According to Leviticus 17:12-14, I'll be "cut off" if I eat a nice juicy, medium-rare steak. What exactly is meant by "cut off"? Or, is it meaningless because it's old testament? Can my food preferences actually be sinful??
2006-06-19 22:19:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For reference, here's the scriptures...
12Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
13And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
14For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
2006-06-19 22:20:07 · update #1
Eating of blood is a direct violation of God's laws . Doing so is showing a flagrant disregard for his commandmants , even if it is in the old testament. Yes, Christ Jesus fulfilled the old Mosaic Covenant with his death and thus we do not have to fulfill all of the laws that the Hebrews had to fulfill ( the animal sacrifices and such...) but, his laws do however protect us stilll and are reasonable nonetheless. Think about it, why did God say not to eat of blood? For one thing, it is the blood that carries the life of an animal, its lifeforce. This is sacred to God and why would someone want to do something that would displease their creator in such a way?
ALso, think of the sicknesses that can be gotten from eating blood. Ick. Not only is it spiritually repulsive, but it is also not a healthy thing to do. Look up all the cases of food poisoning that are reported each year in hospitals that occur from people who eat rare or raw meats. Trychanosis ( Spelled wrongly, I KNOWW!!! LOL ) Toxoplasmosis - of which I am an expert. My mother got that when she was pregnant with me, andas a result I am legally blind, and have had to have many, many brain surgeries because the parasite in the blood in the meat she ate attacked me as a fetus and caused me serious CNS damage. There are so many , many reasons not to eat blood.
The "cutting off' that the Bible speaks of, however, is gaining God's displeasure. Yes, your food preferences can cause you to gain disfavor in God's eyes. Eating meat that hasn't been bled well or blood itself ( I.E> blood sausages, blood pudding....) are definitely things that God finds spiritually unacceptable.
2006-06-25 08:58:51 · answer #1 · answered by heatherlovespansies 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Levitical law concerning the blood of animals is two-fold in nature. First, there were numerous laws which strongly emphasized "blood = life". Whether the sacrificial offering of animals, or the mandate that you mentioned, the Jews could not escape the significance of blood being shed for atonement and wholeness. As a Christian, I see those Levitical laws as a foreshadow/prophecy of the blood that would be shed by Christ for our atonement.
Secondly, the law was about fully draining the blood from the animal...and that it was not to be consumed. Why was it necessary to include this? There were many nations that observed cultic practices at that time. A number of them performed rituals involving the drinking of blood mixed with animal sacrifice. The Jews were continuously warned not to fall into the worship of idols, and not to adopt the cultic practices of other nations.
To be "cut off" would be exorcised from the community (the rite of excommunication is still used in many churches today).
So, the law was not intended to be a provision against a medium rare steak. Likewise, the ceremonial laws are merely a point of reference for the Christian. Those laws have been fulfilled in Christ and we are no longer bound to the sacrifice of animals.
PS- What time is supper...?
2006-06-19 23:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by Seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was a sin in the old testament and although in the new testament, Christians are free to eat anything they want, the eating of blood is still frowned upon.
There are many reasons why the God of the bible could have required this. Firstly, we know that blood is very dirty. Being a doctor, we know that blood is the best culture medium there is. It is the best food for bacteria and virus and the germs will breed like anything if it has blood for food. Secondly, there were cults in that time, that practised in the drinking of blood. Thirdly, God puts a precious value on blood. For the life is in the blood says God. It is something precious and it is a foreshadow of the precious shedding of blood by Jesus Christ on the cross.
2006-06-19 22:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I'm a southerner, and I like medium rare steaks. I'm not Jewish so I don't have to follow the food taboos. If I did, there'd be no bacon or ham sandwiches or catfish.
2006-06-19 22:24:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Eat your medium rare steak and live for the moment, do not live for something that might never be.
2006-06-19 22:25:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
A lifetime spent without steak would be HELL. So I say eat up.
2006-06-22 12:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by NeFaRIouS 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
who cares about medium rare steak? my false teeth fell off into the toilet seat, i cant eat solid foods.
2006-06-19 22:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Food definitely influences ur behaviour.
2006-06-19 22:30:06 · answer #8 · answered by sures 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians choose which parts of the bible are valid and which aren't. You go ahead and do the same.
2006-06-22 13:34:41 · answer #9 · answered by zenasskickinmachine 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
eating meat is a sin to many ppl
2006-06-19 22:27:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