Rejecting Meat Sacrificed to Idols

Appointed Emissaries of יהושע Messiah Instructed Followers of יהוה from the Nations Not to Eat Meat Sacrificed to Idols

‘Who has made this known from of old. “Therefore I judge that we should not trouble those from among the nations who are turning to Elohim, but that we write to them to abstain from the defilements of idols, and from whoring, and from what is strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Mosheh has, in every city, those proclaiming him – being read in the congregations every Sabbath.’

Ma`asei (Acts) 15:18-21

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.15.18-21

‘it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnaḇa and Sha’ul, men who have given up their lives for the Name of our Master יהושע Messiah. We have therefore sent Yehuḏah and Silas, who are also confirming this by word of mouth. For it seemed good to the Set-apart Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessities: that you abstain from what is offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and whoring. If you keep yourselves from these, you shall do well. Be strong!’

Ma`asei (Acts) 15:25-29

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.15.25-29

‘“So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow. Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah. “But concerning the nations who believe, we have written and decided that they should keep themselves from what is offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and whoring.” Then Sha’ul took the men on the next day, and having been cleansed with them, went into the Set-apart Place to announce the completion of the days of separation – until the offering should be presented for each one of them.’

Ma`asei (Acts) 21:23-26

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.21.23-26

In Book of Revelation, יהושע Messiah Admonished Two of the Called Out Assemblies for Failing to Obey Instructions Not to Eat Meat Sacrificed to Idols

‘“And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write, ‘He who has the sharp two-edged sword, says this: “I know your works, and where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold fast to My Name, and did not deny the belief in Me, even in the days in which Antipas was My trustworthy witness, who was killed near you, where Satan dwells. “But I hold a few matters against you, because you have there those who adhere to the teaching of Bil‛am, who taught Balaq to put a stumbling-block before the children of Yisra’ĕl, to eat food offered to idols, and to commit whoring.’

Ḥazon (Revelation) 2:12-14

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/REV.2.12-14

‘“And to the messenger of the assembly in Thyatira write, ‘This says the Son of Elohim, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished brass: “I know your works, and love, and service, and belief, and your endurance. And as for your works, the last are more than the first. “But I hold against you that you allow that woman Izeḇel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and lead My servants astray to commit whoring and to eat food offered to idols. “And I gave her time to repent of her whoring, and she did not repent.’

Ḥazon (Revelation) 2:18-21

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/REV.2.18-21

Sha’ul Taught His Followers to Eat Meat Sacrificed to Idols, Contradicting the Instructions He Received from יהושע Messiah’s Appointed Emissaries, While He Omitted Being Given Any Such Instructions When He Recounted His Encounter With Them

‘One indeed judges one day above another, another judges every day alike . Let each one be completely persuaded in his own mind. He who minds the day, minds it to יהוה. And he who does not mind the day, to יהוה he does not mind it. He who eats, eats to יהוה, for he gives Elohim thanks. And he who does not eat, to יהוה he does not eat, and gives Elohim thanks.’

Romiyim (Romans) 14:5-6

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ROM.14.5-6

‘I know and am persuaded in the Master יהושע that none at all is common of itself. But to him who regards whatever to be common, to him it is common. And if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your food ruin the one for whom Messiah died. Do not then allow your good to be spoken of as evil. For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit. For he who is serving Messiah in these matters is well-pleasing to Elohim and approved by men.’

Romiyim (Romans) 14:14-18

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ROM.14.14-18

‘Do not destroy the work of Elohim for the sake of food. All indeed are clean, but evil to that man who eats so as to cause stumbling.’

Romiyim (Romans) 14:20

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ROM.14.20

‘So when Ya‛aqoḇ, Kĕpha, and Yoḥanan, who seemed to be supports, came to know the favour that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnaḇa the right hand of fellowship, in order that we go to the nations and they to the circumcised, only that we might remember the poor, which I myself was eager to do.’

Galatiyim (Galatians) 2:9-10

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/GAL.2.9-10

‘However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being aware of the idol, until now eat it as having been offered to an idol, so their conscience, being weak, is defiled. But food does not commend us to Elohim, for we are none the better if we eat, nor any worse for not eating. But look to it, lest somehow this right of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s place, shall not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat food offered to idols? So this weak brother, for whom Messiah died, shall perish through your knowledge! Now sinning in this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Messiah.’

Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 8:7-12

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1CO.8.7-12

‘You eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions because of conscience, for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.” And if any of the unbelievers invite you, and you wish to go, you eat whatever is set before you, asking no question on account of the conscience. And if anyone says to you, “This was slaughtered to idols,” do not eat it because of the one pointing it out to you, and on account of the conscience, for “The earth belongs to יהוה, and all that fills it.” Now I say conscience, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for what I give thanks? Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the esteem of Elohim.’

Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 10:25-31

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1CO.10.25-31

‘Because every creature of Elohim is good, and none is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is set apart by the Word of Elohim and prayer.’

Timotiyos Aleph (1 Timothy) 4:4-5

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1TI.4.4-5

‘Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths – which are a shadow of what is to come – but the Body of the Messiah.’

Qolasim (Colossians) 2:16-17

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/COL.2.16-17

Recall that יהושע Messiah’s Disciples Questioned the Teachings of Sha’ul as Being Against the Laws of יהוה, While the Appointed Emissaries Instructed Him to Prove that He Faithfully Kept Them by Way of Ritual Purification Through Taking the Nazarene Vow of Torah Observance at the Temple (Which Sha’ul Did), Then Directing Him To Teach the Nations Not to Consume Blood, Nor Anything Strangled, Nor Food Sacrificed to Idols

‘And having arrived at Yerushalayim, Sha’ul tried to join the taught ones, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a taught one.’

Ma`asei (Acts) 9:26

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.9.26

‘And Sha’ul, intending to go in among the mob, the taught ones did not allow him.’

Ma`asei (Acts) 19:30

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.19.30

‘And when we had arrived in Yerushalayim, the brothers received us gladly. And on the following day Sha’ul went in with us to Ya‛aqoḇ, and all the elders came. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the nations through his service. And when they heard it, they praised the Master. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yehuḏim there are who have believed, and all are ardent for the Torah, “But they have been informed about you that you teach all the Yehuḏim who are among the nations to forsake Mosheh, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices. “What then is it? They shall certainly hear that you have come. “So do this, what we say to you: We have four men who have taken a vow. Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah. “But concerning the nations who believe, we have written and decided that they should keep themselves from what is offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and whoring.” Then Sha’ul took the men on the next day, and having been cleansed with them, went into the Set-apart Place to announce the completion of the days of separation – until the offering should be presented for each one of them. And when the seven days were almost ended, the Yehuḏim from Asia, seeing him in the Set-apart Place, were stirring up all the crowd, and they laid hands on him, crying out, “Men of Yisra’ĕl, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people, and the Torah, and this place. And besides, he also brought Greeks into the Set-apart Place and has profaned this Set-apart Place.”’

Ma`asei (Acts) 21:17-28

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.21.17-28

‘Little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us.’

Yoḥanan Aleph (1 John) 2:18-19

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1JN.2.18-19

Torah Instructs Followers of יהוה Not to Eat Anything He Designated Unclean

‘‘This is the Torah of the beasts and the birds and every living being – the creeping creature in the waters, and of every being that swarms on the earth, to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not eaten.’ ”’

Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 11:46-47

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LEV.11.46-47