Rumination #27: Eating is always an act of worship - worshipping the Almighty, or worshipping yourself.

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Ruminations from PaRDeS

Shlomoh Ben David

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A podcast with a focus on PaRDeS. Each week I will read from and comment on the well known commentators such as, Rashi, Ramban, Ohr Chaim and others, as well as more recent Torah commentaries like Shney Luchot HaBrit. Episodes will consist of readings from the TaNaKh, BeShorah/Gospels, and the Apostolic Writings. Connecting the words of Yeshua and his talmidim/disciples to the Torah to gain a proper understanding.

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Rumination #27: Eating is always an act of worship - worshipping the Almighty, or worshipping yourself.

Ruminations from PaRDeS

50 minutes 36 seconds

2 years ago

Rumination #27: Eating is always an act of worship - worshipping the Almighty, or worshipping yourself.

The "faith community" is not immune to the fads of the world at large. At times, the health food mindset finds a comfortable place at the table of a teacher or a ministry. Often times it is focused on fear of some ingredients, or some processes. What is surprising to me is not that some find proper eating important - what is surprising is that rarely does it go beyond the latest societal trends. How often do these teachers reach back into the "Old Testament" for their inspiration? If they do, it is for "health reasons" - not because they read the words of the Living G-d as life-giving.

Our eating should not be motivated by desire or fear. It should be an act of worship of the Creator. Whether you are a fad-dieter, fast-food eater, or a careful eater… one thing is true: if you do not eat for the Creator, you eat for yourself. The Bible teaches that thankful and joyful eating is an act of worship. It is worship of the Creator. It is taking the daily, the common - and bringing holiness to it. If it isn't food (Leviticus 11), don't eat it. If it is food, eat it with thanksgiving - thus making it a worship experience of the Almighty.

It is too bad that so many who love to quote 1Corinthians 3:16 don't relate it to Leviticus 11.

Do you not know that you are the temple of G-d and that the Spirit of G-d dwells in you?
1Corinthians 3:16

For I am HaShem your G-d. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. For I am HaShem who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your G-d. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 'This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.'"
Leviticus 11:44-47

Don't you think it is odd that some people that warn us against eating chicken with hormones don't bother to warn us to eat things according to the Creator's instructions? Ever wonder why?