God's Dietary Commandments

Food rule #1 - Never eat anything Jesus cast Demons into

Many Christians dismiss Gods guidelines for eating as being legalistic. They are quick to quote the story in Acts 10 where Peter, in a dream, sees a blanket descending from Heaven full of “unclean” animals and God says, “take kill and eat.”

Peter is mortified and says never would he eat any unclean thing! God rebukes him and says, “Don't call anything unclean that I have called clean.”

As with all scripture, context is absolutely imperative.

The vision, as you see, later in the story, had nothing to do with food.  God was telling the Apostle that now, the Gospel could go to the Gentiles. God was including Gentiles in His plan for salvation.

When will we stop twisting God's word to justify our own understanding?

Today, Christians still embrace the Ten Commandments given to Moses, but reject the dietary laws given by the same God to the same Prophet.  Funny, I've read the Bible through every year for the last thirty five years and studied it to death for other reasons and purposes but I have not seen, anywhere in the Bible, where God goes back and re-thinks His Dietary laws as they were originally given. Could God have been wrong? Did He lie to us? I think not, and so do you!!

All of His laws are the same today as they were when Moses first heard them on Mt Sinai. God hasn't changed any of it. He just made a way for us to be forgiven for not obeying it.

“Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding.”  Proverbs 9:6”

I think we should at least think His laws through.

I want to give you something to think about. The Pork industry will tell you the reason God forbade pork was because of trichinosis. However, they say, with modern methods of raising, butchering, and delivery to the supermarket, coupled with modern cooking methods this is no longer a threat.

That may be true, but is that why pork is not healthy? Science is revealing the real reason God said not to eat pork. Come see what Science is now having to agree with God about. Hehehe!!!

Here's what God said, “Now, the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. Nevertheless, these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.

If you take the time to discover the difference between herbivores that “chew the cud” and those that don't, you will discover the primary reason for God's prohibition on pork.

Animals that chew the cud have a complex digestive system including multiple stomachs where their food is processed multiple times to remove toxins which are passed out in the form of urine or feces. The toxins are not passed on to the meat. These animals limit their diet to vegetation. Now, how did God figure that out!

Animals that don't chew the cud, like the pig, have a rudimentary digestive system consisting of a single stomach. Pigs were designed by God to to be scavengers. They don't limit their diets to vegetation. They will eat garbage, carrion, and even their own young. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what eating road kill can produce.

Ever get sick from eating putrefied meat. Pigs eat it all the time and due to the digestive system God gave them the toxins and bacteria are passed immediately through the blood stream to the meat, where they stay, and then are passed on to anyone eating it. YUM!

Now, if you were the designer of a vacuum cleaner, would you want it to "contain" the dirt it sucked up, or would you want it to fall out the other end as fast as it was picking it up?  Well, God made pigs to be efficient in their duties, which is to clean up filth ad litter.  Once they've picked it up, they retain it.

Scientists have also isolated two enzymes found in pork. They are the two enzymes cadavers, you know, dead people, produce to hasten flesh decay. Double YUM!

Add on top of that the antibiotics and hormones being added to our little piggies by the food "Money Changers" and wa la, you got some real bad barbecue!

One other bit of “food” for thought. Like Shrimp? Crab, Lobster, God said they are leaveright creatures!

That means, “leave it right” where you found it and don't eat it. These creatures are sea going Anthropoids.

Know what a land going Anthropoid is? A Cockroach!

Guys, there is a good reason God said, of all the creatures that swim, we are to eat only the ones that have fins and scales. The ones that don't have fins and scales are scavengers!! Because sea scavengers have basically non functioning excretion systems, the toxins, they were created by God to clean up, remain in their flesh. Ooh, gimme some a that!!

Science has disclosed recently that scaleless fish, all shell fish, including the Oysters, Mussels, Clams, Lobsters, Crabs, and Shrimp etc. are just containers of devitalized and disease producing filth. (Lets make a Popsicle out of 'em, what ya say)? Um mm!!

