ELTB 2.0300

ELTB 2.0300 [∞]

The Law and the Play

ELTB 2.0301 [∞]

The first section of the Bible contains many laws that God gave the Hebrews telling them how to live. ^{[p 1]} ^{[p 2]}	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art ↑ I like the stage Doris did. Maybe add bacon in the hand of one of the audience, and a plate of bacon on stage with a "NO!" indicator. ↑ Add something to indicate roles of prophet, judge, priest and king. They should not be those things, but have some small thing that would hint. We can use them to speak in the voices through the series. Questions Answers

ELTB 2.0302 [∞]

Some of these laws told them what to eat and what not to eat. These are called the dietary laws.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers

ELTB 2.0303 [∞]

When the Hebrews followed these laws, they show us the character of God in a riddle. So the dietary law is not about eating. It is more like a play. The laws were the script for the play, and everyone had a role. ^[1] God chose priests to be the directors of the play, telling everyone how to do their part.	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.

ELTB 2.0304 [∞]

The Hebrews’ lives 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.

ELTB 2.0305 [∞]

The play is written in symbols and riddle. ^[1] ^[2] ^{[q 1]} ^{[a 1]} This means that for us in the audience, the dietary law says nothing about what we can eat.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions ↑ What’s a symbol? Answers ↑ Where something represents something else. In this case, the animals represent teachers and things to learn.	↑ ▸ ± 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:

ELTB 2.0306 [∞]

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. ^{[s 1]}	Notes Symbols ↑ ∞ eat ↬ learn Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers

ELTB 2.0307 [∞]

Each of these animals is a symbol for a different type of teacher. The clean animals (the ones the Hebrews could eat) symbolize the people we should learn from. The unclean animals (the animals the Hebrews were not supposed to eat) symbolize those who teach things that God doesn't want you to learn.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers

ELTB 2.0308 [∞]

This isn’t the first time that eating symbolized learning in the Bible. Remember Adam and Eve and the tree they were not supposed to eat from? ^[1] You could say that the tree was unclean.	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.

ELTB 2.0309 [∞]

Let’s talk about the different animals that are part of the play and what they teach us about God.	Notes Symbols Vocabulary	Art Questions Answers

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