Tithes & Alms

Are All things good for Food? ​

• Noah was commanded to gather clean and unclean animals which shows the understanding of clean animals were known before Moses' time:

Gen 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. 

• Noah also sacrificed all clean animals just as the law of Moses would later instruct to help understand some laws were already known:

Gen 8:20  

And Noah builded an altar unto Ahayah; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 

Jubilees 6:2-3

2. And he made atonement for the earth, and took a kid and made atonement by its blood for all the guilt of the earth; for everything that had been on it had been destroyed, save those that were in the ark with Noah. 3. And he placed the fat thereof on the altar, and he took an ox, and a goat, and a sheep and kids, and salt, and a turtle- dove, and the young of a dove, and placed a burnt sacrifice on the altar, and poured thereon an offering mingled with oil, and sprinkled wine and strewed frankincense over everything, and caused a goodly savour to arise, acceptable before Ahayah. 

• Even before the flood of Noah's time, sacrifices of clean animals were performed as well to help understand the laws of clean animals were known before Moses' time: 

Gen 4:4  

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Ahayah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 

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• What Abel did was according to the law that would be later given to Moses to help understand some sacrificial laws were already known before Moses' time: 

Num 18:17-18  

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto Ahayah. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 

• The flesh was for the priests to eat, so whoever belonged to the priest, ate of his offering. Also, people ate of the clean animals before the flood and it was no sin even before Moses received the law: 

Jasher 1:19-20

19. And Abel answered his brother Cain and said unto him, what is there between me and thee, that thou shalt eat the flesh of my flock and clothe thyself with their wool? 20. And now therefore, put off the wool of my sheep with which thou hast clothed thyself, and recompense me for their fruit and flesh which thou hast eaten, and when thou shalt have done this, I will then go from thy land as thou hast said.

• One can confirm the understanding of clean animals were known by the fact that Asher the son of Jacob understood it before Moses’ time as well. 

Testament of Asher 2:9-10

9 Such men are hares; clean, - like those that divide the hoof, but in very deed are unclean. 10 For Alahayim in the tables of the commandments hath thus declared.

Testament of Asher 4:5

For such men are like to stags and to hinds, because in the manner of wild animals they seem to be unclean, but they are altogether clean; because they walk in zeal for the Lord and abstain from what Alahayim also hateth and forbiddeth by His commandments, warding off the evil from the good.

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• The precepts confirm the righteous knew the difference between clean and unclean. People also knew of some of the sacrifices not only by evidence of Abel's offering as we afore mentioned, but also by evidence of Isaac teaching Levi about them:

Testament of Levi 9:6-7, 13-14

6 And Isaac called me continually to put me in remembrance of the law of the Lord, even as the angel of the Lord showed unto me. 7 And he taught me the law of the priesthood, of sacrifices, whole burnt-offerings, first-fruits, freewill-offerings, peace-offerings……13 And of every clean beast and bird offer a sacrifice to the Lord. 14 And of all thy first -fruits and of wine offer the first, as a sacrifice to the Lord Alahayim; and every sacrifice thou shalt salt with salt.

• Hopefully this helps understand knowledge of the clean animals for food and sacrifices were known before Moses' time. The issue Alahayim had with men was eating blood not eating clean animals:

Jubilees 6:6-7

6. And behold I have given unto you all beasts, and all winged things, and everything that moveth on the earth, and the fish in the waters, and all things for food; as the green herbs, I have given you all things to eat. 7. But flesh, with the life thereof, with the blood, ye shall not eat; for the life of all flesh is in the blood, lest your blood of your lives be required. 

Jubilees 7:30-32

30. There shall be no blood seen upon you of all the blood there shall be all the days in which ye have killed any beasts or cattle or whatever flieth upon the earth, and work ye a good work to your souls by covering that which hath been shed on the face of the earth. 31. And ye shall not be like him who eateth with blood, but guard yourselves that none may eat blood before you: cover the blood, for thus have I been commanded to testify to you and your children, together with all flesh. 32. And suffer not the soul to be eaten with the flesh, that your blood, which is your life, may not be required at the hand of any flesh that sheddeth (it) on the earth

• This is the law for all men of any nation not to eat blood. Noah also commanded as follows:

Jubilees 7:20

20. And in the twenty- eighth jubilee Noah began to enjoin upon his sons' sons the ordinances and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity. 

• To keep ones soul from uncleanness, it requires not to pollute the soul by eating anything unclean or abominable: 

Eze 4:14  

Then said I, Ah Lord Ahayah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 

• All those things pollute the soul, so one has to guard against it to keep one's soul from uncleanness as Noah commanded. It is important to avoid these abominable things for the reasons following: 

Lev 20:25  

Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 

Lev 11:44  

For I am Ahayah your Alahayim: 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. 

