True Judeo-Christian values may save your soul. I found my HOLY SPIRIT.
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1. being a gentile, i had believed that many rules in the bible were for jews only. in college, i lived with a beautiful jewish girl for two years, and became accustomed to following her food diet. forty-five years later, i began to revert back to kosher foods, and i even put out a website discussing what i have learned about being kosher.
as the following verses show you, the clean vs unclean animals existed before jews ever came upon the scene. the same is true for the sabbath.
so, these two profound rules from god are for everyone. i follow both rules now, but i keep it simple. it's easiest to stay kosher if you don't eat out. the kosher foods in the market are visually marked with various kosher symbols. and for the sabbath each saturday, i stay home, eat unheated food, do no chores, and catch up on my bible studies.
Now for the really - really - really good stuff
let's take the basic information provided so far. we have the two major rules that apply to everybody, clean meats and the sabbath.
then genesis 49:28 gives us the origin of the 12 tribes of israel, the 12 sons of jacob. and the grandchildren of abraham.
we also know that in revelation 21:12 the 12 tribes are honored by having their names inscribed above the 12 gates of new jerusalem. so, they are literally followed from the first book of the bible to the last book.
ABOUT ME
Hello, my name is Mike, and my salvation is super important to me. I'm 70 and I haven't been to a church service since I was 16. So, you might think that you're wasting your time, but just a few more minutes and I'll get to the good stuff. Even though I thought I was saved when I was a teenager, when Jesus entered my life and my heart about 10 years ago, I knew I was saved for sure. Then the Holy Spirit showed up and made me quit watching movies where they took the Lord's name in vain, I knew I was on the right track. So, what you are about to read is from my random studies of being a better Christian.
MY STUDIES
Don't laugh, but my studies started when I thought that some extra credit with Jesus couldn't hurt. By the way, Matthew 5:19 says that whoever teaches and does the Commandments correctly will be great in Heaven. So, getting back to me, my studies started with the dietary laws given by God to Moses. However, the difference between clean and unclean animals was known to Noah. Some people believe that those laws no longer apply, and some think they do still apply. My thought is "Why risk your eternal salvation just to expand your food choices. Eating "clean" meats will not starve you. Also, my studies took me to learn about the Sabbath. The seventh day was declared a day of rest by God, actually after 6 days of creation. So, when Man first came to the Earth, God declared the next day as a day of rest, and God sanctified it.
Interesting to note: both major laws were known to Noah and his family. After the flood, the Earth was repopulated by Noah's family and all teachings came from them. Twelve generations later the 12 sons of Jacob were referred to as the Twelve Tribes of Israel. So the argument that the Sabbath is just for the Jewish people is wrong. Including the argument that the dietary laws are just for Jews. Both were given to Man before Jews existed.
SINCE JACOB, JEWS HAVE FOLLOWED GOD
So, in Genesis 49:28 the twelve tribes of Israel are acknowledged, and throughout the Bible, the Jews follow these two laws, keeping the Sabbath and eating Clean Meats. The Devil finds ways to lead most Christians away from these laws. In 170 A.D. Bishop Eleutherius decreed that all foods were considered clean, and Christians are obligated to eat everything. Then, in 321 A.D. Roman ruler Constantine delared Sunday a day of rest and worship. So, the Catholic Church Seems to have assisted Satan in his deception of the Christian faithful. Do not be mad at anyone doing the deceiving, we are all human and subject to the temptations of the Devil.
Now, we have most Christians breaking Commandment 4 every week.
Matthew 19:17 " If you would enter life, keep the commandments"
And by eating unclean meat, Christians are not allowed to enter Heaven
Revelation 21:27 " But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life"