yahushuwa, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to Yahuwah.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to Yahuwah.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by Mashiach Yahushuwa, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Mashiach died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of Yahuwah is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Mashiach is acceptable to Yahuwah, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of Yahuwah. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before Yahuwah. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Verse 5 where it says “…Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” on the surface sounds like one can ‘will’ away the laws/commandments of Yahuwah, but this is NOT the case. It is talking about vegetarianism and whether to honor certain pagan days or not, and has nothing to do with condoning unclean meats or not honoring Yahuwah’s holy days. Some of these people were fasting meats on certain days of the week, and that is what “one man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike” is referring to! It has nothing to do with Yahuwah’s Sabbaths and feast days! The pagan culture they lived in honored certain pagan gods on certain days, and were even superstitious about doing certain things on certain days. Though the believers were learning to come out of the paganism, a lot of it still influenced them.
Even in today’s times the days of the week are still named according to different pagan gods. Monday is for the moon goddess, Tuesday is for the planet Mars, in honor of the god Tiw (Tiw’s Day), Wednesday is for the planet Mercury, later named in honor of the god Wedn or Woden, Thursday is for the planet Jupiter, later named to honor Zeus or Thor, Friday is for the planet Venus, later named for the goddess Aphrodite, Frigg or Freia, Saturday is for the planet Saturn, honor of the Roman god Saturn (Saturnalia is the festival in December that preceded Christmas that I will talk about later), and Sunday is for Sol/Helios, the Sun god. Even the names of our months are derived from pagan deities – January in honor of the Roman god Janus, etc.) Yahuwah doesn’t want us using pagan deities’ names:
Exodus 23:13 King James Version
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
But how do we avoid this? We live in a society where we can’t escape this unless we just say “the first day” or “the first month”, etc.
Some believers will only refer to the days as ‘the first day’, ‘the second day’, ‘the seventh day’, etc., because they do not want to speak out the names of pagan gods. Most people don’t even know they are referring to pagan gods! We live in a modern-day Babylon, and ‘coming out’ of it is not easy.
A modern-day example is Catholics and some other Christians who eat fish on Friday but fast regular ‘warm-blooded animal’ meat as a way of mourning Yahushuwa’s death, since they mistakenly believe He died on ‘Good Friday’. Meat is a celebratory food and they are mourning His death, not celebrating it. – there is no commandment to do this and it doesn’t matter if one does or doesn’t. And FYI, He died on a Wednesday afternoon, was in the grave before sunset, and for 3 days and 3 nights (which is 72 hours), as said in Matthew 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”. He rose from the dead before sunset on the Sabbath, Saturday evening, as it was about to become early Sunday morning, 72 hours after He was put in the tomb, and that could not have been Friday – if you can add, you can figure this out.
Some of them never ate meat. There is no commandment/law of Yahuwah to be a vegetarian, nor to refrain from the allowed meats on certain days of the week. Therefore, that issue is not important, and is personal choice whether to eat it or not eat it.
But this isn’t even talking about general vegetarianism. The reason some of the people didn’t eat meat was because they did not know for sure that the meat in the market hadn’t been offered to idols before it was put up for sale, and they were so strict about not eating that type of meat that they stopped eating it all-together in order to be ‘safe’. This is a case where Paul indicates that ‘if you don’t know, it won’t hurt you’, but if you do know, then avoid it for the sake of your brothers and sisters who are ‘weak in the faith’ and may be offended by you eating a meat that might have possibly been offered to idols.
None of this is talking about the ‘unclean’ animals that Yahuwah commands us not to eat, like pigs, shellfish, vultures, camels, horses, snakes, etc. It is only talking about the ‘allowed’ animals/meats such as cows, sheep, goats, chickens, etc. These are considered ‘clean’, but if offered to idols first, they are ‘ceremonial unclean’. Some believers prayed over them and ate them, while others avoided them like the plague. The only reason it was recommended not to eat them is because you may offend a brother who is weaker in the faith, NOT because the meat would actually defile you. It’s about brotherly love, not law, here.
Certain animals are to be considered unclean because Yahuwah says they are, not because their genetic make-ups are somehow created to be ‘unholy’, although there IS reason to consider them ‘physically’ unclean (unhealthy, unsafe) to eat, such as pigs, vultures and the other creatures that clean up our environment by eating up the garbage. To believers, because Yahuwah says certain animals/meats are unclean, they are unclean, plain and simple. If we love our Creator and Messiah, we will obey Him and not eat those creatures. And if we are also health conscience, we may realize there is a health reason He forbids them. But even if there wasn’t, we still should not eat them, simply because He said so.
