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King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem. It was the Lord that Gave the nation of Judah into the hands of
Nebuchadnezzar deliberately to punish the Judahites for the sins of
straying from the laws of Yahweh. The Northern House of Israel was
taken into Assyrian captivity about 120 years earlier for the exact
same reason. It's kind of important to keep in mind that it was the
Lord that turned them over to Babel (Babylon) to punish the Southern
house of Judah. It wasn't that Nebuchadnezzar was so strong, but rather it was that the Judahites that were weak in their faith. In this first chapter of Daniel the word "Lord" or God is
mentioned 3 times to show that the Lord was in complete control of this
invasion (V.2 ,9, 17), just as he is in charge of everything both evil
and good then, now, and in the future Ezekiel 38:4.
There was more than just the the tribe
of Judah that succumb to Babel. This captivity of Judah included the tribe
of Benjamin and some members of the tribe of Levy. It can be argued
that it was probable that there were members from the tribe of Simeon
also. So for this reason, they are referred to as Israelites in verse 3 instead of Judahites.
Nebuchadnezzar appointed his high
Chamberlain Ashpenaz to select the best of the Israelite
captives and to train them in a 3 year program to become leaders in Babel
by teaching them the sciences, affairs of the state, and the Chaldean
language of Kasdim. This training for these captives included feeding Daniel
and his friends the kings meat and wine. Although the Bible does not
say exactly what kind of meat they were given the Bible does say that
it was unclean. One can only use their imagination in what capacity it was unclean. My guess is that it probably pig flesh that
was raised by feeding swine the entrails of their captured
enemies.
Daniel and his friends who are commonly
know by their Babylonian names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
worked out a deal with the Chamberlain Ashpenaz to not defile
themselves with the kings meat as they wanted to observe the dietary
laws of the father by eating pulse for 10 days; V.12 to demonstrate
that the food was unhealthy. Pulse of course means plants or seed.
This passage shows us that there are foods that are fit to eat while
at the same time there are foods that are not fit to eat. At the end of the ten days Daniel and his friends were healthier than the others that ate the kings food.
There are some that claim that the laws
of Yahweh have been done away with and the laws are null and void to
include the food laws. The only laws that have changed since the
Messiah came are the animal sacrifical laws. Before the Messiah came,
for the Israelites to beforgiven their sins, they would sacrafice an
animal by put their hands on the animal when it was being sacrificed. This
transferred their sins to the sacrificial animal. Yashua Messiah was our innocent
lamb that lived a perfect life and took sins upon himself in our
stead. This is why we do not have to sacrifice animals today. All
other laws are still in effect!
I whole heartedly blame the modern Baal
preachers that preach that the laws of God have been done away and pervert the teachings of the Bible, when the Messiah tells us directly
that he had not come to change the law but to fulfill the law; Matt 5:17. The dietary food laws are still in effect!
Modern day Baal preachers will
answer for their errors and unwillingness to teach the word of the
lord properly; Matt 7:21-23. These lies
will destroy Israel Hosea 4:6 and
Isaiah 5:20. The Bible teaches in Amos 8 that in the end days there will be a famine of hearing the
word of God as written in the Bible, and I believe we are there now.
This is my personal caveat: I encourage
all to not take anyones word including mine for anything. If there is
only one thing at all I would like for people to get from this blog is that
they need to search the Bible just like the Boreans of Acts 17:11 did
to find out what Biblical truth really is. Only you are responsible for
your salvation in Yashua and will answer for what you do or don't do.
You do not fall under the umbrella of your ministers or your priests
teachings. If you are truly called of God (John 6:44), and you are
not a secret christian, then when you
try to find his will for your life then you need to not only read the
Bible, but to study the Bible, line upon line and precept upon precept; Isaiah 28:10. Patience is key for understanding the Lords word,
because he does not reveal everything at once because we wouldn't
understand at one time John 16:12.
Praise the Lord for his word and his
knowledge that he reveals to his saints!
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