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| {{bl| ELTB 2.0300 }} | | {{bl| ELTB 2.0300 }} The Law and the Play |
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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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| {{3cr|Some of these laws told Israel what to eat and what not to eat (dietary laws). | | {{:ELTB 2.0308 }} |
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| {{3cr|These laws were to be used as a script for a play. | |
| <ref>{{bgw| De 28:37 }} And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. </ref>
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| {{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.
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| God chose priests to keep the actors in line with the script.
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| The priests were also actors.
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| <ref group="n">Their robes are called "costumes" or "garments of deceit" so that we didn't think they were the real priest (Jesus)</ref>
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| 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.
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| For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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