Biblical food laws: Why are so many animals 'UNCLEAN'?

[@Buckinghamrabbit]

Really appreciate how you package and contextualize information, but I gotta especially hand it to you for that sunrise comparison- that was pretty excellent lol

[@Rashard_D]

You laid that out Awesomely..........Great Job

[@stephenmcdonald9859]

Wow… one of my favorite videos. Pls do more like this.. Subscribed!

[@partialartsblackbelt8384]

Thank you! I definitely share your videos and podcasts as homework before we meet in my bible study group.

[@freethinker9210]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@dariusdavis4275]

You have a new subscriber brother! Love the way you elaborate and explain the word of GOD. May HE bless you and yours 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@djpodesta]

Hi Darius… You have chosen a really good teacher to listen to. Happy learning!

[@DiscipleDojo]

Welcome, man! Thanks for the sub!

[@Yesica1993]

I cannot wait to meet our God! I can't get over the fact that He WANTS us to know Him. He WANTS to have a relationship with us. WHY?! We are not only small as dust compared to Him, but we are relentlessly, hopelessly rebellious. The fact that He bothers with any of us at all never fails to leave me stunned.

[@DeconTheMonkey]

This is just awesome. I’ve been thinking about the food laws for a long time and never jived with the explanation that they were for health reasons. Loved this. What you explained has been stuff ive been processing but you explained them in a very helpful and concise way. Im doing a preaching series on the Pentateuch and this will be helpful for me.

[@rambleon2011]

Read God’s Key to Health and Happiness written by a pastor. It covers the reasons why God gave the dietary laws and how they still apply to believers in Jesus Christ, not anything to do with salvation but for the benefit of their health. If a car manual and maintenance is ignored, the car will break down even as the human body will break down if we ignore God’s dietary laws for optimal health.

[@richardvoogd705]

Some of the explanations of the dietary laws I've encountered mention the need to cook pig meat properly to help prevent sickness, but conveniently ignore the need to cook food that's on the "clean" list properly. It doesn't make sense!

[@WallarMarak-lp8sq]

I am watching in India

[@SaltLight7]

Great video as always. Thank you. Side note, this is probably the only video of yours (maybe except for the Mt Sini one) with KZbin recommended videos on the same topic. 😄 And as you mentioned in the video, most of them are people explaining what a current Christian should eat or what "God recently told them" to eat.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Doesn't surprise me AT ALLLLLLL! 😅

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Brother JM🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@richardvoogd705]

Thank you for sharing this. I had forgotten about the perspective relating to defects and disabilities. My thoughts while listening to the message and reading the comments momentarily turned to Matthew 23:24. Jesus, in rebuking the Pharisees, commented on their nit picking about the small stuff, and their neglecting the bigger stuff. There's an element of humour here, both the gnat and the camel are on the unclean list.

[@nathanaelnewitt3961]

Rabbits have two types of droppings, one is slightly green (I assume less digested) and they eat it. I can't remember what it's called but it may be possible that that is in view, tho I don't think it's any more likely than what you said

[@Pomni740]

Deuteronomy 13 says that if anyone tries to change the law or tells you that you don't have to follow the law, they are a false prophet even if they can perform miracles.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@Pomni740 and as long as the Mosaic Covenant was in effect, that is correct. Only YHWH Himself has the authority to inaugurate the New Covenant that Jeremiah and Ezekiel predicted would come and replace the Sinai Covenant that Israel and Judah broke repeatedly. Just like only YHWH Himself can command the wind and the waves with his voice, or forgive sins... 😉

[@Pomni740]

@DiscipleDojo If the new testament athours say you don't have to follow the law, then they are false prophets according to deuteronomy 13.

[@MaryTruthSeeker]

@@DiscipleDojoand the Messiah said he did NOT come to do away with the Torah. It will be in effect until there is a new heaven and earth. Looks like we are on the same old earth.

[@Pomni740]

​@@DiscipleDojo The word covenant means promise, and so when it says there will be a new covenant, it simply means god will renew a promise it doesn't mean there will be a new law. And if you are claiming that this is talking about jesus jeremiah 31:34 says that when this happens, no one will have to teach their neighbor about God because everyone will know God. Everyone did not know God when jesus came, so jeremiah 31 is not about jesus.

[@shinryuken5423]

When you have a chance can you expand of this teaching and Matthew 5:17?

[@DiscipleDojo]

We actually cover this in the video linked in this one on the Most Important Concept in Biblical Theology and what 'fulfill' means.

[@christucker985]

Christ came to establish meaning to put in place. This world seems to teach against what the Bible says. I see why he isn’t dealing with Gentiles.

[@Jeramie1]

The New Covenant is for Israel isn't it? Once Gentiles are Grafted in don't they become Israel? Wouldn't that mean his dietary instruction would apply to anyone that becomes his people Israel, Israelites? Food for thought! Jeremiah 31:31-33 and Ezekiel 36:22-28? Eze 36:22-28 WMTH-ME 22 "Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 And I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. Jer 31:31-33 WMTH-ME 31 Look, the days come," says the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, and I disregarded them," says the LORD. 33 "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says the LORD: "I will put my law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

[@DiscipleDojo]

This is exactly what the Apostles wrestled with in Acts 15. See their conclusions.

[@im_Just_A_Vibe]

The Israelites was scattered into all nations so they followed custom from the original gentiles, 2 Maccabees 6:6 Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.” The word gentiles has 2 meanings depending on the context the Israelites that was living with the other nations not keeping the customs of the Israelites was also called gentiles Matthew 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. Zabulon & Nephthalim are part of the 12 tribes of Israel they was called gentiles those are the gentiles that are being talked about being grafted back in not outside nation, Christ mission was to bring back the 12 tribes and Paul mission also, the Bible was only for Israel God is not dealing with any other nation Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. Israelites is a bloodline people who descend from the man Jacob it’s a nationality nobody can become an Israelites an Edomite, Moabite, Ammonite, Ishmaelite, can not become an Israelites, like today in America the biblical Israelites are living like gentiles following America customs & holidays, the kingdom of heaven is only for the 12 tribes Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

[@zekdom]

@@im_Just_A_VibeWas Rahab an Israelite before the fall of Jericho? How about King Agrippa in Acts 26? Was he a lost sheep of Israel?

[@emekaeze7705]

If you are grafted in You become an Israelite, one law for both the natural and grafted branches.​@@im_Just_A_Vibe

[@iamthefiremanjj]

I hope everyone keeps an open mind

[@SaltLight7]

Yes! Do Ezekiel bread. Also... cover the Ezekiel choke. 😉

[@DiscipleDojo]

It's the king of chokes!!! 😁

[@archewing]

You should interview Tim Hegg or Caleb Hegg from Torah Resource about this. This video is close on what is going on. They have a different take on the issue of Peters vision because Peter still kept all the commandments after the vision

[@DiscipleDojo]

Yes, I've heard that argued. I don't think it's compelling because Paul had to rebuke Peter, showing that Peter's behavior is not to be followed in this matter.