Animals/meat that Yahuwah says are permitted to be eaten, yet have been offered to idols before sold in the market, are ritually unclean, which is a different issue. The meat itself will not harm us or make us defiled. If we eat it, not knowing it’s been offered to idols, it’s not going to defile us. I talked about this earlier. In itself, it is not unclean, but because it was used in idol worship which is demon worship, it is considered ritually unclean. If we know that it was used in idol worship then we should not eat it because knowing so would make it like we are participating in the idol worship, and we are forbidden to do that, plus it would send a message to our brothers and sisters in Messiah that we condone idol/demon worship, and that unintentional message may cause them to stumble.
Here’s more Scripture used out of context to justify eating unclean meats:
1 Timothy 4:1-5 King James Version
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which Yahuwah hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of Yahuwah is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of Yahuwah and prayer.
Many think that Paul is saying that every creature of Yahuwah means even pigs and other ‘unclean’ animals, but that is not true.
He was talking to Jewish believers who never ate ‘unclean’ animals. He didn’t need to explain to them that he didn’t mean they could eat the forbidden meats – they already knew this, but we modern-day believers wouldn’t necessarily know it if someone didn’t bring it to our attention. The animals that Yahuwah told them they could eat, that were considered Kosher because Yahuwah made them that way, were forbidden by some cults that taught doctrines of demons, forbidding them from eating the kosher meats, from getting married (as the Catholics forbid their priests to marry), and other ridiculous restrictions that were not restricted by Yahuwah. Their restriction of marrying goes directly against Yahuwah’s commandment to be fruitful and multiply.
He was NOT saying that they could eat unclean meats as long as they prayed over them. He WAS saying they could eat the kosher meats that were made by Yahuwah to be food, and if there was a possibility that they had been offered to idols, prayer would sanctify them. IF he meant that every creature that Yahuwah created was good to eat, that would include dogs, cats, snakes, rats, people, monkeys, spiders, centipedes, etc! Again, we need to remember, Yahushuwa Himself, the Creator and the writer of the laws, said not one jot or tittle will by any means be abolished until heaven and earth pass away, and that doesn’t happen until AFTER the tribulation and the Millennium, and that includes the dietary laws!
Some people use Genesis 9:3 to excuse eating unclean meats, or at least to say that Noah was told he could do this.
Genesis 9:3-4 King James Version
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Let’s understand this verse in context. Notice that before the flood, there obviously were animals that were considered clean and unclean. Yahuwah told Noah to take the clean ones into the ark by sevens – why? Well, clean animals are eaten, so they need to mate and produce plenty of food, and they were used in sacrifices as well, so there needed to be more of them to multiply. The unclean animals were only brought on by one male and one female of each kind. Those won’t be eaten and so there doesn’t need to be as many. As you can see, the dietary laws concerning clean and unclean animals were in effect way back in Genesis – they did not BEGIN at Mount Sinai! They were not written down at first though, and in Exodus 24, on Mount Sinai, it says Moses wrote all of Yahuwah’s instructions on a scroll. Then, in Malachi 4 it says:
Malachi 4:4 King James Version
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Genesis 7:2 King James Version
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Genesis 8:20 King James Version
20 And Noah builded an altar unto Yahuwah; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Now do you suppose they sacrificed these clean animals, and ate the sacrifice (as was normally done), but also ate the very few unclean animals (which would have made both groups go extinct fairly quickly)? That doesn’t even make sense. Yahuwah had him bring the animals on the ark to be released after the flood so they could breed abundantly and multiply.
Genesis 8:14-19 King James Version
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And Yahuwah spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis 9:3-4 King James Version
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
“Every moving thing” comes from the Hebrew word Remes (#743 in Strong’s Concordance) and is NOT a term that literally means “all creatures” or “every moving thing”! It is ONE category of creatures – animals that are approved by Yahuwah to be hunted, and these would be only ‘clean’ animals like wild cattle, antelope, deer, gazelle and ibex. It is sad that the verse was translated so poorly to English, to give us the impression that Yahuwah allowed Noah to eat unclean animals, when that is not at all the case.