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• We have to be holy avoiding unclean things. We also have to avoid things offered unto idols and animals that have been strangled: 

Act 15:28-29  

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

1 Corinthians 10:27-28, 31

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of Alahayim.

• So all things arent clean for food as we have to avoid unclean things, things offered to idols, things strangled, and blood to the glory of Alahayim. We have been given every moving thing that lives for meat:

Gen 9:3  

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things 

• We just have to be mindful not to eat any abominable thing: 

Deu 14:3  

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing

• It’s important not to eat any abominable thing because of the commandment since man must live by every word that proceeds from Alahayim and the fact that it would keep us from entering the kingdom since eating abominable flesh pollutes our souls and unclean meats make our souls abominable according to Lev 20:25:

Rev 21:7  

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his Alahayim, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

• The abominable will have their part in the fire and the unclean person shall not enter the kingdom:

Eph 5:5 

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of Alahayim. 

• Eating unclean things defiles our souls making us unclean persons and we cannot inherit the kingdom in uncleanness. Knowing the law and no longer being unlearned, we can understand Paul’s writings because it’s required to understand in order to not be lead astray:

2Pe 3:16  

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 

• Paul was teaching "every creature is good" knowing that we understood, not to eat any abominable thing

1Ti 4:4-5   

For every creature of Alahayim is good,

• He said every creature, not every abominable thing:

and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of Alahayim and prayer.

• The things that are sanctified by the word of Alahayim and prayer aren’t to be refused. This means, so long as the creature isn’t abominable or unclean according to the word of Alahayim, it is sanctified by the word; and with prayer, it is to be received with thanksgiving.  So when selecting food, make sure it isn’t an abominable thing or something that can pollute the soul, and pray over it with thanksgiving. We also cant find out every detail like what is done in factories without our knowledge, so this is why its important to pray over the food, that the Lord may bless it from any hidden pollution unawares.

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Defilement by Unclean things

• If we have eaten unclean or abominable things in the past, get defiled by touching unclean things, or it come to our knowledge that something we are eating is unclean or defiled, we can do the following for healing:    

Leviticus 5:2 

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

• We are guilty for touching unclean things whether we know or not:

Leviticus 5:3

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

• If we get defiled eating unclean things, we are unclean though unawares and once we know of it we are guilty. The cure to atone for our guilt is as follows:

Leviticus 5:5, 6, 13

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto Ahayah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.

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Cleansing for Defilement by Unclean Meats: 

1.       Confess the sin

2.      Bring trespass offering,

3.      Priest makes atonement

New Testament renewal of the Laws:

New Priesthood:

Heb 7:24  

But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

New Atonement:

Rom 5:11  

And not only so, but we also joy in Alahayim through our Lord Yache Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement 

Salvation from Condemnation through Christ's Intercession:

Heb 7:25  

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Alahayim by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Rom 8:34  

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of Alahayim, who also maketh intercession for us. 

 

• By script all we can do when defiled by eating any unclean thing is confess our sin and pray for forgiveness in our trespass in hopes Yache, the atonement and High priest, intercedes for us. If its a clean animal that died or was torn by another, then we have to bathe and wash by law:

Lev 17:15-16 

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity

• This is why it is important to be informed about where one gets meat from because some companies still package those things anyway. It is better in countries where you can go to the butcher to get your meat from fresh kill every day.

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Did the Gentiles know of the Dietary Law in the New Testament? 

• The Gentiles had to keep the laws of their father Noah, which included not eating unclean things to guard their souls from uncleanness. Since idolatry is so prominent among Gentiles sacrificing to devils, {I Cor 10:20} to help them guard their souls from uncleanness, the Apostles admonished them on avoiding sacrifices of idols, things strangled, and from blood, which all tied into the sacrifices which were done among them and could defile them if they partook in them: 

1Co 10:19-26 

 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to Alahayim: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25  Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 

• With understanding, when going to grocery stores, don’t ask whether the stuff is sacrificed to idols for conscience sake. There was also no need to tell the Gentiles about the dietary law again because they already knew about it from having the law of Moses read every sabbath. {Acts15:21}

Acts 15:20-21, 28-29
[20] But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. [21] For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

• They were hearing the law, so knowing the dietary law was not an issue for them.