[@archewing]

@@DiscipleDojo Paul was rebuking him going back to the tradition eating with gentiles, it wasn’t about what he was eating.

[@archewing]

@@revam360 and those dietary laws still apply to this day. Heaven and earth has not passed away yet.

[@joshuamelton9148]

​Actually Heaven and Earth did passed away, if you understand What Jesus was talking about in the cultural context.

[@EastTexasHomestead]

Well done Brother. I appreciate all the work that went into this video and I’d encourage you to research the difference between “unclean” and “common” in Peter’s vision (Acts 10). Notice how there were “all kinds of animals” and not just unclean ones coming down in the sheet. Why didn’t Peter just eat the sheep in the sheet? Did the voice tell Peter specifically to pick out an unclean animal and eat it? Did God command him to do something he previously stated multiple times was detestable to Him? Does God change? I’d like to see a video discussing these topics as I know you will research them well and not stay in an echo chamber. Thanks again for the excellent production and time.

[@richardvoogd705]

My understanding of Peter's vision is that it wasn't so much about what food to eat and what not to eat, but illustrate that many of social conventions of the time might hinder the work God had in mind for Peter. The vision is described in Acts 10:1-16, and much of the rest of the chapter deals with not making a distinction between different people based on their being "clean" or "unclean" - God doesn't play favourites.

[@ILOVEYESHUA1ST]

What know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit? What was unclean then is unclean today, inappropriate- people were never unclean, there has always been a way to enter israel and follow the God of Israel. Acts 15 contains 3 dietary laws. Eating food sacrificed to idols, things torn, and blood. It’s a matter of appropriateness.

[@sylviasandin4386]

What is written is written. I don't play with Gods law. God knows better than me

[@RANGDAP]

Unclean means unclean...period

[@DiscipleDojo]

That is a tautology.

[@hendriklerou4902]

Exactly! I agree

[@joshuamelton9148]

So by yourself logic Gentiles will always be unclean.

[@jason5298]

​@@joshuamelton9148God gave Peter a vision saying believing Gentiles were clean. Peter clearly explains this to the other disciples.

[@joshuamelton9148]

@@jason5298 You say are saying that God has the power to make Gentiles that are naturally Unclean clean, but is not powerful enough to make unclean Animal clean.

[@bobwaughman6259]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@AndyZach]

Thanks for your clear explanation. I've heard this explanation of clean and unclean before, but your explanation is clearer. Nonetheless, I'm unconvinced you're right. You're drawing an analogy between the food laws and the separation of priests, Israel, and Gentiles which is good and accurate. However, it's a human deduction, not a revelation from God that that is the reason for the food laws. My Biblical counterpoint is that Noah knew of clean and unclean animals in his time, well before Moses. That applied to all the people of the world after Moses. That supports my point of view that the clean and unclean laws are for our benefit to distinguish good and bad animal food. The New Testament points you bring out, unifying Jews and Gentiles in the new covenant gives a good reason for not enforcing food laws in the church. I knew historically the church didn't enforce those laws. It's clear from the New Testament point of view that food is not a salvational issue. Jesus Himself said the food we eat doesn't defile us, but the words we say from our hearts. We are holy and clean because of Jesus's shed blood, not the food we eat. Paul points out that Jesus broke down the wall of separation between Jew and Gentile. He also says that the Gentiles are grafted into the olive tree of Israel, making them Israelite. But that is contingent upon conversion. Thus all Christians are Israelites, and all non-Christians are non-Israelites. Paul also says in Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Thus, for me, I avoid unclean foods as per God's instructions, believing them to be inherently unsuitable for consumption. The studies that indicate otherwise are not more convincing than the word of God. But I do not fuss over what other people do, nor do I try to change their minds, for I may be wrong. From time to time I'll eat unclean food to avoid offense. Romans 14 gives good advice on this matter. I'm willing to admit I'm wrong. I just haven't seen it from your video.

[@DiscipleDojo]

That's a fair position to take. Though I still think it runs up against Jesus declaring all foods clean and Peter's vision. I think YHWH told Noah what animals to bring for sacrifices knowing the full scope of the unfolding Levitical Covenant that lay ahead, and Milgrom notes that the concept of clean and unclean animals was not unique to Israel. Most ancient cultures had the concept. But there is nothing in Scripture that states it was for health reasons, so I think the parallels Milgrom notes are in fact good reasoning from the revealed Words of God whereas the idea that it was for health reasons is actually more a case of "human reasoning."

[@AndyZach]

@@DiscipleDojo Right. Both sides use human reasoning since God hasn't revealed why certain animals are unclean. We come up with the best explanation we can. Regarding Jesus's pronouncement in Mark 7 and Matthew 15, here it is, in the WEB translation, merged together: Unwashed Hands Do not Defile One Spiritually Mark 7:14-37; Matthew 15:10-20 14 He called all the multitude to Himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. 15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him 11 which enters into the mouth doesn’t 15 defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man 11 which proceeds out of the mouth, 15 are those that defile the man. 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” 17 When He had entered into a house away from the multitude, 12 then the disciples came, and said to Him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?” 13 But He answered, “Every plant which My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted. 14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 Peter [and] 17 His disciples 15 answered Him, [and] 17 asked Him about the parable, 15 “Explain the parable to us.” 18 He said to them, “Are you also 16 still 18 without understanding? Don’t you perceive [and] 17 understand 18 that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, 19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but 17 goes into the mouth passes into the belly, 17 and then out of the body 19 then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods? 20 He said, 18 “But the things which proceed out of the mouth [of] 20 the man 18 come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 19 false testimony, 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, 19 blasphemies, 22 pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man, 20 but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.” The subject matter is not clean and unclean foods, but washing your hands. Still, the principle applies: we are not spiritually defiled by what we eat, but by our hearts. It's reasonable to apply this to unclean meats, but if the original reason was for health purposes, you may be risking your health. More importantly, it doesn't say all meat is clean to eat. It's a debatable matter. I chose to error obeying the word of God.

[@ednadiaz4193]

DiscipleDojo mentioned that we to follow Jesus's Commandments. What would those be?

[@MaMaLuJo]

Fantastic teaching. Thank you!

[@4jaimeavalos]

I don't know if this has already been addressed but rabbits do what is called Coprophagy. They eat their pellets to regain nutrients but yea, I can see why it could be called cud chewing.. You can get what is called Rabbit starvation. Rabbits are very lean meat very low in fat creating a condition called protein poisoning. In Marine Corps Mountain survival we are taught to also eat the eyes of a rabbit( also any fat pads surrounding eye) since they do carry fats/omegas. This is critical when food sources are scarce which I image was very relevant in ancient times. We are learning more and more about food sources and the long term implications to our health. Eggs are a perfect example of the flip flopping of "science". I wonder how prevalent heart disease was in ancient times as it is today. Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food-Hippocrates. Great post.

