God saw that it was good ...

[In1]

God saw that it was good ...

Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

God introduces clean and unclean out of what he saw as good.

Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Both clean and unclean are given for food.

Gen 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

God saw that it was good ... introduces clean and unclean out of what he saw as good ... but gives both clean and unclean for food ... then delcares a further extrapolation between clean and unclean, and the consequences of eating what he originally said was good.

Lev 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Lev 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Lev 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Lev 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Lev 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

Lev 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

Lev 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Then Jesus comes along ...

Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Why does this start out as good then finds its end in that it literally has nothing to do with it?

[enoob57]

Your errors are abundant in not rightly dividing the Word

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

[15] Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

What is the major division from Genesis 1 to Genesis 7?

[Sower]

1 hour ago, enoob57 said:

Your errors are abundant in not rightly dividing the Word

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

[15] Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

What is the major division from Genesis 1 to Genesis 7?

Chapter 3......, they knew...

[D. Adrien]

Lev. 10:10

You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, 

 

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.

 

The concept of clean and unclean can be found throughout the Bible. In the N.T. it generally refers to people.

2Cor. 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Our hope is in being cleansed by God Almighty in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet!

[Michael37]

10 hours ago, In1 said:

God introduces clean and unclean out of what he saw as good.

It seems there is a need to study the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. 

Adam and Eve disobeyed God, after which the whole of Creation was no longer pristine, but contaminated and cursed by sin.

Gen 3:14-19  And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.  (15)  And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.  (16)  To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.  (17)  And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.  (18)  It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.  (19)  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Rom 8:18-23  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed in us.  (19)  For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.  (20)  For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope  (21)  that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  (22)  And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.  (23)  And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

[Hinds Feet]

22 hours ago, In1 said:

God saw that it was good ...

Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

God introduces clean and unclean out of what he saw as good.

Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Both clean and unclean are given for food.

Gen 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

God saw that it was good ... introduces clean and unclean out of what he saw as good ... but gives both clean and unclean for food ... then delcares a further extrapolation between clean and unclean, and the consequences of eating what he originally said was good.

Lev 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Lev 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Lev 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Lev 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Lev 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

Lev 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

Lev 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Then Jesus comes along ...

Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Why does this start out as good then finds its end in that it literally has nothing to do with it?

Concerning Jesus, He wasn't promoting eating unclean animals.  The scribes were questioning Jesus' disciples about eating with ceremonially unwashed hands.  If Jesus would have declared unclean animals were good to eat, the scribes would have had a legit complaint concerning the Law.  Remember Peter's vision?  Peter said he never ate anything unclean.  So if the disciples were eating unclean food during the time the scribes were questioning Jesus, that would have been a lie.  So Jesus didn't declare all animals were clean to eat.

In the beginning, our food was the fruits and herbs of the field.  Things produced out of the ground.  When the perfect creation is restored, I imagine that will be our food again, to enjoy.

Edited June 2 by Hinds Feet

[In1]

17 hours ago, enoob57 said:

Your errors are abundant in not rightly dividing the Word

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

[15] Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

What is the major division from Genesis 1 to Genesis 7?

The words let there be light begins the separation; where darkness becomes evil by default.

[In1]

12 hours ago, Michael37 said:

It seems there is a need to study the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. 

Adam and Eve disobeyed God, after which the whole of Creation was no longer pristine, but contaminated and cursed by sin.

Gen 3:14-19  And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.  (15)  And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.  (16)  To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.  (17)  And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.  (18)  It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.  (19)  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Rom 8:18-23  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed in us.  (19)  For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.  (20)  For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope  (21)  that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  (22)  And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.  (23)  And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

The garden scenario sets a pattern that can be seen in multiple forms throughout scripture ... that is relative to the process happening in us.

God starts out with one and all things are gathered again into one. Clean and unclean are just another picture of the dialectic process that began with the words let there be light.

 

[enoob57]

46 minutes ago, In1 said:

The words let there be light begins the separation; where darkness becomes evil by default.

may I ask how long have you known The Lord and studied His Word to us?

[In1]

1 minute ago, enoob57 said:

may I ask how long have you known The Lord and studied His Word to us?

46 years