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Pigs of course are considered unclean.
Bible Gateway Leviticus 11 :: NIV. You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. ... And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.Are you saying that's what you believe now or that's what they believed back then?
Bible Gateway Leviticus 11 :: NIV. You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. ... And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
Joseph and Mary were Jews. Bethlehem was a Jewish Town. There would be no pigs at that stable, therefore no pigs in the nativity because they are considered unclean. It does answer your question.That's not answering my question.
Joseph and Mary were Jews. Bethlehem was a Jewish Town. There would be no pigs at that stable, therefore no pigs in the nativity because they are considered unclean. It does answer your question.
To me........all animals are sin free as they lack the comprehension abilities to consider right from wrong. If you cast pearls among swine.......what would you expect them to do with gems? (in the case of the Christ, He was speaking of the gems of wisdom to His teachings) They would act as swine do, they would simply trample them under foot. That does not make them evil.......it just makes them swine.
Yes, but you didn't tell me whether or not you think that pigs are unclean now.
I answered with what they believe back then. Whether I believe pigs are clean or not is not relevant to why they aren't in nativity scenes. That being said, bring on the bacon.Are you saying that's what you believe now or that's what they believed back then?
Yes, but you didn't tell me whether or not you think that pigs are unclean now.
Actually, that was a dream not about animals but about foreigners. Before Christ, Jews believed foreigners were common and unclean (Acts 10:28).Acts 10, Peter's vision about clean and unclean animals, will tell you exactly why Christians do not need to worry about clean and unclean animals for eating.
Actually, that was a dream not about animals but about foreigners. Before Christ, Jews believed foreigners were common and unclean (Acts 10:28).
When the prodigal son lived among pigs, he lived among foreigners.
But as for the animals, yes, Jews considered them unclean. Even converted Jews for many years stayed away from pork. So naturally, the primitive Christians would not have included pigs in a menagerie.
It was a dream about foreigners. Read the passage down to verse 28. God showed Peter in the vision not to call any person common or unclean.It was a dream about eating animal--clean and unclean. More broadly, about accepting Gentiles into the faith without making them adhere to all the Jewish laws.
It was a dream about foreigners. Read the passage down to verse 28. God showed Peter in the vision not to call any person common or unclean.
Context.
The Jews never demanded that anyone else adhere to their law.I think we are agreeing. It was about accepting Gentiles "foreigners" and thus, not making Gentiles adhere to Jewish law. Other NT writers refer to not adhering to Jewish law as well. ie, circumcision, etc.
The Jews never demanded that anyone else adhere to their law.
Jewish converts were Christians. They had to abide the Law for only as long as it remained (Mt 5:18). They struggled with the idea of forsaking Moses to follow Christ. They had a hard time divesting themselves of temple custom and the Law; it was their way of life.New Jewish converts had to, and of course, there was plenty of upheaval in the new Christian church about following OT law among new believers. Hence Peter's dream.
Jewish converts were Christians. They had to abide the Law for only as long as it remained (Mt 5:18). They struggled with the idea of forsaking Moses to follow Christ. They had a hard time divesting themselves of temple custom and the Law; it was their way of life.
Peter's vision summarized the entire history of the attitude of the holy people toward others, all the way back to Adam and the people of Nod. Foreigners had always been beasts of the field; they had always been common and unclean.
Matthew traces the genealogy of men, not of Rahab or Ruth.Rejected. The last part at any rate.
One example: Rahab, included in the genealogy of Christ. Another: Ruth the Moabite.