There is a pathenogenic bacteria known as “Vibrio” that is found primarily in Crab and Shrimp and is linked to a disease called Gastroenteritis. 

Worse yet, it is the same bacteria that causes Cholera.

It is known as Vibrio Cholerae. Boy, if we could just package that up and sell it, we could reduce the worlds problem with over population in short order! Cholera is one of the deadliest diseases known to man.

Well that's enough for you to “chew” on tonight. 

Oh, almost forgot, the major diseases associated with eating the a fore mentioned meats are blood diseases, chronic stomach weakness, liver contamination,

eczema, consumption, tumors, and cancer. Hush now, don't say that too loud, the pig and shrimp salesmen wont like it. :)

Tomorrow the problem with toxins. It's about fat, and why it wont go away.

Following God to Health

As I was thinking about how to begin this Blog I was also just finishing up reading Numbers and beginning Deuteronomy. Suddenly it dawned on me that much of the first 5 books of the bible are about God leading the Hebrew Children out of bondage and into the promised land.

I thought now, God could've told us about many things we would've enjoyed hearing about. You now the “gravy” stuff. He could have told us about Heaven, life after death, what kind of rewards we will get, How rich He will make us, but no, He decided to tell us a story about a “stiff necked people” as he called them, whom He had chosen to bring out of slavery into the promised land. “A land flowing with milk and honey.”

(Bondage – Food Bondage, Slavery - Food Slavery Hmmmmm)

I've learned in my life to pay attention to the first things I see or hear because generally, the first things lay the foundation for every thing to come.

God wants us to see something in this story. Here's what I believe it is.

God was then, looking for a people to call His own; thus the Jews. God is today, looking for a people to call His own; followers of Jesus, whether they be Jew, Gentile, man or woman, He is looking now for whosoever will. Revelation 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

God has a Promised Land for each one of us. He is always trying to lead us into it.

For some reason, usually due to circumstances (fear), attitude, lack of knowledge, or unbelief we fail to obey Gods command to go in and possess the Land. God then has to redirect us.

He has to deal with whatever the issue is and then, because He is faithful, start the process over again.

Each time the process can be more difficult. He wants to take us there, to a land flowing with Milk and Honey; we just have to follow to get there. Don't question, don't doubt, don't complain, just follow.

( I'm assuming you all know the story of the Exodus and God's attempts to lead the Hebrew children into the promised land. If you don't please read Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy).

The first time the Hebrew children had an opportunity to obey God and go into the Promised Land they refused. Fear and unbelief were the culprits

God told Moses He would cause Israel to wander in the Wilderness for 40 years, until all that disobedient generation died off. In other words disobedience, fear and unbelief had to be destroyed.

Just like the Hebrews, we will have to deal with disobedience, fear, and unbelief before God can lead us into our Promised Land, (The Promised Land of Health and Abundance) otherwise, we will never get there.

God was angry with Israel because they didn't follow God with their WHOLE heart.

They were divided between their way of doing things and Gods Way of doing things.

We tend to eat what we are trained by the media and the local “super-marketers” to eat. 

Numbers 32:10-13  "So the LORD’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,  ‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me,  except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.’  So the LORD’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone. 

Kids. the Bible says not to put our trust in men but in God. You can make anything chewable and swallowable but that don't mean it's food. Just because someone said it, don't make it so!

We have to decide once and for all if we will follow God or not! Gods idea of what food is, is 360 degrees different than what the Average American diet dictates food is.

Luke 1:17 “He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

God is preparing us in three areas to be a chosen people, a called out people, a Royal Priesthood. He's doing that in three areas of our lives. Because we are made in His image, He is Triune, that is, He has three distinct parts to His make up, He is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, we also are triune. We are body, mind, and spirit; those are the three areas of preparation.

God wants us to wholly follow Him in all three areas of our life. This Blog will focus on the Body.

If you don't have a healthy body you certainly cannot have a healthy mind or spirit. The Body must be able to sustain itself with ample energy to do all the rest of the stuff you need your mind and spirit for; study, prayer, and application.

