Any inventor/maker/creator of any item that has to function properly and efficiently gives instructions to the user on how to take care of the item. And let’s say it’s a motor vehicle that uses a particular fuel, the manufacturer specifies ‘this’ and ‘not that’ fuel or it might bog down. I’ve gassed up my vehicle ignoring that rule and yeah, they’re right, trust the manufacturer.
So what’s the point? Read the title of this post again!
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And so, we’re resurrecting the series of articles that deal with that Q with this in mind:
- If the CREATOR made different living creatures
- and we see some varieties of the animal kingdom eating only vegetation,
- while others have the flesh of animals as their natural diet,
- (yup, vegan and carnivorous even among those belonging to non-human species),
- then it makes sense that the CREATOR — if he loves HIS prime creation, humanity—
- will include in his DESIGNER’s instructions,
- the dietary prescription for this special species that share His Image of free will because this one was gifted with a superior brain;
- and yet, with free will, is given the freedom to obey or not obey His Designer’s Instructions,
- specifically, in this topic, His Ideal Prescribed Diet for all Humanity.
Is there confusion about what humans should eat or not eat as specified in Leviticus 11?
Yup, but only if you misinterpret the words [fast forward to NT/Gospels] of the Christian 2nd Person of their Trinitarian God—the God-Man Jesus who is quoted in the Gospel of Mark 7:1-23 as having declared: “All foods are clean.”
How to hermeneutically interpret that? CONTEXT.
- Jesus was a Jew.
- To Jews, there is a dietary prescription in Leviticus 11 about clean and unclean meat.
- And so, to Jesus the Jew, if he was indeed the Creator of Genesis 1:
- he would know why he prescribed only specific animals for human consumption, in the “Old” Testament;
- he would know if he was indeed the Creator, that ‘Unclean’ animals have certain enzymes called ‘putrescine’ and ‘cadaverine’ in their flesh that allow those animals to survive ingesting rotting poisonous meat because that is their assignment, their function, their purpose: to clean up the earth of such debris;
- and he would know (as medical/dietary scientists learned so late but we thank them nevertheless for finally discovering the scientific reason for the prohibition given six millennia ago by the God of Israel to His chosen people)
- that those enzymes are still in unclean meat to this day! Pigs and carnivorous animals who feed on rotting flesh did not suddenly change their nature just because Jesus supposedly declared “all foods clean”.
What we choose to feed on as humans is our choice, but if we find out that the Creator had prescribed what is the right food for humanity in His Instructions for Life, the TORAH, then why not adjust our tastebuds to the specific diet programmed by God Himself for His prime creation, the one He shared His Image with. Yes, the one with the brain!
Ultimately, we are the ones who suffer from the choices we make, for good or for ill. So, go ahead and enjoy your lechon, porkchops, ham, non-kosher food—and deal with the consequences.
Someone asked if it’s a “sin” to disobey the Creator’s dietary prescription for man? Well . . . it’s probably more of a sin against yourself, since who suffers the resulting disease when you indulge in no-no foods for a period of time? Your neighbor? Nah, look in the mirror.
So, here’s what we have already posted about the Maker’s Diet:
- Biblical Diet 4c: Peter’s Vision in Acts 10:9-23
- Biblical Diet 4b: NT: Matthew 15:1-20
- Biblical Diet 3—Leviticus 11
- Biblical Diet 2—UNclean Meat
- Revisit: Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 11a – Dietary Laws
- Biblical Diet 1
- Deuteronomy/Davarim 14: “3 You are not to eat any abominable-thing!”
Check out these links:
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/119556565088903257/
https://www.livestrong.com/article/83436-makers-diet-list/
Bon appetit!
NSB@S6K
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