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{{3cr| They would act out the play, and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. | {{3cr| They would act out the play, and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 22:18 }} And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. </ref> | |||
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The play is written in symbols and riddle. | The play is written in symbols and riddle. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Pr 25:2 }} [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.</ref> | |||
<ref>{{bgw| Ps 78:2 }} I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings [riddles] of old: </ref> | |||
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God chose priests to keep the actors in line with the script. | God chose priests to keep the actors in line with the script. | ||
<ref>The priest was first a prophet, to speak the word of God. </ref> | |||
<ref>{{bgw| Ex 7:1 }} And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. </ref> | |||
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The script only told them that they were not good and only God was good. | The script only told them that they were not good and only God was good. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Da 9:11 }} Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. </ref> | |||
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For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat. | For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ac 10:15 }} And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.</ref> | |||
<ref group="n">If there was a moral component to the dietary law, God would not have changed his mind.</ref> | |||
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{{3cr|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. | {{3cr|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. | ||
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{{3cr|Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. | {{3cr|Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. The clean animals are good to learn from. The Unclean animals teach things God doesn't want you to learn. | ||
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{{3cr| If you know the story of Adam and Eve, the unclean animals are like the tree they were not allowed to eat from. | |||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:17 }} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.</ref> | |||
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{{3cr|Since the scriptures all speak of Christ, the animals all represent Christ. Some represent him as the good teacher. Others represent him bearing the sins of the bad teacher. | {{3cr|Since the scriptures all speak of Christ, the animals all represent Christ. Some represent him as the good teacher. Others represent him bearing the sins of the bad teacher. | ||
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Revision as of 04:50, 18 January 2023
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The dietary law is not about eating |
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God gave the Hebrews a number of laws telling them how to live. |
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| Some of these laws told Israel what to eat and what not to eat (dietary laws). | Notes
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| These laws were to be used as a script for a play. | Notes
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God chose priests to keep the actors in line with the script. [1] [2] |
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The priests were also actors. [n 1] Nothing the priests or the actors did made them good people. |
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The script only told them that they were not good and only God was good. [1] |
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For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat. [1] [n 1] |
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| 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. | Notes
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| Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. The clean animals are good to learn from. The Unclean animals teach things God doesn't want you to learn. | Notes
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| If you know the story of Adam and Eve, the unclean animals are like the tree they were not allowed to eat from. | Notes
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| Since the scriptures all speak of Christ, the animals all represent Christ. Some represent him as the good teacher. Others represent him bearing the sins of the bad teacher. | Notes
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