[28] For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary
things;

• The necessary things were setting perimeters for them to avoid all the things that came with the idolatrous societies that they lived in:

[29]That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from
fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

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Understanding Peter's Vision

• Concerning Peters dream in Acts 10, it was a dream, which was a similitude of one thing but had a different meaning. The scriptures tell of how Ahayah speaks to prophets in dreams and visions in dark parables, {Num 12:6} yet man doesn't understand. {Job 33:14} For this reason, Peter woke up not knowing what the vision meant until the Holy Spirit revealed that it was an admonishment that three Gentiles were coming to meet him and he ought to receive them because they had been cleansed and are no longer common or unclean. 

Numbers 12:6,8
[6]And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I, Ahayah will make myself
known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. [8]... in dark speeches;...

Job 33:14-17

[14] For Alahayim speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. Man does no [15] In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

• He speaks in dark speeches in the dream visions when sleeping {Num 12:8} so men do not perceive what he is saying unless he gives the interpretation.

[16] Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, [17] That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

• This is what transpired with Peter when he didn't understand what was being shown to him since dreams and visions require true interpretations from Alahayim.

Acts 10:10-16

10  And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Alahayim hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

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• It is commonly taught that this dream meant unclean meat was now cleansed but in scripture Peter himself didn’t know what this dream meant and waited on Alahayim to show what it meant:

[17] Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

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• Peter doubted the meaning because it was certain he should not eat unclean things, and because the vision was in dark speeches as the former scriptures attested which men do not perceive. He didn’t take it as he can eat unclean meat by what he said himself:

[18] And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. [19] While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. [20] Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

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• The Spirit revealed what the vision was referring to. Peter himself attested the meaning of the trance wasn’t making unclean things lawful.

Acts 10:28

28  And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but Alahayim hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

•  The scriptures give us the truth of the matter from Peter himself that the vision was about calling no man common or unclean according to what the Holy Spirit revealed to him, so it is evident that unclean things are still against the law because Peter also said we ought to be holy as Alahayim is holy:

1Pe 1:15 

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 

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ἀναστροφή

anastrophē

Thayer Definition:

1) manner of life, conduct, behaviour, deportment

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• It is not in our manner of life to eat unclean things because we are still required to be holy by eating only eating the clean thins that may be eaten:

1Pe 1:16 

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 

Leviticus 11:45-47

For I am Ahayah that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your Alahayim: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 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: 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.

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What causes the Eating of Unclean Meats?

Ephesians 6:12 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Wisdom of Solomon 14:12, 27 

For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life. 27 For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil

• Idolatry is the cause of all evil so spiritual fornication hearkening to idols causes the evil of eating unclean meats. Evidence of this is seen in the fact that the Israelites were prophesied to go astray serving the idols of the Gentiles which would lead them to eating all kinds of flesh instead of observing the commandments to eat clean meats only

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Jubilees 1: 9, 11

For they will forget all My commandments, (even) all that I command them, and they will walk after the Gentiles, and after their uncleanness, and after their shame, and will serve their alahayims, and these will prove unto them an offence and a tribulation and an affliction and a snare. 

• There we see Israelites would go into idolatry worshiping the deities of the Gentiles. They would also, worship their own idols too: 

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11. And they will make to themselves high places and groves and graven images, and they will worship, each his own (graven image), so as to go astray, and they will sacrifice their children to demons, and to all the works of the error of their hearts

• The results of worshiping idols, whether their own or the Gentiles’, leads to turning away from Alahayim’s law to do evil which includes eating unclean meats and celebrating the feasts of the Gentiles

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Jubilees 6:35-38

For I know and from henceforth shall I declare it unto thee,and it is not of my own devising; for the book (lieth) written before me, and on the heavenly tables the division of days is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the covenant and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles after their error and after their ignorance. 36. For there will be those who will assuredly make observations of the moon--now (it) disturbeth the seasons and cometh in from year to year ten days too soon. 37. For this reason the years will come upon them when they will disturb (the order), and make an abominable (day) the day of testimony, and an unclean day a feast day, and they will confound all the days, the holy with the unclean, and the unclean day with the holy; for they will go wrong as to the months and Sabbaths and feasts and jubilees. 38. For this reason I command and testify to thee that thou mayest testify to them; for after thy death thy children will disturb (them), so that they will not make the year three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason they will go wrong as to the new moons and seasons and Sabbaths and festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh.