The next issue is why did Yahuwah need to tell Noah he could eat these clean animals, when clean animals could be eaten as part of everyone’s diet (and they were sacrificed and then eaten as well) before he built the ark? Because while they were in the ark, the family was not allowed to eat any of the animals, or else they would go extinct before the flood ended! So, they ate plant life while in the ark, and after the flood they were again allowed to eat the clean animals. This next verse shows that they took plants on board for their food as well as for food for the animals:
Genesis 6:20-21 King James Version
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Hebrews 12:14 King James Version
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see Yahuwah:
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 King James Version
7 For Yahuwah hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but Yahuwah, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Yahuwah did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but Yahuwah.
Romans 12:1 King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahuwah, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahuwah, which is your reasonable service.
Notice that the next verse says “it is written” – this is referring to the Old Testament. So where is it written? Where does it say “be ye holy, for I am holy” and what is it referring to?
1 Peter 1:14-17 King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, BE YE HOLY; FOR I AM HOLY.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
How about here? (my comments are in parentheses):
Leviticus 19:1-5, 9-18 King James Version
1 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I Yahuwah your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Yahuwah your God. (It’s referring to respecting parents and keeping the Sabbaths!)
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yahuwah your God. (and not worshipping idols)
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto Yahuwah, ye shall offer it at your own will (and sacrifices – which we aren’t doing at this time because of His sacrifice of Himself so we are presenting our bodies as living sacrifices to Him. According to Scriptures, in the Millennium He will have sacrifices going on.)
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9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am Yahuwah your God. (and the harvest)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Yahuwah.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am Yahuwah.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Yahuwah.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am Yahuwah.
Romans 14 King James Version
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. (Paul does not mean literally ALL THINGS – it is about vegetarianism versus eating meat.)
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for Yahuwah hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for Yahuwah is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto Yahuwah; and he that regardeth not the day, to Yahuwah he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to Yahuwah, for he giveth Yahuwah thanks; and he that eateth not, to Yahuwah he eateth not, and giveth Yahuwah thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto Yahuwah; and whether we die, we die unto Yahuwah: whether we live therefore, or die, we are Yahuwah.
9 For to this end Yahushuwa both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Yahushuwa.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith Yahushuwa, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to Yahuwah.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to Yahuwah.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by Mashiach Yahushuwa, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Mashiach died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of Yahuwah is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Mashiach is acceptable to Yahuwah, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of Yahuwah. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before Yahuwah. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Verse 5 where it says “…Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” on the surface sounds like one can ‘will’ away the laws/commandments of Yahuwah, but this is NOT the case. It is talking about vegetarianism and whether to honor certain pagan days or not, and has nothing to do with condoning unclean meats or not honoring Yahuwah’s holy days. Some of these people were fasting meats on certain days of the week, and that is what “one man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike” is referring to! It has nothing to do with Yahuwah’s Sabbaths and feast days! The pagan culture they lived in honored certain pagan gods on certain days, and were even superstitious about doing certain things on certain days. Though the believers were learning to come out of the paganism, a lot of it still influenced them.
Even in today’s times the days of the week are still named according to different pagan gods. Monday is for the moon goddess, Tuesday is for the planet Mars, in honor of the god Tiw (Tiw’s Day), Wednesday is for the planet Mercury, later named in honor of the god Wedn or Woden, Thursday is for the planet Jupiter, later named to honor Zeus or Thor, Friday is for the planet Venus, later named for the goddess Aphrodite, Frigg or Freia, Saturday is for the planet Saturn, honor of the Roman god Saturn (Saturnalia is the festival in December that preceded Christmas that I will talk about later), and Sunday is for Sol/Helios, the Sun god. Even the names of our months are derived from pagan deities – January in honor of the Roman god Janus, etc.) Yahuwah doesn’t want us using pagan deities’ names:
Exodus 23:13 King James Version
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
But how do we avoid this? We live in a society where we can’t escape this unless we just say “the first day” or “the first month”, etc.
Some believers will only refer to the days as ‘the first day’, ‘the second day’, ‘the seventh day’, etc., because they do not want to speak out the names of pagan gods. Most people don’t even know they are referring to pagan gods! We live in a modern-day Babylon, and ‘coming out’ of it is not easy.