[@djpodesta]

One thing confuses me with the God fearing Jews. Before I state my confusion, I will admit that I understand their persecution throughout the ages… which could be a reason. Back to my point. They know through the scriptures; God’s covenant with Abraham… and that they are chosen to be a kingdom of priests and an example to the nations; to bring the nations to God… yet… they have always been a closed community… almost like they only want God for themselves. I am not complaining about this attitude, but rather… I am confused about why they would not be more open to sharing their beliefs; or at least more open within their communities… like the Christians are. It seems to me that the Christian teachers are more in tune with the covenant God made between Himself and his chosen people.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Persecution is a major reason, I believe...going all the way back to Ezra/Nehemiah.

[@cedriceric9730]

they thought it was going to be like this - messiah appears they use him to be on top of the world ! they forgot the actual convenant with abraham was about faith not genetics! in that arrogance they toyed around believing their actions had no consequences to Gods plan for them but God is pure and so they were punished though not destroyed. this is the plan they interfered with, God wanted ALL tribes to be like levi, Priests ! they failed the Final exam , only levi passed. if they had passed God would have scattered the tribes all over the planet and used them to teach his message all over like hes doing with christians. they would have led a campaign to expose and expelled idols and demon worship from the nations. we dont know what that would have looked like but certainly would spare the world a lot of suffering and jesus would be born much much sooner! their seclusion is irrelevant, Gods plans are on schedule despite being delayed by the jews. they are not needed as a people in this mission. contrary to what you have said , they do not have God and are keeping nothing . their knowledge of the law gives them formidable advantage over pagan nations but its absolutely nothing against the Godly knowledge and power a christian and christian nations can bring to bear. iam not making fun of them, thats just fact. christians also are not working perfectly in their power but since every christian is above moses and elijah , the few that tap into their power have moved and shaken the planet multiple times over. eg jews saw around 8 resurrections in almost 4000 yeas but christianity reports numbers in the dozens in one year!! christians have built the most powerful countries on the planet and have made the world system that has led to the greatest prosperity and peace in all of human history christianity defeated both the romans and hateful jews in one blow. God is not totally abandoning them, since satan hates them so much for opening the door and for such a heavy burden they as a people do deserve a very special place which God has already promised them

[@DiscipleDojo]

"christians have built the most powerful countries on the planet and have made the world system that has led to the greatest prosperity and peace in all of human history christianity defeated both the romans and hateful jews in one blow" I think this is actually not true. The nations and countries are all extensions of empire (Rome/Caesar), rather than the Kingdom of Messiah (which is not of this world).

[@cedriceric9730]

@@DiscipleDojo i said christian ideology made those nations strong not that they stood in for the kingdom of God. also much has been made about the roman empire which has finally convinced me that it has nothing to do with the beast especially since the early church, the apostles and jesus were not impressed by the romans at all,they even worked with the romans against satan from time to time and so did satan use the romans against christianity often. some in the early church had similar temptations to blame rome but those were disproven again and again it could be satanic misdirection as to where the actual beast comes from. no one will suspect the beast until its too late

[@christucker985]

They are not the real people of the land. They are converts. The Israelites are still in captivity.

[@sspashleymae24]

Beautiful ❤ praise God

[@iamthefiremanjj]

God is LOVE

[@DiscipleDojo]

I mean...I agree, for sure. But what does that have to do with this video?

[@devonpenn4643]

Sir! this blessed me tremendously!

[@BrassBalls20071]

Thank you

[@johnniecannon3365]

Simple because God said so

[@skylance25]

the temple was made in the same stylist as the cannonite temples around them

[@DiscipleDojo]

There is no evidence for that that I'm aware of. Where are you getting this from?

[@kaleilindsay5817]

Great teaching although I disagree with the this is for Israel and not gentiles and of course without getting into the grafting and all that. Easy to understand easy to explain and another great reason I follow the food laws. ❤

[@rmel2843]

So is Chicken okay?

[@DiscipleDojo]

Did you watch the video before leaving this comment?

[@rmel2843]

@@DiscipleDojo yes I did, thank you. Unfortunately, I didn't specifically hear chicken, I must have missed it

[@Zazquatch1]

But we are still to be SET APART - BE HOLY as we enter the Kingdom of Yehovah. We are NO LONGER GENTILES - There are NO GENTILE BELIEVERS. We may come from a gentile backround - but are now graphted in to Israel (The Israel Yehovah intended) to be his people - set apart from the world. Yeshua/Jesus is The Torah in body. He did not come to take away the Torah/Law but to fullfill what was prophecied about Him and Yehovahs Moedim. Christ Came to Fulfill the Law Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Mat 5:18 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. Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

[@DiscipleDojo]

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[@dawneyekeen7773]

I always knew the sheet being lowered to Peter was in reference to the gentile nation's being grafted into God's family. If you notice Peter never obeyed the command to rise kill and eat! He walked away confused.

[@ashersian2563]

I cant comprehend why a lot of phds, theologians and scholars cant understand acts 10. Peter who was just a fisherman understood it clearly. The message of the vision was not about food but people whom Jesus died for.

[@slvicick]

Very well done! Will definitely be referencing in the future.

[@ILOVEYESHUA1ST]

Yes you were before Messiah “ far off” but through Yeshua you have been brought near. Gentiles were outside the camp but through faith have been enjoined into the commonwealth of Israel. Ephesians 2

[@atlasdm]

Yikes! What a misunderstanding. Good thing teachers will be the ones judged more harshly, and not the students.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@atlasdm be specific. What is "misunderstanding"? I'm literally agreeing with the Apostles...so... 🤷

[@a_daug8670]

Considering "(Genesis 7:2) 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." It would seem that man knew clean and uunclean before the law.

[@ashersian2563]

While Genesis 9:3 provides broader dietary permission, it does not necessarily nullify the clean and unclean distinction. Instead, it suggests a pragmatic expansion in diet, with an underlying continuity of the principles of clean and unclean animals as understood by Noah and his descendants. Noah understood the he should not eat his children.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@ashersian2563 Noah understood that his children were not animals. The most we can say, from the text itself, is that "clean" and "unclean" in Noah's day designated which animals could be offered as sacrifices. Anything beyond that is reading Leviticus back into Genesis and must remain speculative at best.

[@ashersian2563]

@@DiscipleDojo not only sacrifice but can be eaten

[@wordofpromise]

Great teaching

[@ptohopouloujuliana7930]

Respect😇

[@rexlex1736]

I'm glad I'm a lifetime vegan.

[@sspashleymae24]

Oh that is a rough life style. Good luck and I hope you are healthy and well.

[@katiemarks691]

You don't think believers should be set apart like the Jews were? If so, how does that look then? That's why I wanted to know the whys...we should be set apart...

[@DiscipleDojo]

I think it will look different in different contexts as the Spirit leads God's people in the midst of different cultures.

[@iamthefiremanjj]

Exactly is this why so many people are now healing with the carnivore diet ? Is this why so many people are healing with beef and salt and water only ? Is this all connected

[@DiscipleDojo]

No.

[@iamthefiremanjj]

@@DiscipleDojowith an open mind of course it can be if the Bible even says how crucial meat is then why would we assume it’s bad for us in modern times .