• This shows according to scripture, idolatry lead to the current world calendars aren’t the proper and true 364 days according to the sun, following the feasts of the Gentiles, eating all kinds of blood which is unlawful to eat any blood, and eating all kinds of flesh which is unlawful to do as we are commanded to eat no abominable thing. One may wonder how can idols lead to eating unclean meats. The idols sway the thoughts of mankind by man’s desire for pleasure in covetousness being lead by the spirit of fornication which leads to give into the passions for eating strange (unlcean) meats:

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4Mac 1:24-26, 29-33

Under pleasure, also, comes that moral debasement which exhibits the widest variety of the passions. 25. It manifests itself in the soul as ostentation, and covetousness, and vain-glory, and contentiousness, and backbiting, 26. and in the body as eating of strange meat, and gluttony, and gormandizing in secret

• Covetousness is a passion of the soul not being content with the provisions of clean meats in the law of Alahayim, desiring the pleasure of what is forbidden which leads to the passion of the body to eat the strange meat to fulfill the pleasure and get the satisfaction sought after instead of being content with Alahayim’s will. Reasoning and temperance helps resist the desire and pleasure in eating unclean meats

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29. For while Reason is the guide of the virtues it is master of the passions. Observe, now, in the

first place, that Reason becomes supreme over the passions in virtue of the inhibitory action of temperance. 30. Temperance, I take it, is the repression of the desires; but of the desires some are mental and some physical, and both kinds are clearly controlled by Reason; 31. when we are tempted towards forbidden meats, how do we come to relinquish the pleasures to be derived from them? Is it not that Reason has power to repress the appetites? In my opinion it is so. 32. Accordingly, when we feel a desire to eat water-animals and birds and beasts and meats of every description forbidden to us under the Law, we abstain through the predominance of Reason. 

• We do not eat water animals like shell fish or any fish without fins or scales (i.e. catfish for example), nor any unclean animal on land or of the air through reasoning on the law. Reasoning with temperance can deliver from the mental desire for the unclean meats and physical act of fulfilling the pleasure by eating them

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33. For the propensions of our appetites are checked and inhibited by the temperate mind, and all the movements of the body obey the bridle of Reason.

• With right reasoning and temperance we can abstain from giving heed to all thoughts or doctrines that would lead us to defile ourselves with unclean meats whether for pleasure or for fear out of our reverence for Alahayim and contentment with their will and provisions for us 

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4Mac 5: CHAP. 5.

1. Accordingly, the tyrant Antiochus, accompanied by his councilors, sat in judgement on a certain high place with his troops drawn up around him in full armour, 2. and he ordered his guards to drag there every single man of the Hebrews and compel them to eat swine's flesh and things offered to idols; 3. but if any should refuse to defile themselves with the unclean things, they were to be tortured and put to death. 

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• Lets see if the threats of death for fear are justifiable reasons to eat unclean things: 

4. And when many had been taken by force, one man first from among the company was brought before Antiochus, a Hebrew whose name was Eleazar, a priest by birth, trained in knowledge of the law, a man advanced in years and well known to many of the tyrant's court for his philosophy. 5. And Antiochus, looking on him, said: 'Before I allow the tortures to begin for you, O venerable man, I would give you this counsel, that you should eat of the flesh of the swine and save your life; for I respect your age and your grey hairs, although to have worn them so long a time, and still to cling to the Jewish religion, makes me think you no philosopher. 6. For most excellent is the meat of this animal which Nature has graciously bestowed upon us, and why should you abominate it? 

• Antiochus the wicked, believed in Nature as his provider not Alahayim. The doctrine that “all things including unclean things are given us for food” is a doctrine of the world which opposes Alahayim’s law which commands us not to eat any abominable thing. 

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7. Truly it is folly not to enjoy innocent pleasures, and it is wrong to reject Nature's favours. 

• The world views resisting the pleasure of eating unclean things as folly and not showing appreciation for what Nature has bestowed, while rejecting Alahayim's laws and Alahayim being the provider for us wanting what is best for us. 

 

8. But it will be still greater folly, I think, on your part if with idle vapouring about truth you shall proceed to defy even me to your own punishment. 9. Will you not

awake from your preposterous philosophy? 10. Will you not fling aside the nonsense of your calculations and, adopting another frame of mind befitting your mature years, learn the true philosophy of expediency, and how to my charitable counsel, and have pity on your own venerable age? 11. For consider this, too, that even if there be some Power whose eye is upon this religion of yours, he will always pardon you for a transgression done under compulsion.'

• The world view in Idolatry is that we can sin and be pardoned if we do it under compulsion or being forced to do something, which opposes Alahayim’s law that encourages us to be very courageous to keep the law no matter the circumstances: 

 

Wisdom of Solomon 14:27-29

For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil. 28 For either they are mad when they be merry, or prophesy lies, or live unjustly, or else lightly forswear themselves. 29 For insomuch as their trust is in idols, which have no life; though they swear falsely, yet they look not to be hurt.