A modern-day example is Catholics and some other Christians who eat fish on Friday but fast regular ‘warm-blooded animal’ meat as a way of mourning Yahushuwa’s death, since they mistakenly believe He died on ‘Good Friday’. Meat is a celebratory food and they are mourning His death, not celebrating it. – there is no commandment to do this and it doesn’t matter if one does or doesn’t. And FYI, He died on a Wednesday afternoon, was in the grave before sunset, and for 3 days and 3 nights (which is 72 hours), as said in Matthew 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”. He rose from the dead before sunset on the Sabbath, Saturday evening, as it was about to become early Sunday morning, 72 hours after He was put in the tomb, and that could not have been Friday – if you can add, you can figure this out.
Some of them never ate meat. There is no commandment/law of Yahuwah to be a vegetarian, nor to refrain from the allowed meats on certain days of the week. Therefore, that issue is not important, and is personal choice whether to eat it or not eat it.
But this isn’t even talking about general vegetarianism. The reason some of the people didn’t eat meat was because they did not know for sure that the meat in the market hadn’t been offered to idols before it was put up for sale, and they were so strict about not eating that type of meat that they stopped eating it all-together in order to be ‘safe’. This is a case where Paul indicates that ‘if you don’t know, it won’t hurt you’, but if you do know, then avoid it for the sake of your brothers and sisters who are ‘weak in the faith’ and may be offended by you eating a meat that might have possibly been offered to idols.
None of this is talking about the ‘unclean’ animals that Yahuwah commands us not to eat, like pigs, shellfish, vultures, camels, horses, snakes, etc. It is only talking about the ‘allowed’ animals/meats such as cows, sheep, goats, chickens, etc. These are considered ‘clean’, but if offered to idols first, they are ‘ceremonial unclean’. Some believers prayed over them and ate them, while others avoided them like the plague. The only reason it was recommended not to eat them is because you may offend a brother who is weaker in the faith, NOT because the meat would actually defile you. It’s about brotherly love, not law, here.
Certain animals are to be considered unclean because Yahuwah says they are, not because their genetic make-ups are somehow created to be ‘unholy’, although there IS reason to consider them ‘physically’ unclean (unhealthy, unsafe) to eat, such as pigs, vultures and the other creatures that clean up our environment by eating up the garbage. To believers, because Yahuwah says certain animals/meats are unclean, they are unclean, plain and simple. If we love our Creator and Messiah, we will obey Him and not eat those creatures. And if we are also health conscience, we may realize there is a health reason He forbids them. But even if there wasn’t, we still should not eat them, simply because He said so.
Animals/meat that Yahuwah says are permitted to be eaten, yet have been offered to idols before sold in the market, are ritually unclean, which is a different issue. The meat itself will not harm us or make us defiled. If we eat it, not knowing it’s been offered to idols, it’s not going to defile us. I talked about this earlier. In itself, it is not unclean, but because it was used in idol worship which is demon worship, it is considered ritually unclean. If we know that it was used in idol worship then we should not eat it because knowing so would make it like we are participating in the idol worship, and we are forbidden to do that, plus it would send a message to our brothers and sisters in Messiah that we condone idol/demon worship, and that unintentional message may cause them to stumble.
Here’s more Scripture used out of context to justify eating unclean meats:
1 Timothy 4:1-5 King James Version
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which Yahuwah hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of Yahuwah is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of Yahuwah and prayer.
Many think that Paul is saying that every creature of Yahuwah means even pigs and other ‘unclean’ animals, but that is not true.
He was talking to Jewish believers who never ate ‘unclean’ animals. He didn’t need to explain to them that he didn’t mean they could eat the forbidden meats – they already knew this, but we modern-day believers wouldn’t necessarily know it if someone didn’t bring it to our attention. The animals that Yahuwah told them they could eat, that were considered Kosher because Yahuwah made them that way, were forbidden by some cults that taught doctrines of demons, forbidding them from eating the kosher meats, from getting married (as the Catholics forbid their priests to marry), and other ridiculous restrictions that were not restricted by Yahuwah. Their restriction of marrying goes directly against Yahuwah’s commandment to be fruitful and multiply.
Some people use Genesis 9:3 to excuse eating unclean meats, or at least to say that Noah was told he could do this.
