Ellen White Says Eating Meat, Butter, Cakes, And Pies Displeases God.

[Hoping2]

Amen to that.

I have had diminished appetite lately due to my illness but tonight I ordered a Poke Bowl, which hopefully I will be able to eat. Prayers for the stability of my digestive tract are appreciated.

"Poke", ...is that Southernish for pork ?
I'll be praying for you.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Not written by SDA or EGW

Lev 11:43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 ‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

God never changed His mind once He deems something an abomination, New translations say He made all foods clean, but that is not in the original Greek and those who added that in some of the newer translations as they took liberty to add a lot that was never in the original transcripts will have to pay the consequences. Pro 30:5-6 Rev 22:18-19

We need God for everything including sanctification because man can't sanctify themselves, nor can they sanctify a day only God can and He only did that only with the seventh day Sabbath, thus saith the Lord Gen 2:1-3 Eze 20:12 and we only get our sanctification through God. God never called the Sabbath, the holy day of the Jews, He deemed it MY holy day, THE holy day of the Lord and never did He take that back Isa 58:13 Man is the one who assigned God a day He made for works and labors Exo 20:9 as His day i.e. the lords day which is not in the bible. He said what this does to Him when we profane His holy things. But sadly many do not believe the Words spoken from Christ He told us to live by Mat 4:4 but would rather follow man in what they universally live by.

You guys can believe what you want, we all one day soon have to answer to a much Greater Authority but I would consider the Words of our Savior before it's too late


Isa 66:17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
[a]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.

Abortion is murder and is a sin, no different than breaking the Sabbath commandment- all written by God personally- His eternal and righteous law. The SDA church does not believe in abortion so don't believe everything you read on the internet. Statement on the Biblical View of Unborn Life and Its Implications for Abortion - General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

 

[The Liturgist]

"Poke", ...is that Southernish for pork ?
I'll be praying for you.

No, its a Hawaiian dish similar to Sushi.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Now the new testament illustrates Paul accommodating different dietary choices for brothers of "weak faith"

However, in the present day, we have people who claim to have all the answers telling people to not eat meat ...

so this is this, and that is that.

 

[The Liturgist]

Abortion is murder and is a sin,

I agree, but the 2019 SDA statement on abortion is worded specifically based on an objection from Loma Linda Medical Center who desired that it remain acceptable for Adventists to abort infants with Down Syndrome.

no different than breaking the Sabbath commandment-

This is a very problematic and offensive statement, since you have repeatedly expressed the view that the manner in which other Christians observe the Sabbath is inadequate.

Jesus Christ, who is God incarnate, engaged in conduct on the Sabbath such as obtaining food, that the Jews regarded as breaking the Sabbath.

Additionally, as has been pointed out, Colossians 2:16 and other canonical scripture in the New Testament undermines the SDA position. And in Acts 15, the Apostles decided that Gentile converts to Christianity would not be required to observe the Torah, since even the Jews were unable to perfectly adhere to it.

What is more, your post makes only one quotation from the New Testament, and it ignores the important point made at the end of the Gospel of Luke - that the Books of the Law and Prophets, the Old Testament, are prophecies about Him.

Also, while you may claim that none of what you quote was written by the SDA or Ellen G White, it is a selection of Scriptural verses presented in such a way as to reinforce Adventist doctrine, while ignoring other verses in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles, such as Galatians (in its entirety) and Colossians 2:18, which contradict the Adventist view.

 

[The Liturgist]

You guys can believe what you want, we all one day soon have to answer to a much Greater Authority but I would consider the Words of our Savior before it's too late


Isa 66:17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
[a]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.

You frequently include a threat of damnation in your posts, for those who disagree with SDA doctrine, which is deeply offensive, particularly in cases where it is clearly eisegesis.