[@iamthefiremanjj]

@@DiscipleDojothose were my thoughts

[@paulwiederhold7629]

I can't tell (100%) if this is a clever man made concept to justify acting a certain way or inspired by the evil one. To again get believers to turn from the Truth and itch their ears the way they want to instead of following the One True God. Nothing against you Dojo-man, it was a good presentation. If Israel is God's chosen people (flawed as they are), and they were charged with teaching other people/nations about the One true God. I would think they would teach them to be like Israelites = grafting them in. Not saying (our side) Jew's will be an apple tree and your side (Gentiles) will be an orange tree but we will all be grafted to the same root. To mean, Jew's wouldn't teach Gentiles to live like Gentiles, they already do that. So now the only difference is that before they didn't believe in YHWH & Jesus and maybe now they do. And we know what the Bible say about believers; "even the demons believe". It's like me trying to sell gym memberships while I am swigging bourbon and smoking cigarettes. Oh I believe a gym membership is really good for you, but do I do it - "show me your faith.... " I am putting this concept in the clever category for now,

[@jonca0]

Rabbits chew the cud at night they regurgitate their fodd and chew it.

[@kingPerry34]

are you teaching of your own assumption or of what the lord said?

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@kingPerry34 I'm teaching what Scripture says. That's all that matters really.

[@kingPerry34]

@@DiscipleDojo with all due respect you are not teaching what the lord say, you are teaching your own Deuteronomy 4:2 God said you shall not add nor diminish from the commandments. The same is mentioned in Ecclesiastes 3:14 whatever the Lord doeth it is forever nothing shall be put to it and nothing taken from it That means when the lord say or do something it is that If the Lord say these animals are unclean they are unclean forever. Remember it is the Lord that is saying it is unclean. Isaiah 66:16-17 God calls the eating of unclean animals an ABOMINATION he also calls homosexuality, a lying tongue, one who lies with a beast and one who swift to shed innocent blood. Which of these ABOMINATIONS do you want to do? Isaiah 65:1-5 to eat unclean animals is rebellion against God and it is provoking him to anger and by doing this you are saying you are holier than God it is a smoke in his nose all day long

[@richardvoogd705]

​@@kingPerry34I wish to respectfully suggest 1 Corinthians 6:13 and Romans 14:2-3.

[@Mooktao]

Deu 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Psa 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Ecc 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. YeHoVaH be with you.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Amen.

[@mattaikay925]

from the beginning - since Adam & Eve, we question Adonai's eidots, chukims and mishpatims - not realizing taht we are only His creation.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Using Hebrew words doesn't negate the New Covenant under which we live.

[@harveywabbit9541]

LEV 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. This is the Hare/Lepus constellation, at feet of Orion.

[@robwagnon6578]

I wonder if God judged what is clean and unclean by something in the blood... I think there's something to do with the blood that makes an animal clean or unclean I don't think it's just ceremonly I think God had a good reason... 8:18 9:27

[@DiscipleDojo]

Nothing in Scripture teaches that.

[@joebloggs1317]

I'm not religious in any way, for me, it's a choice, I'm not here to knock anyone's beliefs. I heard it mentioned that pork wasn't banned due to the way it chewed its food rather that it wasn't as profitable for farmers as the only product (at the time) would have been meat, and everybody prior to these laws being introduced would have raised pigs, they produce large litters, providing families with a food source and waste disposal, as they eat virtually anything, and they are simple to raise. Now the problem for the farmers who reared cattle was how to sell and increase the herd size producing, meat, dairy products and pelts, so they started the idea that pork was socially unacceptable (pigs in the garden stood for poverty) and slowly the population would move away from rearing their own meat and buy it directly from the farms/butchers. This trend was firstly taken up by the Israelites, who then mocked Philistines for still consuming pork gradually reducing their reliance on pigs as a food source. As a non believer this social-economic theory makes perfect sense, the price of meat may have been prohibitive initially but as the population moved towards eating alternatives to pork the cost per pound would have been reduced as the herd size increased and the cost to the farmer per head of cattle would have come down.

[@sensiblechristian9791]

I see the comments are a mix of views. Consider this, If you as a parent have naturally born children with your wife and then adopt a child or even several children, do the adopted children follow a different set of rules than the naturally born? Obviously no, not if you're a good and just parent. Understand, Jesus brings those that were out of covenant, the gentiles (according to your own teaching), into the commonwealth of Israel and into a covenantal relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So, now that we were once gentiles and are no longer because we are in a covenant relationship with the Father, who or what are we? There are three choices and gentiles and Christians are incorrect.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@sensiblechristian9791 the Apostles and the Holy Spirit disagree with you (Acts 15).

[@sensiblechristian9791]

@@DiscipleDojo Nooo, they actually disagree with you. First, the Holy Spirit is not going to prompt someone to do something that is opposite of the Fathers instructions, i.e. what we find in Leviticus. Second, I believe I know what you are referring to in Acts, but I am going to break the chapter down a bit so I'm clear. The beginning of the chapter we see some Judeans telling new non-Jewish believers they must proselyte to Judaism to be saved, which we know to be false. The thing that most miss here is that these men are Shamai Pharisees and Shamai teaches that for Gentiles to be saved they must becomes a Jewish convert. To contrast this Paul and Barnabas argue with them telling them that's not so. Another thing folks miss and don't know is that Paul is a Hillel Pharisee and HIllel teaches that for a Gentile to be saved he must only believe in God and put his trust in HIm. Sound familiar? Skip down to verse 19 we see James interjecting telling the counsel not to worry the Gentile believers with things that "they nor their fathers could do". What James is referring to is not the Torah, but the Oral Torah or the traditions of the elders. God says my ways are not hard (1 John 5:3), so why do we think they are and teach others that they are? The instructions from James are concerning new believers coming from a Pagan life and the prohibitions he refers to are the Pagan practices that would exclude them from fellowship with Jewish believers and participating within the synagogues. Furthermore, these "prohibitions" are not the only things we today are to obey, but just the beginning as new believers. These instructions are also Torah instructions found in Leviticus, specifically what's called the heart of Torah, in Leviticus 15-19. Finally, the last statement in verse 21, James is stating that if Gentile believers start with these four things they can learn the rest of the teachings of Moses, through the Torah, in the synagogues every Sabbath.

[@Morgan-rn4ow]

​​@@DiscipleDojoKeep reading, Acts 15:21, they expect the new believers to go to synagogue on Sabbath to learn the teachings of Moses where they will learn to live and worship like the Israelites, become graphed in. Becoming a Christian is not mentioned anywhere in this chapter.

[@miriambochenek9083]

So does it mean all the catholic priests are not really priests. God ONLY had His own chosen ones . Right? And the half naked women serving in the churches today??? wow. Thank you for your teaching

[@enaszaky34]

23:00

[@d4long]

I enjoyed your video for the most part but, I have to comment. How can someone that send so knowledgeable about God's Word have graven images and idols in your room?