Genesis 9:3-4 King James Version
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Let’s understand this verse in context. Notice that before the flood, there obviously were animals that were considered clean and unclean. Yahuwah told Noah to take the clean ones into the ark by sevens – why? Well, clean animals are eaten, so they need to mate and produce plenty of food, and they were used in sacrifices as well, so there needed to be more of them to multiply. The unclean animals were only brought on by one male and one female of each kind. Those won’t be eaten and so there doesn’t need to be as many. As you can see, the dietary laws concerning clean and unclean animals were in effect way back in Genesis – they did not BEGIN at Mount Sinai! They were not written down at first though, and in Exodus 24, on Mount Sinai, it says Moses wrote all of Yahuwah’s instructions on a scroll. Then, in Malachi 4 it says:
Malachi 4:4 King James Version
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Genesis 7:2 King James Version
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Genesis 8:20 King James Version
20 And Noah builded an altar unto Yahuwah; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Now do you suppose they sacrificed these clean animals, and ate the sacrifice (as was normally done), but also ate the very few unclean animals (which would have made both groups go extinct fairly quickly)? That doesn’t even make sense. Yahuwah had him bring the animals on the ark to be released after the flood so they could breed abundantly and multiply.
Genesis 8:14-19 King James Version
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15 And Yahuwah spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis 9:3-4 King James Version
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
“Every moving thing” comes from the Hebrew word Remes (#743 in Strong’s Concordance) and is NOT a term that literally means “all creatures” or “every moving thing”! It is ONE category of creatures – animals that are approved by Yahuwah to be hunted, and these would be only ‘clean’ animals like wild cattle, antelope, deer, gazelle and ibex. It is sad that the verse was translated so poorly to English, to give us the impression that Yahuwah allowed Noah to eat unclean animals, when that is not at all the case.
The next issue is why did Yahuwah need to tell Noah he could eat these clean animals, when clean animals could be eaten as part of everyone’s diet (and they were sacrificed and then eaten as well) before he built the ark? Because while they were in the ark, the family was not allowed to eat any of the animals, or else they would go extinct before the flood ended! So, they ate plant life while in the ark, and after the flood they were again allowed to eat the clean animals. This next verse shows that they took plants on board for their food as well as for food for the animals:
Genesis 6:20-21 King James Version
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Here are some verses on holiness
Hebrews 12:14 King James Version
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see Yahuwah:
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 King James Version
7 For Yahuwah hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but Yahuwah, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Yahuwah did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but Yahuwah.
Romans 12:1 King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahuwah, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahuwah, which is your reasonable service.
Notice that the next verse says “it is written” – this is referring to the Old Testament. So where is it written? Where does it say “be ye holy, for I am holy” and what is it referring to?
1 Peter 1:14-17 King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, BE YE HOLY; FOR I AM HOLY.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
How about here? (my comments are in parentheses):
Leviticus 19:1-5, 9-18 King James Version
1 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I Yahuwah your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Yahuwah your God. (It’s referring to respecting parents and keeping the Sabbaths!)
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yahuwah your God. (and not worshipping idols)
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto Yahuwah, ye shall offer it at your own will (and sacrifices – which we aren’t doing at this time because of His sacrifice of Himself so we are presenting our bodies as living sacrifices to Him. According to Scriptures, in the Millennium He will have sacrifices going on.)
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9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am Yahuwah your God. (and the harvest)
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Yahuwah.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am Yahuwah.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Yahuwah.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am Yahuwah.
IT STARTS RIGHT OUT WITH THE COMMANDMENT TO KEEP THE SABBATH – IN ORDER TO BE YE HOLY. SABBATH KEEPING IS PART OF BEING HOLY AS YAHUWAH IS HOLY – right after instructing to respect our parents. Then it starts listing other parts of His commandments that we are to keep. These commandments are part of the ‘law’. Are they so horrible?
Look how important the Sabbath is to our Creator!
Exodus 31:13-14 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Notice that it says “throughout your generations.” That means it never ends! Here is another verse that ‘as it is written, be ye holy as I am holy’ covers:
Look how important the Sabbath is to our Creator!
Exodus 31:13-14 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Notice that it says “throughout your generations.” That means it never ends! Here is another verse that ‘as it is written, be ye holy as I am holy’ covers:
Leviticus 20:25-26 King James Version
25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I Yahuwah am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Again, it uses the instruction to “be holy for I am holy,” and it’s giving the dietary laws, so refraining from eating unclean animals is part of being holy. It’s a holiness issue. If we can’t see Yahuwah unless we are holy, and following the dietary instructions are part of being holy, then don’t you think you ought to start following the dietary instructions? (and all the other ones in the Bible?) I’m just showing you how the New Testament is teaching the laws of the Old Testament. None of it is ‘done away with’.