Acts 15 and Colossians 2:18 are God-breathed Scriptures, inspired by the Holy Spirit, which make it clear the consumption of pork is permitted for Christians, as long as it was not offered to idols, or strangled in the process of slaughtering. Also the consumption of congealed blood by several European people might violate this, although it is possible this council was concerned only with the perverse and dangerous act of drinking blood, whether human or animal, or of eating an animal that is still alive, and I am hesitant based on Colossians 2:18 to accuse the many pious Christians in England, Poland and Lithuania who eat Black Pudding or Blood Sausage of violating the Council of Jerusalem.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

I agree, but the 2019 SDA statement on abortion is worded specifically based on an objection from Loma Linda Medical Center who desired that it remain acceptable for Adventists to abort infants with Down Syndrome.



This is a very problematic and offensive statement, since you have repeatedly expressed the view that the manner in which other Christians observe the Sabbath is inadequate.

Jesus Christ, who is God incarnate, engaged in conduct on the Sabbath such as obtaining food, that the Jews regarded as breaking the Sabbath.

Additionally, as has been pointed out, Colossians 2:16 and other canonical scripture in the New Testament undermines the SDA position. And in Acts 15, the Apostles decided that Gentile converts to Christianity would not be required to observe the Torah, since even the Jews were unable to perfectly adhere to it.

What is more, your post makes only one quotation from the New Testament, and it ignores the important point made at the end of the Gospel of Luke - that the Books of the Law and Prophets, the Old Testament, are prophecies about Him.

Also, while you may claim that none of what you quote was written by the SDA or Ellen G White, it is a selection of Scriptural verses presented in such a way as to reinforce Adventist doctrine, while ignoring other verses in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles, such as Galatians (in its entirety) and Colossians 2:18, which contradict the Adventist view.

Its not a teaching of the Adventist church and it shouldn't be happening.

Any sin that is not repented and turned from Pro 28:13 will have to answer to God even in those who do so in the Adventist church and every church.

Context is in Col 2:14 KJV the context is about food and drink offerings and feast days, not about clean and unclean food and one of God's finger-written commandments that is holy and blessed that no man can reverse Num 23:20. Men have twisted this verse as they do other scripture just as it was said would happen 2 Peter 3:16. Paul a servant of Christ is not teaching to eat things that are an abomination to God or refuse God's sanctification and face Judgement. The apostles did not have the authority to countermand Christ. His covenant ratified at His death, nothing can be added to it, Jesus is our Authority, the apostles spread the good news, not changed everything Jesus taught and lived for our example 1 John 2:6. We have free will to believe what we want, all gets sorted out soon enough.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Amen to that.

I have had diminished appetite lately due to my illness but tonight I ordered a Poke Bowl, which hopefully I will be able to eat. Prayers for the stability of my digestive tract are appreciated.

Prayers sent for you brother. Your illness isn’t serious is it?

 

[BNR32FAN]

Its not a teaching of the Adventist church and it shouldn't be happening.

Any sin that is not repented and turned from Pro 28:13 will have to answer to God even in those who do so in the Adventist church and every church.

Context is in Col 2:14 KJV the context is about food and drink offerings and feast days, not about clean and unclean food and one of God's finger-written commandments that is holy and blessed that no man can reverse Num 23:20. Men have twisted this verse as they do other scripture just as it was said would happen 2 Peter 3:16. Paul a servant of Christ is not teaching to eat things that are an abomination to God or refuse God's sanctification and face Judgement. The apostles did not have the authority to countermand Christ. His covenant ratified at His death, nothing can be added to it, Jesus is our Authority, the apostles spread the good news, not changed everything Jesus taught and lived for our example 1 John 2:6. We have free will to believe what we want, all gets sorted out soon enough.

The apostles taught what was revealed to them by the Spirit so anything that they taught cannot be considered undermining God’s commandments. I have a very important question to ask you.

Did the apostles follow Jesus’ final instructions for them?

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Did they follow these instructions or did they fail to do as He told them?

 

[SabbathBlessings]

The apostles taught what was revealed to them by the Spirit so anything that they taught cannot be considered undermining God’s commandments. I have a very important question to ask you.

