FORBIDDEN FOOD

Matthew 13:41,42 ".... angels .... gather all .... who violate the TORAH; 42 and cast them into a FURNACE of FIRE ....." --- exeGeses Companion Bible. Romans 3:31: "Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings ....? That's UNTHINKABLE! Rather, we are SUPPORTING Moses' Teachings." --- God's Word Translation. "Then are we habitually rendering inactive and useless .... law [TORAH] through the Faith? CERTAINLY NOT (May it not come to be)! But rather, we are constantly establishing law (setting TORAH in a fixed place and MAKING IT STAND)." --- Jonathan Mitchell New Testament. Romans 6:15: "So what? Sin we, because we are not under the TORAH, but under charism (a divine gift)? SO BE IT NOT." 1 John 3:4: " .... sin is the VIOLATION of the TORAH." --- exeGeses Companion Bible
                                                                                                                 Don't play around with God. In a distant, future age that has not yet arrived, when the exterior portion or surface of the earth will be refashioned into a "new earth," a time when Jesus will have returned to the earth, a time when lions and wolves will be peacefully eating grass instead of meat, and a time when sin will finally no longer be tolerated, the great prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 66:17 many centuries ago warned that ANYONE and EVERYONE living in that future age who continues to eat Biblically forbidden foods will ultimately be literally CONSUMED or DESTROYED. Think the Mosaic dietary laws have been permanently or temporarily abolished or suspended? Try proving that with the New Testament's original Greek instead of mainstream Christianity's twisted, out of context, sometimes sloppily translated English verses that, incredibly, totally ignore even some of the warnings of Jesus Himself. Genesis 7:2,8 and 8:20 prove that certain food was "unclean," or forbidden to eat long before the Mosaic dietary laws were codified. Those verses also show that Noah somehow knew which animals were forbidden to eat. In addition, to incorrectly claim that the Mosaic dietary laws were abolished after the sacrificial death of Jesus, when "unclean meats" already existed long before Moses was ever born, and long before the Mosaic dietary laws were later formally listed for the first time, is clearly illogical. In other words, how in the world can mainstream "Christians" now declare "clean" and edible what will STILL be unclean over 1,000 years from now (after the millenium, Isaiah 66:17) and was so unclean long ago about 1,000 years BEFORE the Mosaic laws were codified that EVEN NOAH HIMSELF recognized some animals as clearly forbidden to eat (Genesis 7:2,8, 8:20), according to specific Biblical verses? Have mainstreamers lost their minds? The enduring practice of the Apostles (who wrote the New Testament and practiced what they preached) and the early Church members was to continue not eating forbidden food as shown by Acts 10:14: "But Peter said, 'Not so, Lord! For I have NEVER eaten anything common or unclean." On the INTRODUCTION page a close analysis of the original Greek in the often quoted Colossians 2:14 and Ephesians 2:15 shows that these verses do not support the abolition of the dietary laws or any Old Testament law, contrary to what most ministers keep trying to tell you, and contrary to what many if not most English Bibles seem to say. When you study the Bible long enough you can see how an anti-Old Testament leaning attitude of translators pervades many translated verses in the New Testament, especially those concerning what has and has not been abolished. You would think that if the dietary laws were done away with, the Lord, to be fair, would have also abolished the harmful medical consequences of eating the forbidden foods. The fact that these prohibited foods are still just as harmful as ever provides additional verification of the continuing validity of the dietary laws. Try explaining away the New Testament verse in Revelation 18:2 that says "Babylon the great is fallen ......... and has become a dwelling place of demons ......... and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!" !! UNCLEAN BIRD !! This verse proves that some birds are still classified as "unclean," or still forbidden to eat according to Biblical dietary laws. The verse refers to a time shortly before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The author of Revelation, the Apostle John, was not stupid, and he was not a liar. So why in the world did he still call some birds unclean if they had really been "cleansed"? Crabs, crayfish, lobsters, and shrimp, called abominations by the Lord, are the MARINE EQUIVALENT of one of His land based organic garbage disposal units, the useful but toxic pig. These bottom dwelling marine scavengers could also be described as the RATS and FLIES of the sea, the GARBAGE COLLECTORS or CLEANUP CREW of the sea, preferring to eat dead fish or the putrefying remains of anything dead, which often contain parasites such as liver flukes, tapeworms, viruses, etc. These scavenging aquatic creatures do not have BOTH SCALES AND FINS, a requirement for cleanliness or edibleness according to LEVITICUS 11:9-12. These