the prohibition as it was given to the people of Israel. God wanted them to be different from other nations. This was true, not only with their eating but in apparel, customs, religious observances and in many other ways. How strange it is that some people desire to put us back under the law. It is very odd, however, that when these people come to passages speaking of not wearing wool and linen together, they just dis regard these commands. When they come to injunctions not to kindle a fire in their homes on the Sabbath, they disregard that, too. Such people take only the Scriptures they like. There- the Jews to eat swine’s flesh, then, in fore they feel that since God forbade our day, we should have a distinct statement or prohibition. The Bible, on the other hand, does give us word on the fact that we can eat anything. “And he saith unto them, Are ye so without un derstanding also? Do ye not per ceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into t h e belly, and goeth into the draught, purging all meats?” (Mark 7:18, 19). This He said making all m e a t s clean. “And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that de- fileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil- thoughts, adulteries, fornications, mur ders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blas phemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man” (Mark 7:20-23). People who so state t h a t we should live under the law do not differentiate between things which are inherently wrong and those things which become wrong when they are forbidden. Murder was wrong and forbidden long before the Mosaic law was instituted. God’s judgment and punishment was heaped upon Cain be cause he slew his brother. On the other hand, there are a number of things in the Bible that are forbidden, such as the matter of mixing woolen and linen apparel together. Such prohibition is
Dr. Ray A. Myers, chairman of Biota’s Board of Directors, instructs tractor opera tor, Claude Mitchell at KBBI’s Mt. Wilson site. Operations will begin shortly from Southern California’s highest point of ground. observed by orthodox Jews today. Now such a practice is not inherently wrong. It is not inherently wrong to eat fish which doesn’t have fins and scales. It was wrong for Israel because it was specifically forbidden. There was a time element involved. God wanted to keep Israel pure and separate until the time when the Messiah would come. When He did come, He made all meats clean. (more questions on page 28 )
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