[@Yesica1993]

LOL! Can you show me what "graven images and idols" he is worshiping as a god? I must have missed that. Good grief, the stupidity in this comments section is off the charts.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

Why don’t we do as the Messiah did in all things . Peter said he didn’t eat anything common ( koinos G2839 ) or unclean (akathatos G169 ) Acts 10:14 He was not commanded by the spirit to eat but to understand Acts 10:15 “ What God hath cleansed , that call not thou common. Later this will be about pagans who handle clean meat and that the meat is not defiled by their touch .

[@DiscipleDojo]

I mean...God *literally* said "Get up, kill, and eat." And Paul said to eat whatever is put before you without raising objections *unless you know it has been offered as an idol sacrifice*. So if followers of Jesus are required to keep Kosher, the NT authors sure didn't do a very good job of making that clear.

[@zonedoutempire9477]

I like the video, theres some things i didnt know and i thank you for that reference to the book. Got to have it! 25:29 with that said, this is the only part I disagree with with! This is solely about ethicity. Just like its only Arons children can be priests and the MOST HIGH saying he loves israel and the other nations are but a drop in a bucket that spills. Ruth is an israelite! I can show you a video which you may try to debunk but he is very thorough and use only scriptures. Also Joseph's sons were accepted before the Most High gave the covenant to israel and even the strangers within the camp were never called israelites, they were always referred to as strangers. Not one verse in the whole scriptures, including the apocrypha where he says he loves any other nation but israel. The problem is that through the fall of israel pagans got the book and started inserting themselves in the scriptures. The whole bible was written by israelite for israelites and it tells of the rise and fall and redemption of israel. People see church in the bible and think it means an actual church like what we have today but its an assebly of israel. The whole bible is about israel. People like to use Paul's writings to suggest that the actual gentiles were grafted in but its not so. The gentiles who were grafted in was the nothern kingdom. The tribes were split in two. The northen and the southern kingdom. The northern kingdon was broken off and sent into slavery and at the the time of christ it was only Judah, Benjamin and Levi (southern kingdom) who remained with the laws and both tribes hated each other. So in Galatians 3:27-28, when you see Jew nor Greek, bond, nor free, it was referencing Judah which was free and israel (northern kingdom) who were slaves and took on the greek identity. You can find that information in 2nd Maccabees i think. I am not saying other people cant be saved as after all, the israelite are going to have handmaids and handy in the kingdom. Even the 144000 are all ethnic israelites. There is no such thing as a spiritual israelite. I gave the video a like however as i love the information. I am going put a link under my comment to the video proving ruth was an israelite. Keep in mind, the Most High did say in Deuteronomy that a Moabite CANNOT enter into the congregation and somebody needs to show me where he said he changed his mind.

[@DiscipleDojo]

I'm afraid you have been duped by aberrant teachings. Ruth was 100% a Moabite. Caleb was a Kennazite. Ephraim and Manasseh were half-Egyptian. And in the New Covenant, gentiles have become "Abraham's Seed" (Galatians 3).

[@zonedoutempire9477]

@@DiscipleDojo watch the video please and debunk it. Don't be so quick to judge as the scripture says. Listen first and then you can say what you are saying as we all here for the truth but if you think you know everything so be it. I mentioned most of what you quoted before you did. 1 Corinthians 12:2 “Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.” Israelites were called Gentiles.

[@zonedoutempire9477]

@@DiscipleDojo also why did you delete the video link? Is it any different to a debate? But hey, it's your channel, do what you want but we will all be judged for our works.

[@zonedoutempire9477]

To all, Kennaz is a common name and the MOST HIGH chosen the people by tribes its common sense that that Kennaz was a bloodline Israelite. I mean, I know the translation from Hebrew to English by real gentiles isn't the best but that doesn't stop you from having common sense.

[@rroot01]

Rise, Peter; kill and eat. But Peter said, not so, Lord; for i have never eaten any thing that is COMMON or unclean. come on Brother, you just went over the issue of common in relation to the Temple. You can not take something from a sacred space and apply it in non sacred spaces. Peter is using Temple thought and man made rules, not Gods, What was Gods response to Peter,, What God hath cleansed, that call not common. A common animal is a CLEAN animal that has come in contact with a unclean animal. God did not cleanse unclean animals. You want to be in the New Covenant, well, that is with the House of Israel and the House of Judah,,,period. Not with any one else. The Torah written on your heart is the same EVERLASTING Torah. His House His Rules, its not hard and it is not a burden, his words not mine. You are Very Very close,

[@DiscipleDojo]

There were unclean animals in the vision. God commanded Peter to eat the animals in the vision. Peter protested. God said "What God has *made clean* you must not call profane." Thus God had declared the unclean and profane animals to be clean and for Peter to eat. The entire vision was to show that the distinction between Jew and Gentile is rendered null among all who believe in Messiah.

[@rroot01]

No, God did not change an abomination to become acceptable, and specifically did not say to stop calling animals unclean. The vision was to straighten out man made dogmas that precluded Jews from entering and eating in the company of non Jewish believers, not the Gentiles as a whole, meaning pagans. This is not a works based salvation argument, this is a doing the will of the Father to show you love him argument. His Torah is truth, justice, light, perfect, and many other descriptions but you want to say you don’t have to do them. In Matthew, Jesus tells who will be great and who will be least. Sin is lawlessness in 1John. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church, I know the arguments we use and all I’m saying is dig a little deeper because you said you Love him. Listen, I love your teaching style, it’s great, I could listen to you for hours, just stretch a little .

[@DiscipleDojo]

Randy, may I ask you if you keep the sacrificial laws, wear tassels on your garments, or trim your beard and sideburns?

[@cedriceric9730]

peter was head of the jerusalem church this put him in close communion with legalistic jews which wore down his christianity. God sent him to cornelious to " treat" peter of his infection of legalism! because it was getting THAT bad! jesus had specifically sent peter to the jews but their hypocrisy was so bad it affected him so much that jesus had to break his assignment and send him to a gentiles! we see it later popping up again when paul has to rebuke peter once again for acting weird around gentiles over influence of the jews !! God used paul as strong rebuke to peter because paul was a former pharisee and he KNEW! so now about the contents of the basket, they were full of EVERY unclean thing!! lizards, bats , turtles etc not just contaminated items! where do you get that idea man? you trying to undermine the gospel? cause this is it, this is why jews had jesus crucified, because of their "torah"?! if God tells you to kill , you kill! if God comes in human flesh , you must worship! if God tell you to eat pork , you eat pork, if God tell you to sacrifice your only son , you sacrifice your only son! laws were made for mankind not the other way round dude.

[@cedriceric9730]

that said i find the animals the bible calls unclean naturally repulsive . but those who love eat them are not under any condemnation from me at ALL and jesus doesn't either

[@im_Just_A_Vibe]

Can’t relate all versions of the Bible as the same your reading from the NIV the KJV is the more accurate then them all

[@DiscipleDojo]

No, it is not.

[@im_Just_A_Vibe]

@@DiscipleDojo Find these in the NIV and have a nice day, instead of being so quick to reply just do your research next time Matthew 17:21. Matthew 18:11. Matthew 23:14. Mark 7:16. Mark 9:44 and 9:46. Mark 11:26. Mark 15:28. Luke 17:36.