Did the apostles follow Jesus’ final instructions for them?

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Did they follow these instructions or did they fail to do as He told them?

They obeyed His Authority and observed everything He commanded- hence why the kept every Sabbath 40 years+ after the Cross Acts 15:21 Acts 18:4 Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Mat 24:20 etc and will until Jesus comes Isa 56:2 Rev 14:12 Rev 22:14 . and never ate unclean foods Acts 10:14 decades after the cross after Christ ratified His covenant. Never did Jesus say they could un-ratify His covenant by changing everything Jesus taught and lived, that's a doctrine of another spirit. My recommendation is if Christ reveals the final result thus saith the Lord Isa 66:17 no other scripture can mean anything different, and it doesn't.

I'm going to leave you all to have at it. Your opinions do not change my beliefs, our opinions do not matter, how Christ tells us to live and the example He gave to follow in His footsteps does and only His Judgement matters. I'll pray for you all through. Take care.

 

[The Liturgist]

Your opinions do not change my beliefs, our opinions do not matter,

We’re citing Scripture. Specifically Col 2:16 Acts 15, Galatians in its entirety, and the Gospel pericopes about what our Christ our True God and the Apostles did and diid not do on the Sabbath.

They obeyed His Authority and observed everything He commanded- hence why the kept every Sabbath 40 years+ after the Cross

You claimed that before, but the Scriptures in question don’t say that. Rather, they speak of Apostles preaching on each Sabbath at a particular location, but they do not say the Apostles observed every Sabbath according to the way in which Judaism said it was to be observed.

But this thread is not about the Sabbath, but about dietary choices, and here, the matter is equally clear, since Acts 15 tells us what as Christians we are and are not allowed to eat, and pork is not prohibited - only blood and the flesh of things strangled, and food offered to idols. And St. Paul wrote that food offered to idols would be acceptable to eat, since idols have no actual power but are merely statues of false gods and goddesses (and elsewhere, the Holy Apostles teach us that more generally, we are taught idols are objects of unwarranted religious worship) except for the risk of it being a stumbling block to those weak in the faith, (1 Corinthians ch. 8 entire). Furthermore in Colossians 2:16-17 St. Paul says “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.”

 

[rachelrising]

I think the New Testament is quite clear about it's position about all food being permissable except those Acts 15:29. There are a lot of issues with food disorders these days and we always need to be careful here. There are some exceptions like fasting as in the Book of Daniel that some people do still to show commitment to God or abtension like with Good Friday. That is different though.

Let's have a look at what it says in the New Testatment.

(Mark 7:19) For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

(Romans 14:20) For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

(Acts 10) Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, 10 and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners. 12 In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds. 13 Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”

“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.

Acts 15:29
"You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals”

 

[BNR32FAN]

Not written by SDA or EGW

Lev 11:43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 ‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

God never changed His mind once He deems something an abomination, New translations say He made all foods clean, but that is not in the original Greek and those who added that in some of the newer translations as they took liberty to add a lot that was never in the original transcripts will have to pay the consequences. Pro 30:5-6 Rev 22:18-19

We need God for everything including sanctification because man can't sanctify themselves, nor can they sanctify a day only God can and He only did that only with the seventh day Sabbath, thus saith the Lord Gen 2:1-3 Eze 20:12 and we only get our sanctification through God. God never called the Sabbath, the holy day of the Jews, He deemed it MY holy day, THE holy day of the Lord and never did He take that back Isa 58:13 Man is the one who assigned God a day He made for works and labors Exo 20:9 as His day i.e. the lords day which is not in the bible. He said what this does to Him when we profane His holy things. But sadly many do not believe the Words spoken from Christ He told us to live by Mat 4:4 but would rather follow man in what they universally live by.

You guys can believe what you want, we all one day soon have to answer to a much Greater Authority but I would consider the Words of our Savior before it's too late


Isa 66:17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
[a]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.

