ELTB 2.0300

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.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
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.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers
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. Unlocking the riddle of the dietary laws leads to understanding what the kinds of teachers the animals represent.	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

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

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