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The Dietary law
It's NOT about eating
- Lu 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
These are curious sayings from Jesus that don't get much attention. It is convenient to ignore things we don't understand.
The shadow of the law
Heb 10:1 ¶ For the law 'having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things...
The dietary law has a 'shadow' as does all the law. The shadow is something attached to the law which is not the law. Few have been able to make sense of the literal law. Some even claim that there are scientific errors. The literal is made plain as the hidden is revealed.
Dinner theater analogy
The literal law, which Israel had to obey, was given to them as a script to the dinner theater. They would live the lines of the script so that their lives became the play, from which we could learn. [1] [2]
Eating as a metaphor
Eating is a metaphor for learning.
Eating as a metaphor for learning (or knowing) is replete in scripture.
Psalm 23:8 reads:"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him" (KJV).
And Proverbs 30:8 reads: "Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me" (KJV).
We know eating is a metaphor for learning because the Apostle Paul uses eating as metaphor for learning when he says to the Corinthians: "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able" (1 Corinthians 1-2, KJV). And again in the book of Hebrews declaring: "For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe (5:12-13, KJV).
Naming of the animals
Adam named the animals based on their behavior [reputation]. [3] These behaviors and the word play from their names teach about learning: Who should we learn from, and who should we not learn from?
Le 11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
- 1. If you are not a child of Israel, the literal law does not apply to you. But if you are a spiritual child of Israel, then the spiritual meaning applies to you.
- Israel Yisra’el ישׂראל - man יש joined by revelation ר to God אל . If you are spiritual Israel; joined to God by revelation, then you recognize 'eating' as a metaphor for 'learning'. This is the source for Paul's teaching that the wife (church) shall learn from her husband (Christ) [4]
- 2. If you are a child of Israel, you are commanded to eat these animals. There is no option. You cannot be a vegetarian. All arguments about pre-flood vegetarianism end here. But since there is no penalty for being a vegetarian, the command to eat these animals is an invitation to participate in the play. If you don't eat them, you are not one of the actors. For the spiritual child of Israel, the hidden teaching does apply.
On the hoof
Le 11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
- parteth perac פרס - divide in two [5] Separation is a metaphor for 'Holy'.
- clovenfooted shaca‘ שׁסע - split [6]
- cheweth ‘alah עלה - ascend, burnt offering [7]
- cud garah גרה - contend, strive [8]
- chewing the cud or 'ruminating' is a metaphor for meditating on the things you are (learned).
- The animal is clean animal because it is a picture of Christ.
- By way of allegory: he had a holy walk/life because he meditated on the Word of God.
- By way of exegesis: He had a holy life because he strove to be totally devoted (symbolized by the burnt offering hidden in 'chewed the cud').
The teaching of the dinner theater is that you should learn from those people whose lives are changed through study of the Bible.
Le 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
- camel gamal גמל - wean, recompense. The metaphor of the camel representing a judge comes from the word 'recompense'. [9] The judge can give you a reward, or a penalty, if you deserve it. The camel is unclean by the rules of the law. It does not have a Holy walk. This is a riddle:
- Lesson: We should not learn from those who judge other people.
Le 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
- coney shaphan שׁפן - hide the treasure[12] The coney is unclean because he does not let his light shine. [13]
- He is also unclean because he also is a metaphor for a judge:
- coney shaphan שׁפן - the mystery פ of the biting teeth שן . The mouth speaks the word of God, the teeth are biting, they are the law within the word.
- Lesson: We should not learn from those who hide the treasured gospel of grace and instead only preach the condemnation of the law.
Le 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
- The hare is called out by the rules, but it also had hidden meanings.
- hare ‘arnebeth ארנבת - house בת of divided א jubilation רנ. If you celebrate good and bad things, it is a sign of poor judgement.
- NOTE: Skeptics love to point out that rabbits do not technically chew the cud. They actually pass their food through a second time by eating their night droppings; they re-ingest. But the Bible does not say they chew the cud, but that they chew the gerah גרה which means 'pursue ג the revelation ר which was not understood ה'. The word means to pass through again to get more out of it, not to regurgitate. Some chew the gerah by regurgitation and some by re-ingestion.
Lesson: Do not learn from people who use every excuse to party.
Le 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.
- The swine is called out for the opposite reason as the animals above: though it has a divided hoof it does not chew the cud. The metaphor is that it does not meditate on the word. In fact, the proverb makes it more clear by associating a pig with a gold jewel in it's snout with a woman without judgement [14]. The pig will eat anything, and the woman will learn anything.
- swine chaziyr חזיר - perceive חז a new י revelation ר. When God said that Adm had become like one of them to know good and evil [15], the word for 'to know' is yada‘ ידע , which also means 'to declare' [16]. By declaring good and evil for himself; the same as we do when we take decisions without conferring with God, he has usurped God's position as the one who defines good and evil. He has become a swine; hearing his own new revelation.
- know yada‘ ידע - the hand/works יד of the flesh ע .
Lesson: Do not learn from those who have no discernment of good and bad teaching, and who think they are OK by their own standard.
Le 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.