[@christucker985]

Unclean animals are still unclean. The thing is that Gentiles who are considered unclean themselves can eat unclean foods.

[@DiscipleDojo]

That doesn't seem to reflect God's words to Peter in his vision. However, even if they remain "unclean", they are *Levitically* unclean only...and the Levitical purity aspects of Torah are no longer in effect in the literal sense, as there is no priesthood, sacrificial system, or temple in the New Covenant.

[@christucker985]

@@DiscipleDojo Acts 10:28 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 God hath shewed me that I should not call any man 👈🏾 common or unclean. Israelites didn’t deal with their own people when they lived as the Gentiles did they would cut them off thus being unclean. 👉🏾 Joel 3:21 For I will cleanse 👉🏾their blood 👈🏾that I have not cleansed: for👉🏾 the LORD dwelleth in Zion.👈🏾. God told Peter not to call these Gentiles unclean because they were actually Israelites living like heathens.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Yes...but what vivid image did God use to show this? If God really was only talking about calling gentiles clean, don't you think it was SUPER misleading to do so by means of a vision where he LITERALLY commands Peter to eat unlean *animals*?

[@christucker985]

@@DiscipleDojo he used unclean birds as s symbol of unclean men in the vision. God made clean and unclean foods just as he made clean and unclean people. He is a god of balance you can’t have one without the other. Pay attention to this Acts 10:19 While Peter thought on 👉🏾the vision, 👈🏾the Spirit said unto him, Behold, 👉🏾three men seek thee.👈🏾 Gal 2:7 says Peter was sent to the 👉🏾circumcision 👈🏾 the first person he went to was Cornelius and god told him not to call him common or unclean because he cleansed his people the Israelites. Peter sees a vision then sees three approaching him.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Yes...and just as there is now "neither Jew nor Greek" in Messiah, so also in Messiah the "clean/unclean" food distinction is no longer present. Anything can be eaten if received with thanksgiving, and should only be abstained from if one knows it will cause distress to a weaker brother who has not yet arrived at this conviction, or as a way to bridge cultural divides.

[@Keonny77]

You almost got it right. The dietary laws aren't all done...whih is why they mentioned Acts 15c... cc Nothing that is offered to idols or strangled. Peter's vision was only about meeting with other people and if you read Greek... the referene to common is about ritual from being mix with other animals.... whih is why the Ethopian believers still do not eat these foods.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@Keonny77 I do read Greek. That is nowhere in the text.

[@Keonny77]

@@DiscipleDojo which part did i mix up? The Greek is only referring to foods that are meant to be eaten. Which is why you do not have any examples in the Bible of the apostles breaking this taboo. They would have never considered any of the unclean food fit for consumption. This was all talking about intermingling. With non-jewish people even have a food. Was exposed to unclean food that made it ritually Unclean... In Acts 10:9-16, Peter received a vision from God in which he saw a sheet coming down out of heaven that contained “all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air” (verse 12). Note that it was a mixture, with probably some clean animals and some unclean. A voice from God then exhorted Peter to “kill and eat” (verse 13), to which Peter objected that he had never eaten anything “common” (koinos in Greek) or “unclean” (akathartos in Greek). The first word refers to animals that had not been bled appropriately or had died of themselves. The second is the word used to refer to the unclean animals in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. The voice then told him, “What God has cleansed you must not call common” (verse 15). But what was it that God had cleansed: meats hitherto unacceptable for human consumption? Or human beings hitherto unaccepted by the Jews for fellowship? The key to understanding this event is in verse 28, where Peter explains: “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean” (verse 28, emphasis added). This was unlawful according to Jewish tradition, not Scripture. Note the next events after Peter’s vision were his encounter with the three men whom the gentile Cornelius had sent to Peter, followed by his visit with Cornelius and his household and their conversion and baptism.

[@rroot01]

You said it yourself, very nicely I must say, that the first Covenant at Sinai was with both Israel and the foreigners that attached themselves to the Hebrews. It was a marriage contract with God. The Father later divorces Israel and before he can remarry the SAME bride, something has to happen. The groom has to die and come back to life in order to remarry the same bride. This happens so a new Covenant is established, it has the same rules the only difference it the "I Do" part. The first was "You shall, You shall" the second or New Covenant will be "I will cause you" and like I said it s with a very particular group,,Not the World.

[@DiscipleDojo]

This is not correct. The prophets envisioned a day when "Israel" would be expanded to include believing gentiles. And Torah's laws would not be the same as the Sinai regulations (i.e. no more sacrifices, no physical Levitical priesthood, to temple, etc.).

[@christucker985]

The covenant is still with the Israelites

[@ednadiaz4193]

@@DiscipleDojo if they are not the same...do you think that the 10 commandments which includes (thou shalt not have other God's before me, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal etc...) Will be included or is it abolished too since they are in the Torah or old covenant?

[@silentspade9292]

I talked to God myself we use different ways to communicate in dreams and I asked them for certain dreams and he didn't give them I told him if he gave me any dreams besides those dreams that would mean yes the dream that I had today was not those dreams the dream I had today was praying over someone that needed God and that needed me that needed love that needed guidance he doesn't believe in God the person I basically was helping in the dream therefore I have a relationship with God I have the holy Spirit therefore all foods are clean I repeat all foods are clean

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@silentspade9292 punctuation will help make your comment discernable. Consider using it.

[@silentspade9292]

@@DiscipleDojo sorry i will say for the last 3 days I've been having dreams about a bloody mountain, helping someone to get closer to God in a way, that's the only thing I dream of now, I'm telling you I have a deeper relationship with him your answer is u can eat food why would he want me sining I seen demons in my dreams I saw one with black eyes in My brothers body I Told the demon to get on the floor and it got on the floor and it said why are you doing this to me there for I had dreams of many things ot much but there important either I have no dreams or I have dreams about religious stuff

[@silentspade9292]

@@DiscipleDojo okay nvm u can't eat pork the Lord gave me the number one 196 I'm Greek that means law of Moses then he gave me a other one and that was 23 which means to come

[@mikebrown9850]

You are absolutely correct! All FOODS are clean, but only what God designed to be eaten, is FOOD! If some spirit power is communicating something to you that goes against God’s Word, that communication is not coming from God. He is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).

[@Yesica1993]

@@silentspade9292 You sound utterly insane. Please go read God's Word and cease all this other stuff. Sheesh!

[@SeanRhoadesChristopher]

Notice that all the animals of Eden where allowed to enter Noah’s Ark. It seems there is a kind of Chiasm going on with all of this animal stuff.

[@sondrabrenner6693]

When God created them he said they were all good. Your missing the point of this entire video. The food laws were designed for the Israelites to separate them as Holy.