scavengers were not intended to be food for human beings. The rest of this page will discuss basically the harmful medical effects of eating the Biblically prohibited foods. Pork is so bad that I have devoted an entire, separate page for pigs, and you could almost call them the walking sewers. ........... The home page of this site is LITTLE PUBLICIZED ANOMIA. ........... Many thousands and probably even millions of people have died prematurely or have been seriously injured by eating foods that literally killed or injured them, foods forbidden by the Scriptures. Still living, still healthy Christians who continue to physically survive eating many of the forbidden foods by cooking them are seriously sinning. These potential saints continue to outdo Adam and Eve's first sin many times over by eating food which was not created for human consumption. Most are firmly convinced they are "saved," which glaringly conflicts with the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:23: "......... depart from me, you who practice anomia" and Matthew 5:20: "......... except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the ......... Pharisees (these people very strictly avoided eating forbidden foods listed in the Mosaic laws), you shall in no case enter ......... heaven." During these latter days in which "iniquity (anomia [violation of any Biblical law including the laws of Moses]) shall abound" according to Matthew 24:12, mainstream "Christians" need to be holy in all things yet think nothing of chewing on pollution and toxin absorbing, !! SEWAGE !! consuming oysters and clams (which means they are also potentially carcinogenic) !! Many theologians have tried to reinforce their anomos attitude by twisting some New Testament verses out of context, ignoring some of the important original Greek words in those verses, in their attempt to prove that the Mosaic dietary laws have been done away with. Mentioned three times in Leviticus 11 in verses 10, 11, and 12 those Christians who eat the forbidden species of marine animals are eating !! ABOMINATIONS !!, and they are seriously sinning even if that good tasting food is eaten in ignorance of the Mosaic dietary laws !! For many decades studies have shown that "clean" meats are healthier to eat than "unclean" meats. For example, toxicity levels in unclean meats are substantially higher than those in clean meats. All shellfish are forbidden to eat because they lack the Biblically required fins and scales. Shellfish routinely filter large volumes of water every day. It has been shown that when shellfish are placed in a body of water that has been contaminated with cholera bacteria, shellfish such as oysters, scallops, clams, and mussels will purify the water by filtering out the bacteria. The harmful bacteria were then concentrated in these Biblically inedible creatures. Shellfish also, since they don't have the fins they need to be able to swim freely in the water, are stuck on the bottom where they absorb and accumulate the pollution and toxins, including raw sewage, that settle to the bottom of lakes, rivers, and oceans. Cholera, typhoid, Norwalk virus, salmonella, and hepatitis A can be transmitted to people by eating shellfish. It seems that almost every time I research the ailments caused by eating shellfish, new types of harmful bacteria, viruses, or toxins have been recently discovered in oysters, clams, or scallops. Millions of people who eat raw or undercooked oysters each year do not realize that they are begging for trouble. The potentially FLESH EATING bacterium Vibrio vulnificus, which may be described as less severe than the more publicized flesh eating killers Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but which can be just as serious as Pasteurella multocida flesh eating bacterial infections contracted from mountain lion, Komodo dragon, and even severe cat and dog bites, is in the same family as those that cause cholera. First recognized in 1975, Vibrio vulnificus is almost always found in oysters and sometimes even in crabs and can cause septicemia in individuals with weakened immune systems, or blood poisoning, fatal in over 50% of the cases with death usually occurring within 2 days. Vibrio v. cannot be seen, smelled, or even tasted in oysters, and it lives freely in salt water. Oysters and other shellfish ingest the bacteria as they filter the water by pumping large amounts of water over their mucus covered gills. When bacterial concentrations in oysters reach a certain level Vibrio vulnificus can become toxic. The bacterium can increase by a factor of 10-100 from the time of harvest to retail sale because of a lack of refrigeration. Even minor skin wounds can become infected with potentially deadly or disfiguring Vibrio v. organisms while even swimming in salt water, sometimes resulting in necrotizing fasciitis and even amputation of limbs in rare cases. Survivors of occasionally fatal Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) who had trusted in the common myth that the Mosaic dietary laws have been abolished are sometimes rewarded with having some of their brain cells responsible for certain memory functions PERMANENTLY ABOLISHED by domoic acid, an unforgiving, powerful nerve poison in shellfish that sometimes causes ASP. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP), caused primarily by the poison saxitoxin, has caused thousands of human deaths worldwide by paralyzing the respiratory muscles. Domoic acid, a major toxin in a variety of phytoplankton produced poisons that include saxitoxin, brevetoxins, ciguatoxin, and okadaic acid, was first identified only relatively recently in 1988. Domoic acid has been known to kill even large whales. Fortunately or perhaps mercifully, that tasteless, invisible, odorless, marine toxin that cannot be destroyed by cooking is not common, but it has occurred in the past and continues to occur without warning in spontaneous algal blooms that produce the toxin, which in turn is ingested by ocean filtering oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, and even crabs. Shellfish do not appear to be directly harmed by these poisons. Eels, especially moray eels, which do not have the Biblically required scales, can be dangerous to eat. These carnivorous creatures often live around reefs where algae and phytoplankton produced ciguatera poison is consumed by small fish, which in turn are consumed by the eels. People who eat these eels sometimes acquire ciguatera fish poisoning, which is usually not fatal but has a worldwide mortality rate of about 11%. Medical science so far has been unable to develop an effective treatment or antidote for ciguatera poisoning, the most commonly reported type of marine seafood poisoning from eating a variety of fish. Up to about 100,000 people acquire ciguatera poisoning each year. Ciguatera toxin is invisible, odorless, tasteless, and cannot be destroyed by stomach acids or cooking. Mild, chronic symptoms such as TINGLING or NUMBNESS in the EXTREMITIES, ITCHINESS, CRAMPS, DIARRHEA, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, and STRANGE TEMPERATURE SENSATIONS can last up to about not just 10 days, not just 10 weeks, not just 10 months, but 10 YEARS in rare cases. Can you imagine having chronic diarrhea, nausea, or dizziness for 10 years? How about suffering from all three at the same time for 10 years? No wonder Isaiah 66:2 basically shows that Christians would do well to tremble at the words of God, the Bible, for safety and salvation. Plankton consuming SHRIMP, a relative of crabs and lobsters, also have been known to be vectors of ciguatera poisoning. Smooth, slick skin CATFISH, another forbidden food because they HAVE NO SCALES, are also unusually efficient at cleaning the water of impurities, pollutants, and other harmful material, then depositing the toxins in their body fat. For example, a peach farmer once sprayed his trees with a pesticide, and then a rainstorm washed the chemicals off the trees. The insecticide drained into the farmer's pond. Catfish in the pond cleaned the water by sucking up the potent pesticide, but most of them later died, floating to the top of the water. None of the other fish in the pond that had fins and scales died. Catfish always show the highest levels of contamination in water that has been chemically polluted, compared to other fish that are commonly eaten. The publication Consumer Reports once tested fish in American retail markets. They discovered that nearly all catfish had excessively high counts of bacteria (about 3 times the amount of bacteria required to classify fish as spoiled), even when they were properly prepared. Merely handling catfish, also, can be hazardous. People have been forced to have limbs amputated after chronic infections developed in puncture wounds from the sharp, serrated spines behind the dorsal and pectoral fins of catfish. The spines are sometimes coated with bacterial slime that can cause severe infections. Catfish meat has a higher concentration of fatty material than most fish, and that fat is where most of the accumulated toxins are typically deposited. Just by looking at the meat of catfish and the meat of "clean" fish, you can readily tell that more white, fatty material is in catfish meat. Nearly all fish contain some mercury, but catfish is in that class of fish that contains the highest levels of mercury. Also, just as AIDS was suddenly, divinely created within recent decades to punish perversion and promiscuity, at any time now or in the future the Lord can invent new, previously nonexistent, debilitating poisons and toxins in animals forbidden to eat, to punish those who have no respect for the dietary laws. It could take years or even many decades for medical science to just identify such toxins, and even longer to develop ways for treatment. Animals not normally eaten but which are Biblically edible include giraffes, pigeons, sparrows, and other songbirds. Deuteronomy 14:4-6, and Leviticus 11:3-23, 27, 29-31 explain how to determine which animals are fit to eat and which are not. Animals with unclean characteristics that are forbidden to eat include the following: Swine: peccary, boar, pig, hog (bacon, lard, ham, most sausage and pepperoni). Canines: jackal, dog, fox, hyena, coyote, and wolf, which often eat dead or diseased animals. Felines: all members of the cat family such as the house cat, ocelot, bobcat, lion, leopard, cheetah, panther, and