For those who may have wrongly deduced that Genesis 9:3 was somehow a green light given to us to be consume things that God considers
UNCLEAN, or that God allegedly changed His Mind (
Mal. 3:6), please consider the following:-
BEFORE Genesis 9:3...
God very clearly delineated to Noah
differences between the clean animals and the unclean animals.
Genesis
6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.
6:18 But with thee will I establish My Covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh,
two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,
two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.
6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for
food for thee, and for them.
6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God
commanded him, so did he.
7:1 And the "I AM" said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.
7:2
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Please note well from the above passage, that God did
NOT change His Mind nor His instructions to Noah. He told Noah in Genesis 6:18-21 to gather two of every sort of animal, etc., as well as all food that would be needed. God then provided additional details about the clean and unclean beasts, so that Noah would know how much food to pack. The fact that there are 7 males and 7 females of each clean beast, vs. only 2 males and 2 females of the unclean beasts, should leave no doubt as to which one would be used for food. Is anyone really so stupid as to believe God would want us to put
UNCLEAN fuel into these bodies?
DURING Genesis 9:3...
If someone is interested, they will take the time to study this subject in detail (like reading the ingredients on a canned good before just blindly stuffing it into their body's mouth).
Along those lines, please consider the excerpt below from the following link:
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/genesis/9-3.htm,
Genesis 9:3 Commentaries: "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.
Benson Commentary
Genesis 9:3. Every moving thing — Which is wholesome and fit for food, shall be meat for you: That liveth — This may be added to exclude the use of those creatures which died of themselves, or were killed by wild beasts. These, which were afterward expressly forbidden to be eaten, (see
Exodus 22:31,
Leviticus 22:8,) may here be forbidden
implicitly.
AFTER Genesis 9:3...
God gave His Law to Moses, to spell everything out in no uncertain terms and
IN WRITING, so there would be no confusion among believers, nor any wiggle room or excuse for continuing such a destructive habit. See
Leviticus 11 and
Deuteronomy 14, along with numerous other references provided throughout The Law (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy), which Christ plainly stated would
NEVER go away.
Consuming the items that God has made
UNCLEAN -- i.e. unfit for human consumption -- is a
CRIME.
It is a crime not only against the body/temple that God has provided for each of us (
1 Cor. 3:16), but also against nature, as removing these creatures -- which are part of the planetary waste management system and not to be eaten by humans -- is destroying our natural environment, regardless of whether people are ignorant of this fact or not.
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ALL of the Bible verses that unbelievers have posited as excuses for breaking The Law prove beyond any
reasonable doubt that we have
never been told it's healthy or even okay to consume pork, nor anything else that is
UNCLEAN to us. Anyone who actually takes the time to read and study these passages -- as they are actually written -- will see for themselves how ignorant and arrogant it is to believe otherwise.
MANY today are sick and suffering because of their continued rebellion against God and His Law.
Most still refuse to keep the perfect healthy diet given to us by our Creator thousands of years ago, and then wonder why there are so many sick today.
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