[@Morgan-rn4ow]

You have a lot of good information in here. But, near the end I completely disagree with your position on Peter's vision, Acts 10:9-22. This vision was about the Gentiles not being unclean and presented in a manner he would understand, a metaphor. Peter was told to eat theee times. If you continue to read in the same chapter, verse 19, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, THREE men are looking for you. So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them." These THREE men were gentiles. There is no account of the Messiah's Disciples eating unclean things and none of them ever told their followers the dietary laws had been lifted. The Father has never removed His Torah from the Israelites and those who sojourn with them, and the Messiah confirmed this in Matthew 5:17-18.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@Morgan-rn4ow if all the food laws were still binding (which Acts 15 made clear they weren't), then YHWH chose the most misleading metaphor of all time to communicate to Peter the end of the Jew/Gentile distinction. 🤷

[@brendanelson4514]

I’ve pondered on that question too: why did God use this vision of telling Peter to eat unclean animals, if he didn’t intend it to be taken literally, and if he didn’t want to risk it being misunderstood and applied literally? Recalling Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, some skinny cows ate some fat cows. The literal translation was that of famine following years of plenty. This is an example of a symbolic vision that wasn’t intended to be taken literally. Likewise, after Peter’s vision, he contemplated what it could mean, and then the Spirit interpreted the dream for him, telling him that it meant not to call any MAN unclean or common, if God had made him clean. Peter repeats this interpretation of the dream at the Acts 15 Jerusalem council. There’s never any breaking news or debates about any changes being made to God’s food laws. The ‘take-home’ lesson that is declared by those who hear the story is that “salvation has come to the Gentiles too!!”. God’s word is very clear that Peter’s vision was not to be taken literally because the proper interpretation of the vision was given multiple times in the text and understood by the council at the time. Our problem is that we can’t accept the truth that we’ve been taught false doctrine, and so we create our own incorrect interpretation of Peter’s vision. I’ve listened to a couple of your videos. I like how you describe God’s laws as “tactile theology”, and how you compared the purity of the sacrificial animals to the purity required of the priests serving in the temple. This may help explain why God used the vision of unclean animals as a symbol of Peter’s conception of unclean men. I’ve been watching your videos to see if you had any insights into helping me discern between holy and common. I feel like I understand the difference between clean and unclean. Peter declares that he’s never eaten anything unclean OR COMMON (Greek: akathartos for unclean and KOINOS for common). I thought, at first, maybe Koinos meant meat sacrificed to idols, but I think it possibly meant anything touched by non-Jews. It appears to be this koinos that is the subject of debate over Jesus’ disciples not washing their hands before eating grain, according to the “traditions of the elders”-not according to God’s law, but the extra laws given by the Pharisees. The Pharisees apparently thought if they came from the market, they may have contracted Gentile cooties, so they needed to wash off their koinos hands (defiled or made common hands) otherwise whatever they ate would be contaminated by koinos (the commonness of the Gentiles) and cause themselves to be made koinos (defiled). Jesus replies to the people that eating with unwashed (koinos) hands won’t defile you (make you common/koinos); but it’s your heart and your subsequent behavior that makes you common and contaminated. It had nothing to do with God’s categorizations of animals or creatures that he defined as unclean and unfit for his people to eat. God clearly says that eating unclean meat would defile his people. The word for unclean in the Greek is akathartos and in Jewish it is tame. The Jewish word for common is chol with the equivalent Greek word being koinos. As God instructs us to discern between the clean and the unclean and between the holy and the common, I was just trying to gain a better understanding of the second part. I’m not sure if your diagram that shows the people within the camp of Israel being considered common is accurate, because they were a holy people set apart to the Lord, and in the story above regarding the Pharisees’ law of eating with unwashed hands, they were being mislead to believe that eating with unwashed hands would cause them to become common. It appears that all of Paul’s teachings about food, when translated properly, actually apply to other topics that aren’t related to God’s unclean food definitions, but are regarding food and drink sacrificed to idols, or food and drink sacrificed to God, or food and drink taken to commune with Christ or on the subject of fasting. I’ll try to come back and be more specific in a follow-up comment. In a search for the akathartos unclean in the New Testament, the only reference to unclean creatures was in the book of Revelation. Normally akathartos is used to refer to unclean spirits in the New Testament. I’ve been eating according to God’s clean food designations for the past few years. I’ve come to trust that God knows more than I do about these things, and if He hasn’t explicitly stated that he’s changed his law and told us in the law or the Prophets (Old Testament) of the upcoming change before enacting it, it’s best to choose who I’m going to believe and stand with God’s word, and not man’s. Jesus accused the Pharisees of making God’s word void with their traditions that had been handed down to them. May that never be said of me that I chose not to take a critical look at my own doctrine that had been handed down to me when it contradicts, dismisses and disrespects God’s word. “We maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. … Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.” Romans 3:28-31. We can’t make an assumption that because the Acts 15 letter didn’t include directions to obey God’s other laws not mentioned herein, that the Gentile Christians weren’t expected to obey any other laws besides those. James does comment that God’s law is being read every Sabbath in those cities that the letter was written to, so I think we can safely assume that the Christians were supposed to be continuing to hear God’s word, and that the council didn’t need to rewrite the whole law and the books of the Prophets in this letter. Plus the Christians probably already knew of these simple Leviticus 11 food instructions and weren’t having any problems following them. No new news in this letter that they could go back to eating pork. I appreciate you sharing your research, but my advice to you is that the Pharisees also had extensive volumes of books that they based their doctrine on which caused them to override God’s word. Remember our church’s history. Martin Luther admitted that he didn’t tackle some of the false doctrine in the reformation because he knew the common folk couldn’t accept it and they would refuse to give up their religious traditions. I’m rather appreciative of the tactile object lessons in God’s law, while at the same time very appreciative of the spiritual truths that they should inspire in us as the goal of these lessons. Jesus said, “Woe to you teachers, you hypocrites! You give a tenth but you have neglected the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.” Matthew 23:23. Notice how Jesus instructs to keep God’s law both literally and spiritually.

[@brianj5495]

But Torah is not TRUELY written on the heart, no? If it was, then one would not sin. Therefore, we are NOT in the New Covenant presently. Only Messiah is, in His resurrection. We, believers, will be at His coming. Until THEN, we remain in the Old Covenant. These two Covenants are based upon mankinds mortal frame, our mortal coil. It all was promised unto us to deal with sin and death.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@brianj5495 no, we are in Messiah, and thus in the New Covenant. The Holy Spirit has written Torah on our hearts and guides us in Covenant community. The Mosaic Covenant is no longer in effect (which is why we don't sacrifice animals like the Samaritans still do).

[@Eleazar1A2]

A very confusing teaching ! A bit mixed up ! Don’t add to or take away from what was written !

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@Eleazar1A2 your confusion is not the basis by which Scripture is to be intepreted.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@Eleazar1A2 your confusion is not the basis by which Scripture is to be intepreted.

[@ricklamb772]

It's all still unclean.Nothingchascchanged.God does not change His warnings.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@ricklamb772 if nothing has changed, the Apostles and the Holy Spirit were very confused in Acts 15, it seems.

[@BobBob-jy4dg]

Dr. Fauci 😂😂😂😀👍

[@jason5298]

Clean and unclean pre-dated the Mosaic Covenant. What was unclean when the Ark landed is unclean today.

[@DiscipleDojo]

@@jason5298 in the Noah account "clean" referred to the animals that were acceptable as sacrifices...but never identifies them specifically.

