ELTB 2.0300: Difference between revisions

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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. ^[1]

The dietary law is not about eating	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
God gave the Hebrews a number of laws telling them how to live.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
Some of these laws told Israel what to eat and what not to eat (dietary laws).	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
These laws were to be used as a script for a play. ^[1]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
They would act out the play, and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. ^[1]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Ge 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
The play is written in symbols and riddle. ^[1] ^[2]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Pr 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter. ↑ ▸ ± Ps 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings [riddles] of old:
God chose priests to keep the actors in line with the script. ^[1] ^[2]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ The priest was first a prophet, to speak the word of God. ↑ ▸ ± 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.
The priests were also actors. ^{[n 1]} Nothing the priests or the actors did made them good people.	Notes ↑ Their robes are called "costumes" or "garments of deceit" so that we didn't think they were the real priest (Jesus) Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
The script only told them that they were not good and only God was good. ^[1]	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± 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.
For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat. ^[1] ^{[n 1]}	Notes ↑ If there was a moral component to the dietary law, God would not have changed his mind. Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± Ac 10:15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
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 Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
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 Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
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 Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers	↑ ▸ ± 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.

[1] ▸ ± De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

[2] ▸ ± Ge 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

[3] ▸ ± Pr 25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

[4] ▸ ± Ps 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings [riddles] of old:

[5] The priest was first a prophet, to speak the word of God.

[6] ▸ ± 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.

[7] Their robes are called "costumes" or "garments of deceit" so that we didn't think they were the real priest (Jesus)

[8] ▸ ± 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.

[10] If there was a moral component to the dietary law, God would not have changed his mind.

[9] ▸ ± Ac 10:15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.

[11] ▸ ± 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.

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-{{3cr|Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. Unlocking the riddle of the dietary laws leads to understanding what the kinds of teachers the animals represent.
+{{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>
 {{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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