like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. 6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. 7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
strange visual. Doesn't really make sense to me.
I found this on Wikipedia....of all places
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%27s_vision_of_a_sheet_with_animals
This does make sense. What God was telling Peter was more about the separation of nations, than it was about the eating of the meat. God was telling Peter that all nations needed to hear the message, and it shouldn't be kept solely to the Jewish nation.
Wouldn't it have been easier to just say that? haha
tp
ha--thanks wikipedia, i think that all the time. why not say it straight out?
ReplyDelete17 So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”
He does make it clear, Jesus is for everyone. no decoder ring required.
knut