Messianic Israelite
Active Member
In my faith, we keep the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. We believe that the Biblical Laws are for our benefit and keeping them produces a healthy mind and body. But in terms of swine, or indeed most of the things which are prohibited for us to eat, my conscience is sensitized towards not even desiring to eat any of these things whether shrimp, shellfish, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, woodchucks, armadillos and whole host of other flesh foods that find their way into the stomachs of the human race. Few people consider the source of the things they eat and fewer still seem to care.
It is our opinion in our faith that Almighty Yahweh has legislated that we can use cattle, sheep, and goats for human food consumption because they have a much lower incidence of communicable disease. They are ruminating animal's, meaning that they chew their cud. A ruminant is an animal whose stomach comprises more than one compartment. The food that a ruminant animal ingests passes from one compartment to another and is thoroughly digested before it is transferred into the intestines where nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream as nourishment. The impurities are eliminated much more readily in the process than they would be in a shorter process such as is the case with the animals Almighty Yahweh has prohibited mankind to use for food.
Additionally, the ruminant animals are not known to be carnivorous (meat eating) and predatory (preying on other animals). Ruminants are vegetarian by nature and they consume food that is intrinsically less impure than do carnivorous or prefatory creatures. Consequently, the beginning of the cycle that ends in meat production by a ruminating animal is one in which a much superior grade of food is manufactured into nourishment for humans. We must conclude that mankind of himself (and specifically Moses who transmitted this great law to Israel) could not have learned these facts by observation alone if Almighty Yahweh had not personally revealed this information to him.
Although ruminant animals themselves are not entirely free of parasitic diseases, they have a much lower incidence of yielding contaminated meat than do creatures of the carnivorous kind. I'll emphasize here that only meat from obviously healthy animals should ever be eaten, and that meat should be thoroughly cooked before eating.
Do you believe the dietary laws are good laws and Yahweh knew what he was talking about when he legislated them?
It is our opinion in our faith that Almighty Yahweh has legislated that we can use cattle, sheep, and goats for human food consumption because they have a much lower incidence of communicable disease. They are ruminating animal's, meaning that they chew their cud. A ruminant is an animal whose stomach comprises more than one compartment. The food that a ruminant animal ingests passes from one compartment to another and is thoroughly digested before it is transferred into the intestines where nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream as nourishment. The impurities are eliminated much more readily in the process than they would be in a shorter process such as is the case with the animals Almighty Yahweh has prohibited mankind to use for food.
Additionally, the ruminant animals are not known to be carnivorous (meat eating) and predatory (preying on other animals). Ruminants are vegetarian by nature and they consume food that is intrinsically less impure than do carnivorous or prefatory creatures. Consequently, the beginning of the cycle that ends in meat production by a ruminating animal is one in which a much superior grade of food is manufactured into nourishment for humans. We must conclude that mankind of himself (and specifically Moses who transmitted this great law to Israel) could not have learned these facts by observation alone if Almighty Yahweh had not personally revealed this information to him.
Although ruminant animals themselves are not entirely free of parasitic diseases, they have a much lower incidence of yielding contaminated meat than do creatures of the carnivorous kind. I'll emphasize here that only meat from obviously healthy animals should ever be eaten, and that meat should be thoroughly cooked before eating.
Do you believe the dietary laws are good laws and Yahweh knew what he was talking about when he legislated them?