Leviticus 11:45 King James Version
45 For I am Yahuwah that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
So, let’s see what topic this is covering:
Leviticus 11:41-47 King James Version
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am Yahuwah your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45 For I am Yahuwah that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
It too is covering dietary laws. So, this upsets you because you love your bacon and catfish too much to give them up? And lobster and shrimp?
Well, if you love them more than Yahuwah, have at it. But don’t be surprised when He tells you to depart from Him, that He never knew you, and calls you a worker of lawlessness, and then throws you into the lake of fire. And remember that I told you about this, so you don’t have the lack of knowledge, but you rejected the knowledge, and so Yahuwah rejected you. Or repent, and go buy turkey or beef bacon, and fake seafood that doesn’t have crab juice included in it, and be happy you have other options!
The Bible says we should walk as He walked – He kept the 7th day Sabbath, He did all the feast days, He did NOT celebrate any pagan holidays like Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc., He did not eat pig or shellfish or catfish or any of the other unclean animals. So, we believe that if we are to walk as He walked, we should do the same.
1 Peter 1:14-16 King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
You see, the New Testament verse above goes much deeper than what you are normally taught. It covers the law of Yahuwah – the Old Testament law. If you mentally deal with the parts about sacrifices in the temple, and remember that we are presently instructed to practice the sacrificial laws differently for now, by bringing ourselves as living sacrifices which are holy and acceptable to Him, and the sacrifice of praise, and entering into the Holiest place by the blood of Yahushuwa, where we can be in the tangible presence of Yahuwah because our High Priest Yahushuwa takes us there, then the sacrificial laws aren’t so scary now, are they?
And if you mentally deal with the civil laws as realizing we do not live in that legal system presently and neither do the Jews in Jerusalem, so we cannot take it upon ourselves to stone a criminal or adulterer, but must go through and obey the laws of our land when we deal with crimes, then those laws aren’t so scary now, are they? We can go through the verses with laws and learn about them, and seek to obey the ones that do apply to us in our land and situations, and when the Millennial time comes and we are helping Yahushuwa to rule during that time, He will let us know what to do.
Hebrews 12:14 King James Version
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see Yahuwah:
Since holiness is about the Old Testament laws, and we won’t see Yahuwah without it, does this mean if we refuse to stop eating bacon He will not let us into Heaven? Check this out once again, as it’s an important verse to remember:
Isaiah 66:15-18 King James Version
15 For, behold, Yahuwah will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will Yahuwah plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahuwah shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh (THAT IS PIG MEAT, PORK), and the abomination (THAT INCLUDES OTHER UNCLEAN MEATS), and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith Yahuwah.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
It’s not me who wrote these things. Don’t get mad at me. I’m showing you what Yahuwah, our Creator, says, because your pastor didn’t bother to show you this stuff. If your house was burning down and someone tried to help you get out of it before you burned up, would you get mad at them? The lake of fire is worse than a burning house!
We look for the ones that apply to us and that we understand. Ones we don’t understand we pray about and let Yahuwah know we don’t understand how that one would be something we should do in our time and place and situation, and we go from there. And they’re mostly moral laws that we keep anyway, and feast days, and are not at all hard to keep. It’s easier to do His feast days than to do Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc, and MUCH more peaceful. They are all about Yahushuwa and are designed to bring us closer to Him. We can either seek to learn about these things to obey and please our Creator, or we can seek worldly pleasure and enjoy it now, but pay for it later. It’s our choice.
15 For, behold, Yahuwah will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will Yahuwah plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahuwah shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh (THAT IS PIG MEAT, PORK), and the abomination (THAT INCLUDES OTHER UNCLEAN MEATS), and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith Yahuwah.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
It’s not me who wrote these things. Don’t get mad at me. I’m showing you what Yahuwah, our Creator, says, because your pastor didn’t bother to show you this stuff. If your house was burning down and someone tried to help you get out of it before you burned up, would you get mad at them? The lake of fire is worse than a burning house!