God has given us guidelines for health in His word. Many want to write it off as just religious stuff God has changed His mind about. Does God change His mind? I think not. These guidelines were given to help us get and keep good health.

God's guidelines for food are found in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. These are the building blocks of health. Yeah, it's “Kosher.”

Read these chapters over and tomorrow I will begin to shed some light on their true significance.

Get ready Kids, God will begin to show us how to eat, lose weight and get healthy tomorrow. Get ready to cross over the river Jordan and possess the land!

Too old you say -

Psalms92:12-14

“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God.They shall still bear fruit in old age, They shall be fresh and flourishing”

Keeping it Clean

Lev 20:24  'But I have said to you,    "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey."  I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

So how are you feeling?  Full of vim and vigor?  Getting up in the morning raring to go?  Or is lethargy, body aches and pains and a depressed attitude the state of the union?

It's amazing how easily we can diagnose a poorly running car engine.  It generally has something to do with the three fuels required to run an engine properly.  Clean gas, clean air, and  sufficient electricity.  Exchange the word "food" for gas and you have the three things necessary to run our bodies appropriately.

I want to write this blog to share with you some of the things God has taught me (and is teaching me) about being healthy.

(For those of you who don't know, I broke my back and neck in three places 5 years ago.  Due to the medications the Doctors had me taking,  I had to have much of my stomach removed.

Complications from that surgery included Dumping Syndrome and extreme malnutrition.  To put it simply, I was starving to death and was given a prognosis of eminent death, if something was not done immediately.  I only weighed 120 lbs at that point.  I'm 6'2" and weighed 190 lbs prior to my accident.  My mom said I was nothing but skin and bones. From photos I have seen she was right.  One of these days, I will share before and after pics with you so you can see what man did and then what God did.

The first thing I had to come to grips with, if I was going to get my body up and running, was to know and understand that God designed me.  Let me say that again, God designed me!!  I know, this is contrary to science, technology, and the beliefs of most of our Doctors.  But it's true; man didn't emerge from some primordial goo and then spend the next however many millions of years the Doctors would like you to believe trying to figure out how to be healthy.  We have a Maker who tells us how to care for our bodies in His Book.  He made it easy.  We get in trouble when we blindly follow men who proclaim to have the answer.
He created our bodies to heal themselves.  If we will just obey Him in this, we will experience life and that more abundantly!!!  (see Isaiah 1:19)

God asked me this simple question,  "Who knows better how to heal you, your Maker or a man who thinks he knows, but if you asked that same man, he couldn't tell you what will happen tomorrow?"

Doctors, unless they can poison whats wrong with you, cut it out, or prescribe a pill with a list of side effects way more detrimental to you then the malady the pill was prescribed for cannot help you get healthy.  Very few medical Doctors are versed in Nutrition.  If you asked them, they would say something like, "Ah yes, nutrition, I believe I had a course on it in High School."

Guess what, after acknowledging God as my ultimate source for health and after following His very simple instructions,  I have been restored to my optimum weight of 180lbs and I am healthier than I have ever been before!!

How you say;  Well, I quit taking the prescription drugs and started eating the way God says to in His Book.  You know, the Bible.





God has promised to bring us into a land flowing with milk and honey.  I'll start there tomorrow and share with you how God has transformed my life.


There are two concepts,  what we think, and what we eat, that determine who we are.  It's really simple.
It takes learning the discipline of thinking twice.  A man said once,  "If you'll just think twice you will be the genius in your family!"


Much of what we are told about being healthy does not agree with what God says.  Much of what we buy, that is called food, is really just poison and the cause of most of our diseases.  Stress accounts for most of the rest.
You can have health too.  Just listen to what God is saying, and do it.  Just do it!!

So, if getting healthy, losing all that unnecessary body fat, and becoming the man or woman God called you to be is something your interested in, just check in here, I'll share with you what God is saying about it.

See you tomorrow,
Darryl