Lesson: Do not learn from their flesh, and don't be joined to or plagued by their folly.
Fish
Water is a metaphor for the Word of God.
Le 11:9 ¶ These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
- fins cᵉnappiyr סנפיר - 'horned, thorned סנ bull פיר . The fish moved through the water by it's fins. It lives in the word. What propels it? The bull, the sacrifice of Christ as the burnt offering, which was caught by it's horns in the thorns. Since he thorns represent the 'cares of the world' [19], the thorned bull represents the love of God toward us. [20] The clean fish lives in the world by the love of God.
- scales qasqeseth קשׂקשׂת - mail (as in armour) [21]. The one who lives in the word wears the full armor of God. [22] Paul's source for his doctrine came from the dietary law.
- Waters, seas, and rivers: When you have three things, without even looking deeper you can say 'of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost'. Since water is the word, these then are the word from the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Lesson: Learn from those who live in the word of God; motivated by the sacrifice of Christ and who use the scripture to resist sin.
Le 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination [detestable] unto you: Le 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Le 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you.
- You can figure this one out. Even if people are in the word, but are not living by his love or wearing his armour, their teaching is detestable. This is a similar teaching to those land animals who chew the cud, but do not have a holy walk.
Birds
The air is a metaphor for the Spirit.
Le 11:13 And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, Le 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Le 11:15 Every raven after his kind; Le 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, Le 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Le 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, Le 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
- fowls ‘owph עוף - fly [23].
- Skeptic love to point out that bats are not fowl. But the scripture does not say they are. It says they are 'flying things'.
- eagle nesher נשׁר - forget נש the revelation ר.
- ossifrage perec פרס - divide [24], pure [25]. It is a symbol of tearing apart the pure.
- ospray ‘ozniyah עזניה - the goat עז hears זנ God's will י and doesn't understand ה. The goat represents the flesh. [26]
- vulture da’ah דאה - cause to wander אד in ignorance ה.
- kite ‘ayah איה - rhetorical 'Where?' [27] One who doubts?
- raven ‘oreb ערב - mix [28] Mixing is a metaphor for improperly representing holiness and love together. We confuse them. Only Christ on the cross perfectly represents the nature of the Father.
- owl bath ya‘anah בת יענה - daughter בת of why יענ . This is a difficult riddle. The rhetorical why is an indication of an unwillingness to obey. Perhaps this has the sense of that.
- night hawk tachmac תחמס - imperative ת of violence חמס
- cuckow shachaph שׁחף - emaciate, waste away [29]
- hawk nets נץ - the son of man נ killed on the cross ץ
- little owl kowc כוס - cup [30] Grapes are pressed into the cup as a symbol of the tribulation of Christ.
- cormorant shalak שׁלך - cast out [31]
- great owl yanshuwph ינשׁוף - I י in the dark נשׁוף. The one who is in the dark is sinning and presuming upon the grace of God.
- swan tanshemeth תנשׁמת - from beginning to end תת it destroys נשׁמ [32]
- pelican qa’ath קאת - vomit קא after ת.
- gier eagle haracham הרחם - not understanding ה love רחם.
- stork chaciydah החסידה - not understanding ה*ה holiness , mercy חסיד [33]
- heron ‘anaphah אנפה - anger [34] of her ה.
- lapwing duwkiyphath דוכיפת - beat דוכ [35] the mystery פ plan י which was finished ם. <not a good dynamic equivalent>
- bat ‘atalleph עטלף - turn aside עטף from the teaching ל.
Flying things on all fours
Observe the play between the flesh (earth) and spirit (air).
Le 11:20 ¶ All fowls that creep [swarm], going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
- When the hands (works) and feet (life) are in the flesh, it is an abomination. The emphasis here is on swarming or reproducing quickly. God desires children of the spirit, not the flesh.
Le 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
- Though works and life are in the flesh, the leaping into the air shows a desire for the Spirit.
Le 11:22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
- locust ‘arbeh ארבה - light אר house בת.
- bald locust col‘am סלעם - rock סלע completed the promise of the Father ם.
- beetle chargol חרגל - fear חרג ended by teaching ל.
- grasshopper chagab חגב - life ח though the pit [grave] גב.
Le 11:23 But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you. Le 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. Le 11:25 And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- even ‘ereb ערב - mix [36] The evening is the symbol of mixing of grace and judgement. the sins of man are covered by the works of the Son. Only the Son can mix them.
Le 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
- even ‘arab ערב - exchange [37]
Who ever works their folly will be unclean until the exchange [38]
Le 11:25 And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Le 11:26 [The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. Le 11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. Le 11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they [are] unclean unto you.
- beareth nasa’ נשׂא - exalts [39]
Whoever exalts the folly of them shall tread his works with the word and be unclean until the mixing.
Creeping things
Le 11:29 These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
- creeping things... on the earth sharats שׁרץ - increase abundantly [in the flesh] [40]
- weasel choled חלד - age, world, time [41] Understanding ח the teaching ל of the word ד of this age חלד.
- mouse ‘akbar עכבר - flesh ע made to abound כבר [42]
- tortoise? tsab צב - covered [43] righteousness צ revealed to man ב. The one shields himself from the righteousness of God is actively resisting God.