We look for the ones that apply to us and that we understand. Ones we don’t understand we pray about and let Yahuwah know we don’t understand how that one would be something we should do in our time and place and situation, and we go from there. And they’re mostly moral laws that we keep anyway, and feast days, and are not at all hard to keep. It’s easier to do His feast days than to do Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc, and MUCH more peaceful. They are all about Yahushuwa and are designed to bring us closer to Him. We can either seek to learn about these things to obey and please our Creator, or we can seek worldly pleasure and enjoy it now, but pay for it later. It’s our choice.
Romans 6:22-23 King James Version
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants (or slaves) to Yahuwah, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahuwah is eternal life through Yahushuwa ha Mashiach our Lord.
John 8:34 King James Version
34 Yahushuwa answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (a slave to sin)
Romans 8:2 King James Version
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Mashiach Yahushuwa hath
made me free from the law of sin and death.
It would be understandable to think that the law of sin and death was nailed to the cross. However, if we deliberately live in sin (transgress His laws), then we place ourselves back under the law of sin and death, because un-repented sin is punishable by death.
Hebrews 10:26-27 King James Version
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Instead of having to die for our sins, we can repent of them, and be forgiven because of our Messiah dying for our sins, taking our place, so yes, He freed us from the law of sin and death. We do have to repent though – this is not a ticket to heaven if we continue to sin and refuse to repent. Anytime we realize that we have sinned, we should run to our Father and admit our sin and ask His forgiveness, and don’t run out and do that sin again! But if we do do it again, don’t feel too guilty to repent again – He is very merciful and quick to forgive!
1 John 2:1 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa ha Mashiach the righteous:
Grace doesn’t cover willful unrepented repeated sin. It empowers us to stop the sinning, to stop letting sin control or enslave us.
Revelation 1:5 King James Version
5 And from Yahushuwa ha Mashiach, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
I recently read a meme that said it used to be that the devil tried to get people to disobey God, but now days it is the Christians who do this. This is so sad but true!
Now if you’re thinking that in order to ‘get saved’ you have to earn it by doing works, doing certain laws, then you are wrong, not wrong to do the laws, but wrong to think that they will save you. Get born-again FIRST, THEN start learning how to obey the laws – because the law won’t save you, but refusing to obey it after being ‘born-again’ can condemn you. You’re not supposed to keep on sinning after getting born-again, and saved from your sins, and sin is transgression of the law.
It’s one thing to not know any better and be doing the best one knows how to do with what they’ve been taught and practiced for years, but it’s a whole other thing to know about the instructions and just flat out refuse and disobey them – to not even start studying them out to learn the truth. As I said before, Yahuwah’s people are destroyed for lack of knowledge BECAUSE they REJECT knowledge and this is referring to the law of Yahuwah.
Hosea 4:6 King James Version
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of Yahuwah, I will also forget thy children.
It says you can’t be a priest to Him – remember “we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation”? Sounds like rejecting the knowledge of Yahuwah’s instructions will make that null and void.
There’s a difference between willful sin and accidental sin, but we still have to repent of it.
Acts 17:30 King James Version
30 And the times of this ignorance Yahuwah winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
His word says there is a time to stop being ignorant. So, let’s get off the milk and start taking the meat of the word of Yahuwah, and GROW UP! Then we can teach others to do the same.
1 Peter 2:2-4 King James Version
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that Yahuwah is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of Yahuwah, and precious,
1 Corinthians 3:2 King James Version
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it,
Hebrews 5:13-14 King James Version
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Luke 9:23 King James Version
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Most Christians do not want to deny themselves the things that Yahuwah is against – they want to keep doing what they like and feel comfortable with, even if it means they are disobeying His commandments. I’ve even had them say to us “Well, God is just going to have to take me as I am, because I love my bacon and I’m NOT going to stop eating it! If He didn’t want us to eat pork He shouldn’t have made it taste so good!” I say to them “He doesn’t have to do anything but what He says in His word. He’s not changing His rules for YOU.” (This was a neighbor who we like very much.) This is willfully sinning, and this is what Scripture says about that:
Hebrews 10:26-31 King James Version
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of Yahuwah, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith Yahuwah. And again, Yahuwah shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Yahuwah.
I want you to notice that this is speaking to believers, people who are already born-again, not to un-believers. “Wherewith he was sanctified” – unbelievers have not been sanctified. “Yahuwah shall judge His people” – HIS PEOPLE are those who are born-again and grafted in.
Mark 7:13 King James Version
13 Making the word of Yahuwah of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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