Abortion is murder and is a sin, no different than breaking the Sabbath commandment- all written by God personally- His eternal and righteous law. The SDA church does not believe in abortion so don't believe everything you read on the internet. Statement on the Biblical View of Unborn Life and Its Implications for Abortion - General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Jesus specifically said from EVERY WORD that comes from God. Not just the words He spoke at Mt Sinai. You’re ignoring His words written in Romans 14 and Colossians 2. This could be compared to a situation where Jews continued eating everything that moves based on what God said to Noah in Genesis 9 and ignoring what God said in Leviticus 11. The dietary laws had changed twice before Christ’s ministry. So when Jesus says EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM GOD that means NOT only what He said before but also what He says NOW. Romans 14 and Colossians 2 doesn’t say anything about clean or unclean meat.

Your quote from Isaiah 66 has nothing to do with today because if you read the very next verse you’ll see that He’s talking about what people are doing BEFORE His calling to ALL NATIONS.

““Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord. “For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

We’re already past that time. God is already gathering all nations. In verse 17 He’s not talking about what people will do He’s talking about what people ARE DOING, BEFORE the calling to all nations. Verse 17 is written in the present tense not in the future tense. Verse 17 is not a prophecy of what people will do, it’s a declaration of what people ARE DOING at that present time.

If Jesus meant that we are to observe every commandment given by God then that presents a huge problem because it’s impossible because the commandments He gave Adam are in opposition to the commandments He gave Noah and the commandments He gave Noah are in opposition to the commandments He gave Moses. God told Adam to eat plants. God told Noah to eat anything that moves. God told Moses to only eat certain animals. This is just common sense that obviously these are CHANGES IN HIS COMMANDMENTS and in the New Testament there was a third change in the dietary laws. According to Ellen White eating any meat is displeasing to God, so even keeping the Levitican dietary law goes against her teaching. Even eating cakes is displeasing to God according to her yet God commanded Aaron and the Levitican priests to eat 12 cakes on EVERY SABBATH in Leviticus 24.

““Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the Lord. Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel. It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the Lord’s offerings by fire, his portion forever.””
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭24‬:‭5‬-‭9‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Your whole theology is based on the words of a false prophet who claimed to have visions from God yet taught things that are contradictory to scripture. She specifically forbid people to do things that God specifically commanded people to do. Why can’t you see this?

 

[BNR32FAN]

We’re citing Scripture. Specifically Col 2:16 Acts 15, Galatians in its entirety, and the Gospel pericopes about what our Christ our True God and the Apostles did and diid not do on the Sabbath.



You claimed that before, but the Scriptures in question don’t say that. Rather, they speak of Apostles preaching on each Sabbath at a particular location, but they do not say the Apostles observed every Sabbath according to the way in which Judaism said it was to be observed.

But this thread is not about the Sabbath, but about dietary choices, and here, the matter is equally clear, since Acts 15 tells us what as Christians we are and are not allowed to eat, and pork is not prohibited - only blood and the flesh of things strangled, and food offered to idols. And St. Paul wrote that food offered to idols would be acceptable to eat, since idols have no actual power but are merely statues of false gods and goddesses (and elsewhere, the Holy Apostles teach us that more generally, we are taught idols are objects of unwarranted religious worship) except for the risk of it being a stumbling block to those weak in the faith, (1 Corinthians ch. 8 entire). Furthermore in Colossians 2:16-17 St. Paul says “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.”

The last words Christ said to His apostles before His ascension was “teach the disciples to observe ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU”. If the dietary laws and sabbath observance are still in effect then they failed to follow His final instructions for them.

 

[BNR32FAN]

I think the New Testament is quite clear about it's position about all food being permissable except those Acts 15:29. There are a lot of issues with food disorders these days and we always need to be careful here. There are some exceptions like fasting as in the Book of Daniel that some people do still to show commitment to God or abtension like with Good Friday. That is different though.

Let's have a look at what it says in the New Testatment.