tiger which often eat dead or diseased animals. Equines: ass, mule, horse, donkey, onager, zebra. Other: armadillo, badger, beaver, bear, camel, elephant, hare, groundhog, gorilla, hippopotamus, kangaroo, llama, mole, monkey, mouse, muskrat, opossum, porcupine, skunk, raccoon, rat, rhinoceros, rabbit, slug, snail (escargot), squirrel, worm, weasel, wolverine, wallaby, all insects except some in the locust family. Marine Animals Without Scales and Fins: Fish: European turbot, catfish, eel, bullhead, marlin, paddlefish, shark, swordfish, stickleback, sturgeon (most caviar included). Marine Animals with a Soft Body: limpet, octopus, cuttlefish, jellyfish, squid. Shellfish: oyster, lobster, clam, crab, abalone, crayfish, mussel, prawn, shrimp, scallop. Sea Mammals: dolphin, otter, seal, walrus, porpoise, whale. Scavenging Birds of Prey and Others: bat, albatross, pelican, ostrich, crow, crane, buzzard, condor, bittern, cormorant, coot, lapwing, kite, cuckoo, sandpiper, parrot, owl, swift, water hen, eagle, flamingo, grosbeck, grebe, gull, hawk, loon, heron, magpie, osprey, penguin, plover, rail, raven, swallow, stork, seagull, roadrunner, vulture, and woodpecker. Reptiles: alligator, caiman, lizard, turtle, snake, and crocodile. Amphibians: all of them. ..................... Have you been tricked into believing Jesus "fulfilled" the law discharging Christians from the need to obey it themselves? Click FULFILLED to see what the Greek really says in Matthew 5:17. Think the Mosaic laws were "annulled" with a change in the priesthood? Click PRIESTHOOD to see what the real context is in Hebrews 7:16-18. Doesn't Galatians 5:18 "But IF (did you just see that HUGE IF word?) you are led by the Spirit, you are NOT UNDER THE LAW" show that the penalty of the "law," including the Mosaic laws, is still in force for nonChristians, but not for law obeying Holy Spirit led Christians ? (Go to this site's homepage for additional discussion.) Doesn't that "spell out" the fact the law was never really "abolished" since nonChristians are strongly implied as STILL UNDER THE LAW?? ..................... 1) Romans 14:14: "......... there is nothing unclean of itself." ANALYSIS: Paul's use of the original Greek word "koinos" for "unclean" clarifies that he was not referring to animals unfit for human consumption listed in the Old Testament, in which the original Greek word "akathartos" is used to describe such animals, not "koinos." Koinos refers to being ceremonially polluted, defiled, or unclean for spiritual sacrifice. In Romans 14:20 ".........all things are clean" the original Greek word for "clean" is "katharos" which means "free from impurities, without blemish, spotless" and is used to describe all kinds of cleanliness, including clean dishes. To erroneously conclude that the Old Testament laws prohibiting eating certain meats have been abolished is taking Romans 14 very much out of context. For additional study of Romans 14:20 please click ucg.org/booklets/nc/uncleanmeats.htm. 2) Mark 7:18-19: "........ Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?" ANALYSIS: These verses are really easy to explain. The false belief that this verse proves the Old Testament dietary laws have been abolished is another classic case of a) totally ignoring the over all meaning or context of the first two thirds of the seventh chapter of Mark, b) totally ignoring the definition of the original Greek word katharizo, Strong's number 2511, translated "purifying" in verse 19, and worst of all, c) unquestioningly accepting the DIRECT ADDITIONS of anti-Old Testament leaning translators' MISLEADING comments in translations such as those in the New International Version of the Bible, the New American Standard Bible, and in most other English translated Bibles!! The subject of verses 18-19, according to verses 2-5 refers to the Pharisees' man made ceremonial ritual of meticulously washing hands, not what foods are "unclean" or Biblically inedible. The first, primary definition of katharizo refers to the cleansing of physical stains, dirt, and other external contamination on food, not the neutralization of fatal poisons or infections ingested by consuming forbidden foods listed in the Mosaic laws. If you don't believe that, just read about what happened to someone who ate an improperly cooked pig with trichinosis (no cure for trichinosis exists after the parasites have entered muscle tissue which can cause heart failure), a Flamboyant Cuttlefish, another forbidden food, which has poisonous flesh, or a Phyllobates terribilis frog, a third forbidden food which is a poison dart frog that can kill as many as 10 people or 20,000 mice. Even boiling this frog will not reduce its toxicity, which remains potent for a year. The NIV, NASB, and most other English translations, incredibly, BRAZENLY ADD the following or similar very misleading anti-Old Testament comment at the end of Mark 7:19: "(In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)," a comment that !! IS NOT !! found in the more accurate King James and New King James versions, and certainly not in the original Greek. In verses 20-23 Jesus added that the Pharisees should put more emphasis on cleansing their thoughts which is more important than washing their hands. For additional study please click ucg.org/booklets/CU/meatdistinctions.htm and read the middle one fourth of the page. Another site to visit is ucg.org/un/un0505/treasuredigest.htm, and read the bottom one fourth of that page." 3) Acts 10:10-17: "Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; ....... he fell into a trance 11 and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of four footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. 