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First Faith is well aware of the importance of feeding our temple. But we must remember that while fasting is holy, ALL DIETS ARE SATANIC. While fasting denies the flesh to lift up the Heavenly Father, diets deny the flesh to lift up - - the flesh! Dieting is Satan's twist on fasting - which is intended to deceive us, and it's working all over the world this very day because we "ask amiss, not praying and seeking as we ought!"
It is here that Christianity comes up short - it abuses its temples. The ones in which it worships on the wrong day, and the ones it misnourishes in the physical bodies of its practitioners with unclean, unkosher food. If Christianity heeded the Sabbath laws and the dietary laws, it would be much more faithful to the scriptures.
1 - What We Eat. We are instructed to eat "every herb that yields seed, and every tree whose fruit yields seed," as referenced in Genesis 1: 29, and this is all we need to do for excellent health.
In other words, seeds in their infancy (herbs yielding seed) in their growth cycle, and seeds in their maturity (trees whose fruit yields seed) in their growth cycle are prescribed. Seeds in their infancy, when raised hydroponically (this is called "sprouting"), have tremendously increased protein content as the sprouts from those seeds are branching out, and this happens in the first few days of farming these seeds. As these root-like sprouts begin to branch out, they are truly complete nutrition, offering an abundance of not only protein but also vitamins and minerals. Eaten as a sandwich, with a slice of tomato and some salad dressing, these raw sprouts taste great! Seeds in their maturity, the majority raw, like corn, peas, beans, carrots, broccoli, apples, bananas, dates, peaches, plums, grapes, strawberries, etc. can then round out a terrific diet!
It's important to know that eating an abundance of top quality protein is not a problem when adhering to this seed diet. There's an abundance of all nutrients in food coming from the soil, if we just know how (uncooked) and when (some in the early stages of the growth cycle, others in the later stages of the growth cycle) to harvest it. The animals known for great strength, like bulls, rhinos, and elephants are vegetarians, eating only grasses from the soil. But they eat them raw, thereby benefiting from the enzymes that come with them. Enzymes aid in complete digestion, and the result is an obviously strong, healthy creature. Enzymes "chauffer" the food's nutrients to the proper tissue in the body that those specific nutrients were intended to nourish. Then the fiber in these soil foods (no food from the entire animal kingdom has any fiber) proceeds to clean out the digestive system.
When food is cooked, the enzymes die (above 110* F.) and the nutrients that remain are severely weakened. And worse, without the enzymes to guide the nutrients to their specific destination, the food just goes into the "body general." The ultimate destination for nutrients unguided by enzymes is the largest and most central areas of the body, like the belly, buttocks, and thighs. Overeating occurs because our bodies know that they didn't get enough nutrition, the right nutrition, because the enzymes were killed, so they overeat, trying to compensate for the killed enzymes, and this result is an obviously fat, weakened, unhealthy creature.
Because there was a flood that covered all of the ground in Noah's time, there were no herbs or trees available, and man's diet had to be temporarily expanded. We were therefore permitted (we were never commanded to eat anything from the animal kingdom) to eat "only clean meat (after all, it is a holy temple), as described in Deuteronomy 14: 4-20.
A good outline of what meat may be eaten with Yahweh's permission includes land animals which both chew the cud and have a cloven hoof, non-scavenging birds, and aquatic animals that have both fins and scales. Clean examples of these foods would include cattle, sheep, deer, turkey, chicken, and most fish. Remember that they must be prepared properly, which means to kosher any blood out of the food first, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY CLEAN, KOSHER MEAT IN AMERICA WITHOUT GOING TO A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE TO FIND IT.
(And even if it is clean, is it hormone free? Free of cancerous tumors during harvesting? Remember, if you're a vegetarian and you don't smoke, cancer is likely to never visit your body.)
If you're dead set on having meat in your diet, koshering most of the blood (but not the hormones, etc) out can be done by soaking the meat in a salt water solution until the soaking solution has become quite red, then soaking it again until the water is red again. The red in the soaking water is blood that otherwise would have just been eaten, which Yahweh specifically condemns in Genesis 9: 4, and in other passages as well, none of which has an expiration date! Once you see that bloody water, you may well be cured of ever wanting to eat unclean meat again. If you aren't, then DRINK THAT WATER!! If you would eat that blood, then why not drink it?? Remember, the power of life and death is in the tongue. This refers not only to the power of our speech, but also the power of feeding ourselves.
