The Torah’s laws ensure that everyone in Israel has basic needs, such as food, because it is truly God’s will that no one starves and that everyone is provided for. Jesus teaches this in Matthew 6:25-34 and Luke 12:22-34, saying that God feeds the birds and clothes the flowers, so that He will do the same and more for His people. In Matthew 7:7-11 and Luke 11:11-13, Jesus also said that when asking the Father in faith for provision, He will provide for us because he loves us just like human fathers love their children and gives an example saying that no father would give their children a stone instead of bread, a snake instead of fish, or a scorpion instead of an egg. In addition, Jesus displays God’s provision when he feeds the 5,000 Jewish families (Matt. 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, Luke 9:10-17, John 6:1-15) and the 4,000 Gentile families (Matt. 15:32-39, Mark 8:1-10).
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God’s Protection Promise
There is a lot of fear-mongering going around. How are Christians supposed to react to things that are out of their control? If the food supply is poisoned or if mass inflation is happening, can Christians count on God?
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Flying creatures only have to be herbivores, and land creatures that were herbivores that chewed cud (regurgitated grass) and had split hooves were considered clean. Land and air creatures that were omnivores, carnivores, and scavengers were all classified as unclean. This may have been connected to why humans are forbidden from consuming blood as a moral sin in the Bible (Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 7:25-26, Leviticus 17:10-14, Leviticus 19:26, Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:22-25, Deuteronomy 15:23, Acts 15:20 & 29). What if animals that eat meat (who consume blood) are classified as sinful in a sense because they don’t drain the blood? Land creatures are even further distinguished by their anatomy (split hooves), which may provide clues into their digestive processes. For example, rabbits are cud chewers, but they also eat their dung, which may be viewed as unclean.
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