• It’s a key identifier of idolatry when a doctrine or philosophy gives us an excuse or enables us to sin expecting to be pardoned for doing so under duress or expecting not to be hurt for continuing in our sin knowingly, whether in guile or deceit. We are to be courageous to keep the law to avoid punishment, for that is the wages for breaking the law.

 

Romans 6:23 

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Alahayim is eternal life through Yache Christ our Lord.

Joshua 1:7 

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

 

• Lets see how Eleazar responded to the doctrines and philosophies of the world according to the law

4Mac 5:12

12. Thus urged by the tyrant to the unlawful eating of unclean meat, Eleazar asked permission to speak; and receiving it, he began his speech before the court as follows: 13. 'We, O Antiochus, having accepted the Divine Law as the Law of our country, do not believe any stronger necessity is laid upon us than that of our obedience to the Law. 

• Believers, we see the simplicity of obedience to the law as the whole duty of man (Ecc 12:13-14)

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14. Therefore, we do surely deem it right not in any way whatsoever to transgress the Law. 

• Offending in one point is transgression of it all for believers (Jam 2:10) 

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15. And yet, were our Law, as you suggest, not truly divine, while we vainly believed it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to destroy our reputation for piety. 

• Just because someone doesn’t believe, it's no excuse to make the law without effect seeing we believe the law to be divine and uphold it for religion sake.  (Rom 3:3-4)

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16. Think it not, then, a small sin for us to eat the unclean thing, for the transgression of the Law, be it in small things or in great, is equally heinous; for in either case equally the Law is despised. 17. And you scoff at our philosophy, as if under it we were living in a manner contrary to reason. 18. Not so, for the Law teaches us self-control, so that we are masters of all our pleasures and desires and are thoroughly trained in manliness so as to endure all pain with readiness; 19. and it teaches justice, so that with all our various dispositions we act fairly, and it teaches righteousness, so that with due reverence we worship only the Alahayim who is. 20. Therefore, do we eat no unclean meat; for believing our Law to be given by Alahayim, we know also that the Creator of the world, as a Lawgiver, feels for us according to our nature. 21. He has commanded us to eat the things that will be convenient for our souls, and he has forbidden us to eat meats that would be the contrary. 

• For believers, we believe the Alahayim our creator gave us laws out of concern for our souls and the wellness of it, so that we may eat the things that are convenient for us and we do not eat what He has forbidden out of the love of life and trust in Him having our best interest at heart with reverence for Him. Seeing that Alahayim created us and knows the nature of man, They therefore know what's best for the composition of the body and soul to keep us from idols whether physically or spiritually for the salvation of our souls.

The Dietary Laws 

Clean Meats

Clean Red Meats

Lev 11:1-3 

And Ahayah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 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. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 

• These types of beasts are the following:

Deuteronomy 14:4-6

4  These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.​ 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

• Giraffe is also a clean animal, it is in the deer family. We may eat beef, lamb, goat, or deer products

 

Clean Poultry

Deuteronomy 14:11

11  Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

•  Clean birds that can be eaten can be identified by the fowls that are lawful for sacrifice: 

Testament of Levi 9:13

13 And of every clean beast and bird offer a sacrifice to the Lord

Lev 1:14 

And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to Ahayah be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

• The pigeon/dove family are the clean birds that we may eat. The fowls were created after their different kinds from the sea in the beginning. 

Genesis 1:20
[20]And Alahayim said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven

2 Esdras 6:47-48
[47] Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the waters were gathered that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass. [48] For the dumb water and without life brought forth living things at the commandment of Alahayim, that all people might praise thy wondrous works

 

• A new generation of fowls that were not created in the beginning like the other fowls were created from the waters, just as all other fowls, when the Israelites were in the wilderness and they are clean to eat as well.

Wisdom of Solomon 19:11-12

[11]But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats. [12] For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment.

Definition:

H7958

שליו   שלו

By orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight): - quails.

• The quail family are heavy birds that are slow in flight and this description fits the other birds in their family:

Quail family:
The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds.

• So chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, and peacocks for example are biblically of the quail family and clean to eat.

Clean Fish

Deuteronomy 14:9

9  These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:​

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Clean flying Insects

Leviticus 11:21-22

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;

• This is describing the locust, cricket, and grasshopper. They have four feet because the two front ligaments are actually their arms. One can substantiate they have hands by the fact that a spider also has hands in Proverbs 30:28.

22  Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the cricket after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

• Those are the flying creeping things we may eat.