One reason we are forbidden to eat blood is that it is a nearly perfect culture for transmitting diseases, called blood-borne pathogens. (Ask your doctor!) All of this means that several common foods must be dropped from our diets, both for our own good, and to show obedience. These unclean foods include all pork products (bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops, pepperoni) and much seafood, like lobster, shrimp, clams, oysters, and catfish (no scales). ALL OF THESE DIETARY LAWS ARE STILL IN FORCE - NOW AND FOREVER! (Yahshua and The Law are the same yesterday, today, and forever, as shown in Hebrews 13: 8) And contrary to popular opinion, Yahshua never said that all food was clean. But He did teach that all food that is to be consumed must be received with thanksgiving, and we can NOT ask Yahweh to bless anything He has already condemned in scripture! There were many foods Yahshua would not eat, so how could He have said that all food was clean?? This misunderstanding comes from Matthew 15: 11, which teaches defilement by disobedience, NOT defilement from the food that shows that disobedience. If the man were not willing to eat the unclean food, he could not have become defiled.
The reason these foods are condemned? For one thing, many of these creatures are scavengers, meaning they eat dead things, which we are commanded to not eat in Deuteronomy 14: 21. Many of them also eat waste products, and are often found where sewage is dumped into bodies of water. These creatures that we are forbidden to eat do serve a purpose in the Earth. They clean things up, including sewage and dead things! Where would we be without them?? But that does not mean to eat them. The blood in the bodies of these creatures is "foreign blood," and allowing it into OUR bodies taints Us! We can't make our bodies living sacrifices (Romans 12: 1) if we fill them with unclean foods! What sacrifice is that?
2 - How We Eat. The washing of hands is shown extensively in scripture, and even includes the method (running water, just as surgeons do before operating) of washing. Though thought of as odd at the time, it has come to be known as the best way to clean the body. The reason for such specific instructions is not to simply be tedious, but to maximize our health. It is easily shown that those who observe Yahweh's health laws have better health on a day-to-day basis as well as on a length-of-lifetime basis. (Ask your insurance man!)
3 - How and What We Think. We've all heard the phrase "food for thought." This came from Yahweh in Proverbs 23: 7, "As a man thinketh, so is he." Yahweh then goes on to show us what to think in Philippians 4: 8, "Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of righteous report, if there is any virtue, if there is any praise, think on these things." In other words, even if we can't control all of our thoughts, we can control how much or how long we "think on" them. As the farmer said, "I can't keep the buzzards from circling overhead, but I can keep them from nesting in my hair!"
So we need to think on things of purity, virtue, and praise in order to upgrade the quality of our lives. Even though clever commercials can make us think on some things, we do not need to dwell on them. We cannot afford to think on evil things; they take seed and grow within us, poisoning everything they touch. We need to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of righteous report. Feeding our souls is just as important as feeding our bodies.
This is not meant to be funny, but if someone is eating a pepperoni pizza while watching an adult movie, that person is literally poisoning everything he has, body and soul. WE MUST START THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING. Yahshua said in Matthew 5: 17, "Do not even think I have come to abolish The Law. I have not come to abolish The Law, but fulfill it." And He did just that. Think of The Law as a long check list. Yahshua's life is an example of checking off each law, until the whole list is checked, or fulfilled. Has your church taught you that you don't need to observe The Law any more because of the crucifixion? That's a lie! Someone else's successful completion of a test does not mean YOU don't have to take it! Just try that logic on your school teacher or instructor and see what happens!!
The Christian church is floundering, just like the secular world, because they don't have The Law! They've thrown it out, and replaced it with the "Age of Grace." This is trickery from Satan. There IS no "Age of Grace" found anywhere in scripture, so it's not from Yahweh. Don't be gullible!! Don't be tricked. Be careful. It's your soul. Be selective.
There is nothing to replace The Law. So now, without The Law, the Christian church wanders in its wilderness much like Moses and the exiled Israelites did in theirs centuries ago. They are just as vulnerable to divorce, drug abuse, child abuse, and fornication as their unsaved neighbors. They don't stand out as a virtuous example for others to follow. Rather, the Christian church is identified by the following passage in Isayah 66: 17 -
Yahweh says: They that sanctify themselves (How did they get the power to do that?? Only Yahweh can sanctify anyone!) and purify themselves in the gardens, following after the priest in the midst (just as the Tree of the Knowledge of Righteousness and Evil was in the midst of the Garden of Eden) of those who eat swine's flesh, that which is offered to the gods, and the rodent - will be consumed (by the fires of hell) together.
See? The Law haters are identified by their diet!! They aren't obedient to The Law. They boldly sanctify themselves!
THE LAW TELLS Us HOW TO FEED OUR BODIES AND OUR SOULS.
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