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=From Book=
INTRODUCTION

God wants everyone to know him. So he made the world. [1] Everything he made is designed to teach about him. [2] It is difficult for us to learn about God from stars and stones. We learn easier through word and actions.
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He chose some people to teach us about him, but they didn't know what to say, since they did not know him very well themselves. So God used them like actors in a play. Their lives became a parable for all of us to learn about God. [3] In the play we learn from rocks and stars through what is said about rocks and stars. 

[A star says]  star ''kowkab'' כוכב - Son of God כ explaining ו the revelation of God ר by becoming man כ and teaching man ב.

[A stone says] stone ''aben'' אבן - father ''ab'' אב and son ''ben'' בן 

God hid lessons for us in the history of Israel. In this book we will look at things that they were allowed to eat and not eat and see what they teach us about God.
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THE LAW AND THE PLAY

The first section of the Bible contains many laws that God gave he Hebrews telling them how to live. Some of these laws told them what to eat and what not to eat. These are called the dietary laws.

When the Hebrews followed these laws, they showed us the character of God in a riddle. So the dietary law is not about eating. It is more like a play. The laws were the script for the play, and everyone had a role. God chose priests to be directors of the play, telling everyone how to play their part.

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The Hebrews' lives would act out the play [1] and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. [2].

The play is written in symbols and riddle, [3][4]. This means that for us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat.

Instead, eating is a symbol for learning what God says. It tells us who we should learn from, and who we should not learn from.

Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. The clean animals (the one the Hebrews could eat)  symbolize the people we should learn from. The unclean animals (the animals the Hebrews were not supposed to eat) symbolize those who teach things that God doesn't want you to learn.

This isn't the first time that eating symbolized learning in the Bible. Remember Adam and Eve and the tree they were not supposed to eat from? [5] You could say the tee was unclean.

Let's talk about the different animals that are part of the play and what they teach us about God.

[On a scroll] eat ''akal'' smite [chew up] אכ the teaching ל

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MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD

The clean animals are the ones the Hebrews were allowed to eat. They symbolize the people we should learn from. [1]

The clean animals of the Bible are cows, sheep, goats and deer. These animals 'chew the cud'. They eat something and regurgitate to chew it again and again until everything is digested.  

If you are a clean animal, you learn from God's word, then you 'chew the cud', thinking about it over and over again.  The symbols of teh cow, sheep, goat and deer remind us to learn from people who spend time meditating (or chewing) on God's word. [2]

Clean animals also walk on split hooves. These symbolize a 'separated walk' or life. The way you 'walk' is a symbol for the way you live. [3][4][5]

If you have a separated life, you are living a life for God, separated from the things that distract us from God. You learn to walk with God by meditating on his word. A good teacher is like this.

[scroll] cud ''gerah'' גרה - pursue ג the revelation ר which is not understood ה
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