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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. Some of these laws told Israel what to eat and what not to eat (dietary laws). These laws were to be used as a script for a play. [1] They would act out the play, and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. The play is written in symbols and riddle. As a part of his law, God ordained priests to teach his people. The priests were to teach people how to be holy in imitation of God. The priests taught the Hebrews to eat the clean things—the things that holy people could eat— and to avoid the unclean things that would divide them from God. In this way, Israel would act out the play that would show others what kind of people they should be and follow.
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| For us in the audience, dietary law [2] says nothing about what we can eat. Instead, eating is a symbol for learning how to live [3]. 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. Unlocking the riddle of the dietary laws leads to understanding what the kinds of teachers the animals represent.
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| Introduction | | Introduction |
