(September 8, 2013 at 11:34 am)Brakeman Wrote:(September 8, 2013 at 12:51 am)Godschild Wrote: It would be the eating of those foods would be sinful, and sin leads one away from God, I know that might seem nit picking but, it is they way it is.
Why God gave the food laws to the Israelites I do not know, could be God knows something about those foods we do not. These foods were not of limits to them in Egypt and I would bet that the Egyptians had lots of pork. It's also not that God changes, He continues to reveal His plans through Christ.
GC
Why doesn't the bible explain that god has different plans and different rules for different people in different times and places?
At the time of Abraham, what were god's rules for the people of Yámana (Yaghan) and the Kawéskar (Alakaluf) from Patagonia?
First of all God's plan was set before creation, so the plan has never changed, God has been revealing His plan throughout history in a progression He has determined is best. Guess what, at the time of Abraham, he was given the law of circumcision, no food laws, no Ten Commandments, but as far as the rest of the people of the world, God had not given them the law of circumcision. This was a law God gave to separate the Israelites from the rest of the world.
Quote:If his interaction with mankind and his requirements were varied according to earlier times and places, why died he change and become uniform today?
This is a question that should have an obvious answer, however I missed this for a while myself. Guess it never mattered to me until the food laws came up here and got me to thinking and listening to God's word.
As I've said God's plan nor God have changed, He has been revealing the plan through history and man in a progression He has determined. God at the time of Abraham gave him the law of circumcision, He did this to set the Israelites apart from all other people, circumcision was not a practice before this time and was only practiced by Israelites until after Christ's ascent into heaven. There were no laws given to the Israelites until they left Egypt, God gave them many laws that would lead to a better relationship with Him. The food laws and the law of two different cloths being sown together and ect. were given to further identify the Israelites as God's people and separated from the other people and their practices in the land they were to posses ie. Canaan. This is why they had laws we find either mysterious or they seem not to make sense.
Enter Christ into the world, God the Father brought Him into the world through His chosen people, as He promised. God revealed His plan through Christ and the plan was for the world, everyone. So those laws that applied to the Israelites, that by the way only applied to them, food laws, circumcision and such, never had to be applied to others because Christ came to the world, for Jews and gentiles alike. All who come to God through Christ are part of His family and this is how God now separates His people from the world.

God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.