ELTB 2.0300
ELTB 2.0300 [∞]
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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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| They would act out the play, and the audience, everyone else, would learn from it. | Notes
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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. [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. |
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For us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat. |
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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. Unlocking the riddle of the dietary laws leads to understanding what the kinds of teachers the animals represent. | 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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