Le 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. Le 11:31 These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
- ferret ‘anaqah אנקה - groaning [44]
- chameleon koach כח - might, force [45]
- lizard לטאה ' 03911 - myrrh [death] of yearning אה [separated א hearing ה].
- snail chomet חמט - life ח [separated] from מ the doctrine [marriage] ט.
- mole tanshemeth תנשׁמת - final ת breath נשׁמת [46] or the desolate ones [47]
Le 11:32 And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
- vessel kᵉliy כלי - Son of God's כ teaching ל of new creation י
- wood ‘ets עץ - tree [48] a metaphor for the cross.
If the uncleanness falls on the teaching of the Gospel, the teaching of the Gospel is unclean.
- raiment beged בגד - treachery [49] [works of the flesh]
- skin ‘owr עור - blindness [50]. This is also a pun to 'light' ‘owr אור which is a metaphor for holiness. God gave Adam a covering of skin, which is something like his holiness [declared him to be holy], while at the same time declaring Adam to be blind and perhaps indicating his own blindness to Adam's sin. If the transaction of Christ being made to be sin while we are made the righteousness of God is polluted, the whole message is polluted.
- sack saq שׂק - legs [51][metaphor for your 'walk' or 'life']
All these are cleansed by the word (water).
Le 11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
If a person sins secretly, the silence should be broken in order to give hope.
Le 11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.
- Everything taught by such a one is unclean.
Le 11:35 And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
- oven tannuwr תנור - final ת lamp נור. Last testimony.
- ranges kiyr כיר - pierce [54] [sufferings]
If your testimony or sufferings are tainted they remain unclean.
Le 11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Where there is much teaching it covers folly.
Le 11:37 And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.
- sowing zeruwa‘ זרוע - forearm [55] a metaphor for works.
- seed - Christ is the 'seed' of the woman.
Christ bore our sin, no additional unlcean thing can add to his shame. When he rose from the dead, sin had been conquered.
Le 11:38 But if [any] water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you.
If there is teaching of Christ which is polluted, it is polluted.
Le 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
- beast he-bᵉhemah הבהמה - completely not understanding ה_ה in ב the spirit המ (hot).
Don't do the works of those who don't understand being in the spirit.
Le 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
He who learns from their folly shall correct his works and remain unclean until he receives grace. He that glorifies the folly shall do the same.
Le 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Those who multiply in the flesh abundantly shall not be learned from.
Le 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.
- belly gachown גחון - pursue ג understanding ח separate ו from the cross ן.
- goeth halak הלך - pays tribute (bribes God) [56]
- on all four: the one whose life and works are of the earth. God told Cain: If you do right, won't you be lifted up? Even if our lives are still in the flesh, our works should be striving to 'do right'.
- more feet - a multiplicity of lives, hypocrisy.
Don't learn from those who rationalize things apart from the cross, who try to work their way to God, or are hypocrites.
Le 11:43 ¶ Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
- abominable shaqats שׁקץ - idol [57]. In all of these the one is making himself equal to God by deciding his own path.
Le 11:44 For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Le 11:45 For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy.
Le 11:46 This [is] the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Le 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
References
- ↑ Php 3:17 ¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
- ↑ 2Pe 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- ↑ Ge 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
- ↑ 1Ti 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- ↑ 06536 ref. 06537
- ↑ 08156
- ↑ 05927 ref. 05928
- ↑ 01625 ref. 01624
- ↑ Allegorically, the camel carries it's own water/word
- ↑ Mt 7:1 ¶ Judge not, that ye be not judged.
- ↑ Re 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- ↑ 08227 ref. 08226
- ↑ Mt 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
- ↑ Pr 11:22 ¶ [As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.
- ↑ Ge 3:22 ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- ↑ 03045
- ↑ 05038 ref. 05039
- ↑ 05060 ref. 05061
- ↑ Mr 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- ↑ Joh 3:16 For God so loved [cared for] the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- ↑ 07193
- ↑ Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- ↑ 05775 ref. 05774
- ↑ 06538 ref. 06536
- ↑ 06539
- ↑ Mt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
- ↑ 0344 ref. 0346
- ↑ 06151 ref. 06158
- ↑ 07828
- ↑ 03563
- ↑ 07994 ref. 07993
- ↑ 05395
- ↑ 02623
- ↑ 0600
- ↑ 01743
- ↑ 06153 ref. 06151
- ↑ 06152 ref. 06148
- ↑ 2Co 5:21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
- ↑ 05375
- ↑ 08318 ref. 08317
- ↑ 02467 ref. 02465
- ↑ 03527
- ↑ 06632
- ↑ 0604 ref. 0603
- ↑ 03581
- ↑ 05397
- ↑ see 'desolate' הנשמות in Jer 33:10
- ↑ 06086
- ↑ 0899
- ↑ 05785 ref. 05787
- ↑ 08242 ref. 08243
- ↑ 02789 ref. 02791
- ↑ 07664
- ↑ 03600 ref. 03564
- ↑ 02221 ref. 02220
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- ↑ 08262 ref. 08623
