Posted By: Daryl
What Is The Truth About The Eating Today Of Unclean Meat Such As Pork? - 07/07/03 01:48 AM
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ORIGINALLY POSTED BY WILL:
However I don't think anyone will lose their soul for eating pork.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY DARYL FAWCETT:
That's a dangerous assumption. I prefer not to eat pork or any other unclean food and take a chance on that.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY CHERI FRITZ:
Br. Will,
Regarding meat eating, we are in the antitypical day of atonement. Now the word typical is used to reference the earthly things which we are accustomed to and call common many times. And the word antitypical is used to describe what is of God.
Now I am going to be brief and simplify the information for you because this is actually a very lengthy study, but well worth your time. So I implore you to find out for yourself as to what our Lord desires of you and to never to be ignorant of any of His truths that He has made already known to us. The following is only a quick overview:
- 1844 Christ entered the Most Holy Place
- He begins the last of His work in the Heavenly Sanctuary
- The judgment of the righteous dead in Christ begins *Note: the living righteous are "soon" to be judged...referencing words of Mrs. White
- The Sabbath light becomes unveiled and it then becomes a test for our time
- The Laodicean('justice of the people')era begins The time of probation begins for us (to have a probationary time one must also have a judgment time when they are proven righteous)
- The time of probation begins for us (to have a probationary time one must also have a judgment time when they are proven righteous)
Now when the Israelites had the Day of Atonement they were to afflict (humble themselves) their souls. They fasted on this day when the typical (earthly) high priest was in the Most Holy Place. But we are in the time when Christ is doing His antitypical work in the Most Holy Place, where Christ is our High Priest pleading for the saints...'my blood, my blood.'
During this time of the antitypical day of atonement we are humble ourselves before the Lord and be a holy priesthood. "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:" 1Peter 2:9.
Now combine this with "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matthew16:19 makes you begin to realize that what we are doing today will be the same things that we are doing in Heaven. This is why our work on earth which God has given us is so important. In fact, Christ sent the Holy Spirit to strengthen us so that we may be good.
Will we be eating flesh foods in heaven? Will we be killing the innocent animals to enjoy a big ole' steak? No.
So how do we know that we are to humble ourselves in the manner of refusing flesh foods?
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you." Act 3:19-22
- Repent
- Convert
- Sins not only forgiven, but blotted out (blotted is better because they can never be remembered)
- Refreshing comes from the Holy Spirit...we all need the Holy Spirit or we will grieve
- Heaven must receive us with the restitution of all things - 1 : an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: as a : a restoration of something to its rightful owner b : a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury
First are we sure that we are using the word good for it's actual meaning according to the Lord? Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.Gen 1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.Gen 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good. Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
Good is without sin.
Now here is an interesting verse: Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein]."
So we need to return to the old paths and take our stand before God and man. We need the good way. We need to be humble to the point where we remember that all we will do, is with a body (temple)which is directly owned by God. Will we set out to be careless with someone's elses property when we do not even own it, I pray not. We ONLY own a choice, so praise the Lord we have such blessings that we don't even deserve during our time of probation. What a kind and just God, so patient and longsuffering with a nation of people that do not deserve the grace He is giving to us freely.
AMEN,
Sr. Cheri