New Testament
Mar 7:14
And when he had called all the people
unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one
of you, and understand:
Mar 7:15
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Mar 7:16
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Mar 7:17
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
Mar 7:18
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,
it cannot defile him;
Mar 7:19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Mar 7:20
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Mar 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mar 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mar 7:23
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Old Testament
Lev 11:41
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Lev 11:42
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon
all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they
are an abomination.
Lev 11:43
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Lev 11:44
For I
am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I
am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Lev 11:45
For I
am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I
am holy.
Lev 11:46
This
is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Lev 11:47
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Lev 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Lev 18:30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that
ye commit not
any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I
am the LORD your God.
creeping things..
Bugs are really good for you
Your friends and neighbors are already munching on insects. According to a
report by Global Market Insights, the US edible insect market topped $55 million in 2017 and is expected to grow to nearly $80 million by 2024.
Europe’s on track to do the same, while Asia Pacific nations are expected to eat $270 million worth of insects by the quarter of the century.
A growing demand for high quality protein, along with a movement toward sustainability and against processed foods, are a few of the reasons behind the growing popularity.
Here’s another explanation: Bugs are very good for you.
Many countries and traditions have known this for decades, even centuries. According to a
2013 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at least 2 billion people worldwide eat bugs every day.
Lev 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Eze 8:8
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
Eze 8:9
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Eze 8:10
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Eze 8:11
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Eze 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
So in the beginning God created all the creeping things. And yet he saved some on the ark with Noah.
Gen 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl,
and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
The reason why God told Israel not to eat zee bugs, was so they would be seperate from the other nations around them that knew not God. They weren't only eating them, they were worshipping them and making idols out of them. And in Ezekiel chapter 8 we see even Israel turned their back on God and his laws.
They broke the covenant. That is why a new one needed to be established. God didn't break it, man did.
So should we eat zee bugs or not?
Honestly, most of the food products today on the shelf in the grocery store already have bugs incorporated in them, whether it be cricket meal instead of corn meal.
Peanut butter The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA's
Food Defect Action Levels guide.
What made eating bugs abominable? Was it the bugs themselves or they way people relied on them instead of God to provide for them?
Some bugs are poisonous and should be avoided. Today they are experimenting with bugs and creating new ones, some they even modify their genes with malaria or other diseases and let them loose on unsuspecting people around the world.
Vaccines are very profitable. Just ask Big Pharma.
If everyone obeyed God's laws, these people would be removed from the earth as God removed the nations around Israel.
If you combine the OT with the NT, you will see the intentions behind the creeping things comes from the heart.
Mar 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mar 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mar 7:23
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
It's not the bugs. But God knew where it would eventually lead.... profits.
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