RobertPGH1981
Puritan Board Sophomore
Wanted to query the group on your thoughts on the below command.
Warnings of eating blood are mentioned several times starting in Gen 9:4. They are repeated several Leviticus 3:17; 7:26, 27: 17:10,12,14). I am sure they are mentioned elsewhere but I didn't study other books on this yet. In the New Testament, it is repeated at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:20 and because of this, it appears to be a moral command.
Some commentators seem to feel it's related to pagan practices of drinking blood, but the context doesn't seem to fit with the context of Gen 9 and Acts 15. Perhaps you could fit it into Leviticus but we are not told much other than that.
What do you believe this means for us in the modern era? Are we violating this command by eating meat that doesn't have the blood drained?
Warnings of eating blood are mentioned several times starting in Gen 9:4. They are repeated several Leviticus 3:17; 7:26, 27: 17:10,12,14). I am sure they are mentioned elsewhere but I didn't study other books on this yet. In the New Testament, it is repeated at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:20 and because of this, it appears to be a moral command.
Some commentators seem to feel it's related to pagan practices of drinking blood, but the context doesn't seem to fit with the context of Gen 9 and Acts 15. Perhaps you could fit it into Leviticus but we are not told much other than that.
What do you believe this means for us in the modern era? Are we violating this command by eating meat that doesn't have the blood drained?