XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: none@none.non   
      
   On Oct 3, 2025, James wrote   
   (Message-ID:<0j10ekl7s1cu6k0h3hu1rg8ojmgge4ndmb@4ax.com>):   
      
   > blood: What a Bible doctor wrote.   
   >   
   > Notice what was said to Noah:   
   >   
   > -- New King James   
   > Genesis 9:4 "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its   
   > blood.   
   >   
   > Yes, before the Mosaic Laws came, God forbad Noah and his family to   
   > eat (drink) blood. That is how precious it is to God.   
      
   You said that the soul was life. And further stated that it returned to God.   
   Now you claim that blood is life. Does it return to God? What gives.   
      
   Also, you did not note that there was a covenant of God to Noah and all of   
   his descendants, as well as every creature that came out of the Ark.   
      
   Gen 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,   
      
   Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed   
   after you;   
      
   Gen 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the   
   cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the   
   ark, to every beast of the earth.   
      
   Gen 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh   
   be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be   
   a flood to destroy the earth.   
      
   Gen 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between   
   me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual   
   generations:   
      
   Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a   
   covenant between me and the earth.   
      
   Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that   
   the bow shall be seen in the cloud:   
      
   Gen 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and   
   every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a   
   flood to destroy all flesh.   
      
   Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I   
   may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature   
   of all flesh that is upon the earth.   
      
   Do you know His Covenant was of himself? A promise of his to all creatures   
   that is independent of the actions of men?   
      
   Did you note the sensitivity of God towards the humankind? Because in His   
   Image created he man. V6   
   This is one of the reasons that Satan treats mankind the way he does, because   
   when he sees Man he sees the image of God.   
      
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   > Next notice the Mosaic Laws:   
   >   
   > -- New King James   
   > Leviticus 3:17 `This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your   
   > generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor   
   > blood.' ''   
      
   Then this means that prime rib is out for you. Also all hamburger since it is   
   certified and sold with varying percentages of Fat. No bacon. No sausages of   
   any kind, even fried chicken and all meats that are finger licking good, and   
   ducks would be out for they are very fatty. Is it means skinless, breast meat   
   devoid of Fat for you. No liver of any type. Guess you all are caught between   
   a rock and a hard place.   
   >   
   >   
   > So the eating of blood was reinserted into the Law Covenant.   
   >   
   > But Christians are not under the Law Covenant. They were done away   
   > with by Jesus' death.   
      
   Then why bring it up? Yet the Noahide Covenant still stands.   
   >   
   >   
   > -- New King James   
   > Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to   
   > everyone who believes.   
      
   That excludes everyone that does not believe that Jesus is God.   
   >   
   >   
   > -- New King James   
   > Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that   
   > was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of   
   > the way, having nailed it to the cross.(stauros- an upright stake)   
      
   There can be no crucifixion without a Cross.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > So now we are past those Mosaic Laws and now are into Christianity. Is   
   > it there also? YES. Christians can't drink blood either. But there is   
   > more. The way Luke, the doctor, worded it, engulfs a lot more. Here is   
   > the Scripture:   
      
   What Doctor? I never said that. Luke is not a bible doctor. He is one of the   
   doctors mentioned in scripture.   
   >   
   >   
   > -- New King James   
   > Acts 15:20 "but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted   
   > by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from   
   > blood.   
      
   James the brother of Jesus spoke those words, and Luke recorded them.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > Notice here he didn't say 'eat' blood, but to "ABSTAIN" from blood.   
   > Strong's Concordace defines what "abstain" found in translations as:   
   >   
   > "Strong's Ref. # 567   
   >   
   > Romanized apechomai   
      
   Where do you get that from. The spelling is a transliteration. Using the   
   Roman alphabet with the English.   
   >   
   > Pronounced ap-ekh'-om-ahee   
      
   If it were a latin word spelling then it should be pronounced in Latin.   
   It uses a Roman alphabet. The Latin alphabet has only 23 letters, as opposed   
   to the English alphabet which has 26. The letters “missing” in the Latin   
   alphabet are j, w, and capital U/small v (see below, under Sounds of   
   Semivowels). English r. s never has the z sound it sometimes has in English.   
      
   >   
   > middle voice (reflexively) of GSN0568; to hold oneself off, i.e.   
   > refrain:   
      
   No matter what the voice it is not truly definitive because the Strong   
   concordance is not a lexicon.   
   >   
   >   
   > KJV--abstain."   
   >   
   > Thus, besides drinking blood, Christians are to "refrain" from blood,   
   > such as getting a blood transfusion, etc.   
      
   “But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not   
   eat.” (Gen 9:4)   
      
   If you eat a nice juicy rare steak or hamburger and there is red juice on the   
   plate, you just proved that you willingly broke the covenant. And what about   
   the blood of the turnip, or other veggies? Or the blood that often collects   
   in chicken drumsticks of thighs?   
      
   Also, you emphasized the word refrain when it comes to eating as if to say it   
   is ok to eat it. If so, then a transfusion would also be subject to the same   
   terms. And what about a transfusion using your own blood that was saved, and   
   or the use of a dialysis machine which only uses your blood.   
      
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   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)