13 And a voice came to him, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' 14 But Peter said, 'Not so Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.' 15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' 16 This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again. 17 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant ........"  ANALYSIS: One cannot ignore Acts 10:28-29 which say: "........ 'You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 29 Therefore I came without objection as soon as I was sent for........." Without reading the latter verses it's easy to jump to the premature conclusion that God has abolished laws restricting which foods can be eaten. After carefully reading Acts 10 one can see that Peter never concluded that he could eat any kind of animal even after seeing the vision three times and "wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant." Peter later realized what the revelation really meant. Peter now understood that he should no longer call anyone common or unclean according to verse 28. After recognizing the purpose of the dream he later was able to baptize the first gentiles (non-Israelites) the Lord had called into the Church (verses 45-48). During the time that Jesus lived Jews erroneously believed that gentiles were unclean and should be avoided. Peter's dream showed that God was now beginning to offer salvation to people of any race, and not just to Jews. In Acts 11:2-18 Peter later told some Jews about this dream, and in verse 18 even those Jews came to the same conclusion about the dream: "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life." For additional study click gnmagazine.org/booklets/CU/CU.pdf and scroll down to pages 12 and 13, and start reading the section "Peter's vision: Did God cleanse all meats?" 4) 1 Timothy 4:3-5: "forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer." ANALYSIS: The context of chapter 4 is found in verse 1 which is a warning against demonic doctrines teaching celibacy and excessive asceticism concerning foods. For a better understanding please click gnmagazine.org/booklets/CU/CU.pdf and scroll down to pages 22 and 23 and read "Misunderstood Instructions to Timothy."  5) 1 Corinthians 10:25,27: "Eat whatever is sold in the meat market ........ 27 ........ eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake." ANALYSIS: (Editing, will be completed by 5-20-12.) Briefly, the issue in these verses is not about whether certain meats are clean or unclean. The context involves whether or not you should eat clean meats previously meant to be offered as a sacrifice to a pagan god. 6) Colossians 2:16: "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." --- King James Version. ANALYSIS: The context or subject content here is not about Biblically forbidden food, but a warning by Paul to the Colossians to ignore criticism by a local group of ascetic heretics condemning the Gentile Christians in Colosse for physically enjoying the feast meals on the Sabbath and holy festival days. This verse actually shows that the righteous Colossians did observe the Saturday Sabbath and the Mosaic festival days. For a much better understanding please click www.ucg.org/search/apachesoir_search/ then type in Colossians 2 in the upper right search space. Click the magnification symbol and read the top two websites. If you have one or more New Testament verses you believe proves that most of the Mosaic laws have been abolished, click 99 ANTILAW VERSES REFUTED to find it and read the correct explanation showing that verse(s) is not sufficient proof, with the exception basically of the sacrifice and circumcision laws and rituals. If the verse is not yet listed, check back after September, 2012 when that page should be completed. .......................... 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17: "Come out, then, from among them ........, separate yourselves from them, and do not even TOUCH what is UNCLEAN ........" --- Knox New Testament. Mainstream Christians routinely not only touch but also eat bacon, crabs, pizza with pork contaminated pepperoni, and Vibrio vulnificus contaminated oysters, etc. The above is a New Testament verse by Paul that provides proof that the dietary laws are still valid, which also implies that many other Mosaic laws are still valid, too. The original Greek word for "touch" is haptomai, defined by world renowned Biblical word expert Joseph Thayer as "....... to fasten to ....... adhere to, cling to, ....... to touch ......." In accordance with other commentators Thayer further defines haptomai as "....... have no intercourse with the Gentiles, no fellowship in their heathenish practices ....... the things not to be