Mark 7:19
Jesus making all foods clean?
From Answers Magazine 1984 HALLEY'S HANDBOOK COMMENTARY ON Leviticus 11 says: "There was a distinction before the Flood between Clean and Unclean animals (Genesis 7:2). Moses enacted this distinction into law. It was based partly on their wholesomeness as food; and partly on religious consideration, designed to serve as one of the marks of separation of Israel from other nations. Jesus abrogated the distinction (Mark 7:19), '...making all meats clean.'" So aren't all meats clean now? In response to the above quote from the highly respectable and helpful Halley's Handbook, it is true that there was a distinction between Clean and Unclean animals before the Flood. But after the Flood it was God, not Moses, who enacted this distinction into formal writings (See Leviticus 11:1-2). These are God's laws for us, not the laws of man. They serve not only as a help to our physical health, but they have a spiritual aspect in addition. (See article in this issue "To Eat Or Not To Eat".)(This article is not on this Website - Keith Hunt). In the New Testament, Jesus never once even hinted that all meats were made clean. For example, in Mark 7 the entire context of the chapter is a vital concept involving our MIND and not physical food. The first rule of Bible Study is to study scriptures in their context, and not to pull them out of context to try to establish a doctrine or point of truth. Mark 7:1-13 shows Christ chastising the Jews for being hypocrites (verse 6), and thinking more about their picky Do's and Don'ts (like washing their ceremonially, verse 3), rather than vital matters such as honoring your parents (verse 10). Then in Mark 7:14-16. Christ spoke a parable to the people stating that taking in a bit of dirt when you eat without washing your hands cannot defile you (verse 15). But it is that which comes OUT of a man that defiles him. Since the disciples didn't understand the parable. Christ, in verses 17-23 explained to them that ingesting some food with a bit of dirt on it couldn't harm them at all, because it doesn't enter the mind, rather it passes through the normal bodily function (verses 18-19). This has absolutely nothing to do with Clean and Unclean meats. The point of Christ's discourse is that wrong thoughts and temptations which enter your mind through the five senses or through your imagination do not themselves constitute a sin. Rather sin occurs when you ACT improperly upon these thoughts or imaginations (verses 21-22). Christ is talking about evil thoughts being dwelt upon or acted upon. Not the slightest inference is made that indicates Unclean creatures are all at once made clean, or have ever been clean. Halley's Handbook is simply in error. It does not take Mark 7.19 in context. COMPARING VERSIONS OF MARK 7:19 "purging all meats" Each of the following 7 versions of Mark 7:19 shows a normal physical elimination process that has absolutely nothing to do with "making unclean meats clean." The last four versions have added (in parentheses) a dishonest statement that is nothing more than a biased Commentary designed to alter the true meaning of God's Word. This verse, with it man made additions, should not be the basis for negating two chapters of the Bible - Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. KING JAMES: "Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats." Draught = sewer or digestive process. Purging all meats =carrying off all that is eaten. LAMSA: "Because it does not enter into his heart: into his stomach, and then is thrown out through the intestines, thereby purifying the food:" FENTON: "Because it does not reach the intellect passes into the bowels: which eliminate all foods." NEW AMERICAN STANDARD: "Because it does go into his heart but into his stomach, and is eliminated. (Thus He declared all foods clean)." NEW INTERNATIONAL: "For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body. (In saying this Jesus declared all foods 'clean')." REVISED STANDARD: "Since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on. (Thus he declared all foods clean)." LIVING: "For food doesn't come in contact with the heart, but only passes through the digestive system. (By saying this he showed that every kind of food is kosher)." .............. Answers Magazine 1984 THE CONTEXT IS THE ANSWER; THE CONTEXT OF ANYTHING IS THE ANSWER. THE CONTEXT IS CLEARLY SEEN—- SOME DIRT ON THE HANDS, AS LIKE A FARMER OR RANCHER COMING IN TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT, A SANDWICH AND GETTING OUT AGAIN TO CONTINUE WORKING, AND NOT WASHING HIS HANDS. THE JEWISH PHARISEES HAD A LONG RITUALISTIC WASHING OF HANDS BEFORE EATING, AND THEY DID NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT TO SEE JESUS' DISCIPLES NOT DOING THAT WASHING CEREMONY. CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS WAS BEFORE THE DAYS OF NOAH, AS HE WAS TOLD BY GOD TO BRING INTO THE ARK, EX-NUMBER OF CLEAN AND EX-NUMBER OF UNCLEAN ANIMALS INTO THE ARK. PEOPLE JUST HAVE A HARD TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD CAN HAVE RULE OVER THEIR CARNAL EATING OF WHATEVER THEY DESIRE TO EAT, FROM CHOCOLATE COVERED ANTS TO HORSE MEAT. WITH THAT ATTITUDE HOW DO YOU THINK IT SITS WITH PEOPLE AND OTHER LAWS OF GOD. SO TAKE THE WEEKLY SABBATH COMMAND; IF THEY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH FOOD LAWS FROM GOD, HOW DO YOU THINK THEY WILL OBEY THE SABBATH COMMAND? FRANKLY THEY DO NOT; HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO LOVE GOD, DO NOT OBSERVE THE 4TH COMMANDMENT AS GOD REVEALS HOW TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH. GOD IS THE ONE WHO MADE HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD; HE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT; FOR WE ARE, IT IS WRITTEN, THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOW THE GREEK FOR MARK 7: 19 IS—— "ALL THAT FROM WITHOUT ENTERING IN TO MAN ….. TO PROFANE BECAUSE NOT IT DOES ENTER OF HIM INTO THE HEART BUT INTO THE BELLY, AND INTO THE WASTE-BOWL GOES OUT PURGING ALL THE FOODS. [J. P. GREEN Sr Greek-English Interlinear]. PURGING—— CLEANSE, CLEAR, PURIFY, WASH, FREE SOMETHING FROM…. THE WORDS LIKE "THUS HE DECLARED ALL FOOD CLEAN" AS THE AUTHOR HAS SAID—- The last four versions have added (in parentheses) a dishonest
statement that is nothing more than a biased Commentary designed
to alter the true meaning of God's Word. This verse, with it man
made additions, should not be the basis for negating two chapters
of the Bible - Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.THE CONTEXT IS EATING FOOD WITH UNWASHED HANDS; NOTHING TO DO WITH CLEAN OR UNCLEAN FOODS.Keith Hunt |
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