Rise, Kill, and Eat (Gospel, scriptures, Jesus, Kingdom)

[sciotamicks]

Men and Beasts

In the account of the creation of man we see the covenant

Genesis 1:26-28 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

This is looking forward to the blessing given to Abraham, that his seed would be multiplied and the people of God would eventually have dominion and the lightbearers over the Gentiles.

But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.

We see this fulfilled both physically and spiritually: with Joshua gaining victory with the physical sword and with Paul gaining victory with the spiritual sword.

Even Peter was told to “rise, kill and eat”:

Acts 10:10-15 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

God describes many beasts in Genesis. Here in Acts the beasts are referring to the Gentiles, which Peter previously believed were unclean, but now through the Gospel were made clean. And the Gospel, through Paul and Barnabas, would spread and multiply the people of God taken from every tribe, kindred, tongue, and nation. So then, Genesis is again telling a story to represent both Old and New Testament realities. This isn’t to say there are not real characters addressed, but it’s chronicling a literal chain of massive cosmological events. Instead, it is setting the stage for what follows, Genesis is referring to a chain of massive covenantal events. Time to look into the scriptures with eyes that the first century Christians understood.

[ahigherway]

Originally Posted by sciotamicks

Time to look into the scriptures with eyes that the first century Christians understood.

And to think that all they had was the Old Testament to quote from!!

Blessings,
brian

[sciotamicks]

Originally Posted by ahigherway

And to think that all they had was the Old Testament to quote from!!

Blessings,
brian

And it wasn't the Masoretic either!