Five Smooth Stones--Leviticus 11, Foods That Are Fit To Eat

Leviticus 11; Acts 10-11; Genesis 1; Ezekiel 22:26, 4:14; 1 Timothy 4:4

We are walking in today:  Five Smooth Stones--Leviticus 11, Foods That Are Fit To Eat

Witness we will not throughout the Bible:  H2814 chashah to be silent, be still, inactive
Genesis 43:5, 47:18; Numbers 16:12, 32:18-19; Judges 19:12, 20:8; 1 Samuel 16:11; Nehemiah 10:39; Psalms 78:4; Jeremiah 6:16-17, 42:13, 44:16; Daniel 3:18; Luke 19:14; 3 Corinthians 10:13

Fiveamprayer how do we determine what is fitting for us to eat?  We have our traditional foods, then we have that which the doctor's recommend but what do we find when we go back to the very beginning?  What does and did the Creator of all say was fitting for us to eat?  In this chapter we have the what and the how we are to eat.  We find that by a closer look of the text that even the clean could be deemed unclean if not handled properly or how it was killed.  This distinction between the clean and unclean the profane and the holy is what Yahweh teaches the children of Israel so that they would be holy, for He is holy.  We have the designation of clean and unclean for the animals that live on the land, in the water and those who fly.  Those animals with a split hoof and also chew their cud are clean animals.  The animal must be both to be qualified, not just one or the other.  These animals also eat vegetation only.  The cow for example has a split hoof and chews it's cud, they even have three stomachs.  The three stomachs have be likened unto the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings (the Tanakh or Old Testament).  Animals of the water must have fins and scales to be clean.  Those without fins or scales are unclean, and science has confirmed that those without scales contain high levels of mercury.  The higher rate of mental disease has been linked with higher mercury levels. Many of the prized eats from the ocean are actually bottom feeders that are there to clean up the ocean.  While there was a time that fishermen would only seek to catch fish and would throw out the lobsters and crabs from their nets as garbage.  It has now, unfortunately to declining health seen as a great delicacy.  Animals who fly are designated by what they eat.  Those birds who eat the dead animals are not clean, a vulture would be an example of unclean bird.  The insect that is in the clean category is the locust because it has jumping legs. Eating an animal that is clean that was killed by another animal or came into contact with another dead animal now makes the animal unclean.
All of the distinctions we have here and throughout the Torah is to teach the children of Israel to be holy for He is holy and they were to be like Him!  When we turn from Egypt and come out from among them we too find that He, Yahweh will direct us to His good and right way.  There are many testimonies of those who have for years tried to consume the unclean foods and had many problems.  There is one where they would be terribly congested after eating shrimp and lobster and this only happened after consuming them.  Could it be that our bodies are seeking to be obedient to what Adonai has said from the beginning and now were are becoming conscious to His truth?  Is Elohim's word good enough without having to know why?  He is Avinu Malkeinu our Father and our King--certainly He really knows best!  To hear this again click here.