(Mark 7:19) For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

(Romans 14:20) For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

(Acts 10) Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, 10 and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners. 12 In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds. 13 Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”

“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.

Acts 15:29
"You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals”

Actually in Romans 14 the word meat is never mentioned in the passage. The Greek word Broma is used which simply means food. In verse 2 Paul says that some have faith that they may eat all foods. So the contrast is that some believed they could eat anything and some believed they could only eat vegetables.

 

[The Liturgist]

the context is about food and drink offerings and feast days, not about clean and unclean food

No, the context of Colossians 2:14 is about Christ blotting out our sins. The verse reads “having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.” However it only makes sense in light of the pericope 2:6-15 , which deals with our sinful nature, our purification from sins through Baptism in Christ, and Colossians 12:9 attests to his status as God Incarnate, “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” (Despite this verse, I did encounter an Adventist who curiously insisted that during his Incarnation Jesus Christ was not God, but rather if I recall, their position was an extreme form of Nestorianism, that He was God only with respect to being in Heaven and sitting at the right hand of the Father, which was basically a denial of the Incarnation and a crypto-Arianism of the kind that EGw, to her credit, attempted to suppress, but apparently not everyone got the memo, and there continue to be Adventist groups outside the SDA that are non-Trinitarian, and even within the SDA I have been told that people will not be excommunicated for denying the Trinity, although I assume and hope that is incorrect.

At any rate, regarding the verses we were actually talking about, Colossians 2:16-17, nothing in the verse implies the context is about food and drink offerings and feast days. It just doesn’t say that. It literally says:

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

This actually excludes the possibility of it being about feast days and not the Sabbath, since it mentions both, and therefore applies to both. This is probably related to the Christians not observing certain Jewish holy days such as Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Tabernacles, Chanukah and Purim, and also celebrating Pascha in those churches where St. Peter and Paul worked from the earliest years according to the Paschalion rather than Quartodecimianism, which would later be adopted as the standard throughout the entire church at Nicaea due to changes made to how the Jewish calendar was calculated by the early Rabbis after the expulsion of the Jews from the Holy Land following the failed Bar Kochba revolt.

 

[The Liturgist]

The last words Christ said to His apostles before His ascension was “teach the disciples to observe ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU”. If the dietary laws and sabbath observance are still in effect then they failed to follow His final instructions for them.

Indeed, particularly given that these were specifically contradicted by the Apostles at the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15. It would render most of the New Testament uninspired, by definition.

Also we do see Christ our True God and together with His disciples engaging in conduct that the Pharisees said was in violation of the Sabbath, such as collecting grains. This can be likened to shopping for food, and SDAs are not supposed to shop on the Sabbath.

 

[BNR32FAN]

I think the New Testament is quite clear about it's position about all food being permissable except those Acts 15:29. There are a lot of issues with food disorders these days and we always need to be careful here. There are some exceptions like fasting as in the Book of Daniel that some people do still to show commitment to God or abtension like with Good Friday. That is different though.

Let's have a look at what it says in the New Testatment.

(Mark 7:19) For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

(Romans 14:20) For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

(Acts 10) Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon, 10 and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners. 12 In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds. 13 Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”

“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.

Acts 15:29
"You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals”

Also Acts 15:28 doesn’t prohibit eating food or meat offered to idols, that’s another mistranslation. The Greek word there is Alisgema which translates to pollutions of idols. James is basically telling them to avoid idolatry, not specifically meat offered to idols.

 

[rachelrising]

Actually in Romans 14 the word meat is never mentioned in the passage. The Greek word Broma is used which simply means food. In verse 2 Paul says that some have faith that they may eat all foods. So the contrast is that some believed they could eat anything and some believed they could only eat vegetables.

Well, I am pretty sure that depends on what translation you use. That was from King James Version btw.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Well, I am pretty sure that depends on what translation you use. That was from King James Version btw.

No it’s based on the definition of the Greek words that are used. The KJV often includes interpretations into the text instead of just a translation.