touched appear to be both women (unbelievers) and certain kinds of food (forbidden food) ....... " The original Greek word for "unclean" in the above verse is akathartos, which in accordance with Thayer is defined as "....... that which must be abstained from according to the LEVITICAL law, lest impurity be contracted ......." which of course would include food. Even without additional reinforcement by many other available verses the powerful, very specific verses in Isaiah instantly and completely crush support for the false teaching that the majority of the Mosaic laws, including the dietary laws, are abolished: ISAIAH 66:17,22,23: "These people ......... eat the meat of PIGS and RATS (people in some countries such as Malawi eat cooked mice) and OTHER HATEFUL THINGS (forbidden aquatic creatures or "creeping things"). But they will ALL BE DESTROYED together,' says the Lord ......... 22 I will make NEW HEAVENS and the NEW EARTH which will last forever ......... 23 All people will come to worship Me every SABBATH ........,' says the Lord." --- New Century Version. Verse 23 means that in the distant future all people everywhere will be forced to attend church services on Saturdays, not Sundays, even if they and their ministers disagree. Isaiah 65:17,25 and 66:22 show that these two chapters, where the words "swine's flesh" and "Sabbath" appear, refer to a FUTURE age that has not yet arrived, a time when the earth will be literally reshaped into a new earth, an age when Jesus Christ will have returned a second time in great glory. In this future new age even some animals will be changed since 65:25 reveals that lions and wolves will peacefully eat grass like sheep, instead of meat. In that future age the Mosaic dietary laws will obviously be mercilessly enforced as well as seventh day Saturday rest and worship. With reference to Isaiah 66:17,22,23 either A) the Lord is not truthful or He talks about what He is not knowledgeable about, or B) He abolished the dietary laws and will re-establish them again in the future and also changed the day of rest from Saturday to Sunday or allowed it to be changed to Sunday, then will change it back to Saturday in the future, or C) the Mosaic dietary laws were never abolished and the original day of sanctified rest on Saturday memorializing the wonderful six days of creation also was never abolished or changed. A is of course false because God does not lie and His talk certainly is always perfectly knowledgeable. B makes no sense, especially since there is no Biblical evidence for it. Common sense, which is that sense common to most people, seems to want to begin pointing more in the general direction of C than either A or B. Don't you agree that the only conclusion is that C is true? When you know what the New Testament really says in the original Greek, especially after you have carefully studied the VERSES MAINSTREAMERS USE page, you will realize that it confirms C. Deceived Christians who believe that most of the Mosaic laws have been abolished generally do not believe that the prophecies of the major prophets such as Isaiah have been abolished, which creates for them a major problem concerning Isaiah 66:17,22,23. For an analysis of over 40 verses mainstream Christians use to claim that most of the Mosaic laws are no longer in force read my VERSES MAINSTREAMERS USE page. Since the entire Bible instructs us to avoid eating the forbidden foods that medical science has confirmed can be extremely injurious and sometimes even fatal, what about other Old Testament laws? Remember, God never removed the Mosaic curses (very harmful medical consequences) for disobeying many of the dietary laws, so does it really make any sense to conclude that the Old Testament food laws have been abolished? So if the Mosaic food laws are still valid, doesn't a little logic at least leave open the possibility that it is more than likely some of the other major Old Testament laws, such as those concerning the festivals and the various tithing laws, are still in force, especially since no New Testament verse specifically identifies those laws as done away with? Keep in mind that only the animal and grain sacrifice and circumcision laws were specifically identified as abolished. Don't listen to the average mainstream minister who mistakenly believes the dietary laws have been done away with, and who therefore ALWAYS has great difficulty adequately explaining some of the most terrifying verses in the Bible, Matthew 7:21-23, fumbling around with words when confronted with the original Greek, to try to make you think he knows what he is talking about, and TOTALLY ignoring the real definition of that all important, make or break, original Greek word anomia (failure to obey the Mosaic laws as well as the New Testament laws) in verse 23. Link this page to your site on Facebook and Twitter to help warn young people raised on evolutionism about the potentially adverse medical and spiritual consequences of eating any of the forbidden foods, and to expose the very misleading comment after Mark 7:19 that is found in most English Bibles, a glaring example of some translators' incompetence or arrogance. 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