Acts 10
CLV
(i) 9 Now, on the morrow, as they are journeying and drawing near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour of the day." 10 Now he became ravenous and wanted to taste food. Now, while they are preparing it, an ecstasy came on him,
Looks like Peter's buddies were preparing a nice, Torah observant, healthy meal.
11 and he is beholding heaven open and a certain utensil descending, as a large sheet, with four edges, being let down on the earth,
12 in which belonged all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth and the flying creatures of heaven.
13 And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter! Sacrifice and eat!"
14 Yet Peter said, "
Far be it from me, Lord, for
I never ate anything contaminating and unclean!"
Peter says NO!
15 And again, a second time, a voice came to him, "What God cleanses, do not you count contaminating!"
Is YHWH going against his own word here? Should we trust voices that tell us to break YHWH's law? Peter isn't dining.
16 Now this occurred thrice,
Still not dining.
and straightway the utensil was taken up into heaven."
There goes the picnic blanket. No treyf for Peter.
17 Now, as Peter was bewildered in himself as to what the vision which he perceived should be, lo!
Bewildered you say? Why not go breaking YHWH's commandments every time a voice pops into your head, instead of taking the time to process it?
the men who have been dispatched by Cornelius, asking the way through to the house of Simon, stand by at the portal."
18 And, shouting, they inquired to ascertain if Simon, surnamed Peter, is lodging in this place."
19 Now, as Peter is engrossed, concerned with the vision, the spirit said to him, "Lo! three men are seeking you!"
Oh lookey here! Three men show up right after Peter rejects the unclean three times! Are the bringing him delivery from the Hungry Heathen? I hear their Heathen Fried Ham Hocks are to die for.
20 But, rising, descend and go with them, nothing doubting, for I have commissioned them."
Rats! Nothing doing. Peter still hasn't eaten. A little rat jerky for the road would have been nice until they get to the Heathen banquet. I wonder if it will be a pig roast.
21 Now Peter, descending to the men, said, "Lo! I am he whom you are seeking. What is the cause for which you are present?
22 Now they say, "Cornelius, a centurion, a man just
(Law abiding) and God-fearing,
(obedient) besides being attested by the whole nation of the Jews, is apprized by a holy
(dedicated) messenger to send after you to come into his house, and to hear declarations from you."
I wonder if there will be any food there. Still no mention of where YHWH forces Peter to eat treyf.
23 Calling them in, then, he lodges them. Now on the morrow, on rising,
Still no food? Peter was ravenous the day before! What could be more important than a PorkFat McMuffin right now?
he came away together with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa came with him."
24 Now on the morrow he entered into Caesarea. Now Cornelius was hoping for them, calling together his relatives and intimate friends."
Traveling; and still no treyf!?
25 Now as Peter came to enter, Cornelius, meeting with him, falling at his feet, worships."
26 Yet Peter raises him, saying, "Rise! I myself also am a man."
27 And, conversing with him, he entered, and is finding many come together."
28 Besides, he averred to them, "You are versed in the fact how illicit it is for a man who is a Jew to join or come to another tribe, and God shows me not to say that any man is contaminating or unclean."
Oh! So YHWH was talking about men, not food. There is no such law in the Torah. That law comes from the Talmud. Yahshua rebuked placing the Talmud over the Torah.
Maybe there's still hope. Maybe YHWH is calling Peter to eat the Heathens. I hear they taste just like pork. By now Peter must be very hungry.
29 Wherefore, without gainsaying, also, being sent after, I came. I am inquiring to ascertain, then, on what account you send after me."
30 And Cornelius averred, "Four days ago unto this hour was I fasting, and at the ninth, praying in my house, and lo! a man stood before me in splendid attire,
31 and is averring, 'Cornelius, your prayer is hearkened to, and your alms are brought to remembrance in God's sight."
32 Send, then, into Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea.'"
33 Forthwith, then I send to you. Besides you do ideally in coming along. Now, then, we are all present in God's sight to hear all that you have been bidden by the Lord."
34 Now Peter, opening his mouth, said, "Of a truth I am grasping that God is not partial,
35 but in every nation he who is fearing Him and acting righteously is acceptable to Him.
36 Of the word He dispatches to the sons of Israel, bringing the evangel of peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all),
37 you are aware, the declaration coming to be down the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John heralds:"
38 Jesus from Nazareth, as God anoints Him with holy spirit and power, Who passed through as a benefactor and healer of all those who are tyrannized over by the Adversary, for God was with Him."
39 And we are witnesses of all that He does, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they assassinate also, hanging Him on a pole."
40 This One God rouses the third day, and gives Him to become disclosed,
41 not to the entire people, but to witnesses who have been selected before by God, to us who ate and drank together with Him after His rising from among the dead."
42 And He charges us to herald to the people and to certify that this One is He Who is specified by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
43 To this One are all the prophets testifying: Everyone who is believing in Him is to obtain the pardon of sins through His name."
44 While Peter is still speaking these declarations, the holy spirit falls on all those hearing the word."
45 And amazed were the believers of the Circumcision, whoever come together with Peter, seeing that on the nations also the gratuity of the holy spirit has been poured out."
46 For they heard them speaking in languages and magnifying God.
47 Then Peter answered, "There can not be anyone to forbid water, so that these are not to be baptized, who obtained the holy spirit even as we."
48 Now he bids them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they ask him to stay some days.
Nope, no heathen banquet in any way shape or form. This was all about bringing the Pagans out of Paganism, and into Israel. It was not about taking Israel out of YHWH's Torah, and bringing Israel into Paganism.