[@jason5298]

@@DiscipleDojoThe bible never contradicts itself. Do you agree? If you want to know what is clean or unclean refer to what God said through his prophet Moses in Deuteronomy 14. May Yahweh bless you.

[@luissoto7092]

For this it is best to read Jewish literature, who have the commandment Kashrut since ancient times. The commandment is identified in hebrew as a חֹק (chuq), which are those commandments established in the Torah without explanation or reason for the commandment. You must obey them even if you do not know the reason or it does not make sense to you. The Torah is the revelation of God's righteousness and holiness, therefore, anyone who desires in his heart to get closer to God and do His will must obey God's laws as established in the Torah. Animals that are unclean to eat are unclean for every human being, not only for the descendants of Israel (cp. Rev 18:12; 21:27).

[@DiscipleDojo]

This is exactly the notion that the book of Galatians was written to counter. For Christians, when it comes to understanding the Gospel, Jesus' commissioned Apostles are of greater authority than any Rabbi.

[@luissoto7092]

At no time did I said that rabbinical authority is above the authority of the First Apostles. But as for what is involved in defining the reason or motive of the Kashurt commandments, identified as a חֹק (chuq), it is better to come to the Jews, to whom the commandment was given and not to those who annul the commandment; tendency that goes directly against the teaching of Yeshua, annulling the commandments of the Torah and teaching not to observe them. So when it comes to these types of commandments it is better to go to the explanation of those who have observed the commandment for centuries, a commandment that has been explained by tradition, teachers and prophets.

[@mikebrown9850]

God does everything with great intent and purpose! He’s not on His Throne with Christ in Heaven making arbitrary decisions which result in different applications of His laws to a select group or different groups of people. He created all of mankind through one man from the same blood(Acts 17:26). God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). The dietary laws were created for nutritional properties from the time The Word renewed the face of the earth and created man upon it ( Psalms 104:30). Noah was commanded to take two by two, creatures of all flesh into the Ark (Genesis 6:19-20). Verse 21 says Noah was to gather up enough food to sustain him and his family for the duration of their time on the Ark. Then in Genesis 7:2 God begins to separate the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air into two categories. The Clean and the Unclean. Of the clean animals God had Noah take by twos, seven pairs of each clean beast of the field and fowl of the air. Now that’s quite a lot of extra beasts and birds. Why is that? It’s really not rocket science! God created-at creation- creatures for human consumption and nourishment, and other creatures for other purposes. After his time on the Ark, Noah was commanded to take of each of the clean animals, of the field and air, and sacrifice them as burnt offerings. He DIDN’T sacrifice all of the clean animals, he sacrificed on the altar FROM ONLY those animals. As another point, there were no Israelite priests performing these ceremonial rituals at the time. Noah is called a “Preacher of Righteousness”(II Peter 2:5). The Bible definition of righteousness is found in Psalm 119:172. Abraham kept God’s commandments, statutes and laws(Genesis 26:5) and raised his family and his small empire wherever they sojourned(Genesis 18:19) to do the same hundreds of years before the “law of Moses”, Noah, thousands of years before. God wasn’t just arbitrarily assigning which creatures the Children of Israel were permitted to eat. He was educating them on how He designed His creation, for what purposes, blessings for obeying the physical laws that He designed into His creation for its proper functions; man, beast, flora, water, land( laws of farming-rotating crops, fruit trees etc.). These aren’t just whimsical directives God imposed upon Israel to make them standout from the Gentile nations around them. This is How God designed the earth to be used, to yield forth its plethora of physical features. By keeping these inexorable laws that God designed in His creation, Israel would be a blessing to all the nations around them as an EXAMPLE on how to prosper as a society, reaping the benefits of following God’s instructions. An appliance comes with instructions on how to operate and maintain it for maximum benefit. That’s what God was doing with the children of israel(Deuteronomy 4:5-7). That is also a very critical reason God has preserved these OT writings for us. They’re right there in black, white and Red! In actuality, the dietary laws of clean and unclean weren’t designed to point to a certain group of people, they were designed to point to the Brilliant, Magnificent, Omniscient God who created them!

[@ricklamb772]

Deciples dojo,Every single time there is a dispute on scripture,Paul's teachings are always involved.Keading me to realize,his teachings are over most people heads.Mist.Every argument in scripture,Paul is arguing with the head of the church,Peter,or conflicting, Jesus's own teachings .Paul is not the Son of god.Jesus is.The author and finisher.Paulv,rather it be circumcision,or a fake rapture,and yes,even unclean foods.Firstcofvallvonkyvsomeone still lost would stumble over eating nasty bottom trash eating abominable beast.A saved person is not looking for loop holes to continue in unclean practices.Andcthe very foundation when God is teaching us what to eat and what not to eat was based on creatures He created and told us not to eat.Hiwcciuldcvile change into clean? At the appearing of the King of righteousness? If anything He raised the bar.Hatred is murder,lust is adultery.aJesuscHimself said not one line or tittle of the law shall pass away .So I'll try and explain, Pharasee Paul.Itcsays they deliberately teach to make understanding hard.AndcPaul said he was King of the Pharasees.Paul teaches in circles,takes you all over China and back,just to say something simple,yet people get lost in confusion half way through.So does one steal in the name of Jesus? Or murder in His name.You can't do something God called abominable,in the name of His Holy Son,and pretend it's not good. When it talks about meat,it's talking about clean allowable meats,it talking about,people condemning other people for eating regular clean meat ,compared to a vegetarian that eates no meat.It says both are ok.ButcPaulciscteachingvin this particular instance of people who don't eat vile foods,like pig,or lobster, or Octopus,or shark,or eagles.Thecpeople he's talking to already know that.Thectopic is pretty lengthy.So I don't want to ramble on But Cain was cursed and run away from his family Because he ignored God's instructions.Cain offered up to God a vegetable sacrifice,and it was rejected by God Ablecwas paying attention and offered up a clean meat sacrifice and was praised by God,so do the math,Meat good,vegetables bad.accirdingcto God.

[@DiscipleDojo]

Does the space bar not work on your computer? :) Peter warned us that Pauls letters "contain some things that are hard to understand...that the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other scriptures", so it shouldn't surprise us that people don't know what to do with him sometimes. But the Apostolic Council of Acts 15 was VERY clear that gentiles are not required to keep Levitical food laws any more than we are required to keep Levitical sacrificial laws. You can't pick and choose which laws of Torah to keep and which can be discarded. Either we are in the Messianic New Covenant poured out by the Spirit and written on human hearts or we're not. Anything else is at odds with the Holy Spirit's guidance in Acts 15.

[@beholdhecometh2298]

I disagree, poison is poison!

[@DiscipleDojo]

We're talking about food, not poison. 🤷

[@joshuamelton9148]

What a silly comment to make. It's most unfortunate

[@adairjanney7109]

Still not okay to have in the new testament, you just got fooled by Paul

[@j.b.p.4380]

God does not change his laws. Your teaching in this video is false.

[@DiscipleDojo]

His laws for who?