The Meat Of The Word

[Quantrill]

I agree with the latter part of this post. I think our only point of contention is what plays the primary role: Our seeking Him, or Him simply granting it whenever He wills arbitrarily. I believe what James said applies here, "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." I think the Lord is always ready to grant wisdom to those who ask Him for it, but as James also said, those who ask for wisdom must pray for it in faith, without being double-minded about it.

Even when you seek Him, to know Him, to know Him through the Spirit and the revealed Word, to draw near to Him, the first part of my post was important.

Consider the Holy Spirit in you as the digestive agent. You seek God, through prayer, and the written Word. You are only going to be given that which you are ready for. The Holy Spirit takes all that you are taking in and He digests it into your spirit for growth and knowlege of God. Those two things always go together.

A deeper understanding of knowing God always coincides with learning more about Him in the written Word, and your experiences in this life.

And, not just acedemically. If you seek God to know Him, you pray and study His Word. God will raise the experiences that you encounter, tragedy and victory. He will raise the warfare you encounter to move forward on faith. I have heard believers pray to God that He make them all He wants them to be. I often wonder, do they know what they are asking?

Here is an experience I have had which may help to describe what I am saying. And I don't believe I am alone in this. Have you ever set under a Bible teacher who touches on something that immediately you say to yourself, 'yes', I know that is true, and I have always wanted to say it but didn't yet know how? Well, the time now came when the Holy Spirit led you to that truth to know as your maturity level was growing.

Quantrill

 

[ezrider]

How does this teaching relate to us today? I sometimes wonder if the modern church, especially in the West, receives much spiritual meat any more. There was once a time when what was going on with missions was a topic of regular discussion in churches. Not so much now. It seems like many churches nowadays don't give as much attention to the persecuted church anymore, and focus instead on teaching "the blessed life," even though James said the rich man is the one who endures trails and sufferings for the Lord (James 1:12).

I think several decades of prosperity teaching has had its effect upon our theology, and the mentality among many Christians now has switched back to the common (but mistaken) Old Testament mindset that the man who is "blessed" is the one who has things good in this life, rather than the one to come.

Interesting topic: milk, meat, but don't forget the bread!

I was raised on a dairy farm in western New York. I grew up drinking raw milk three square meals a day: for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In my senior year of high school I participated in a state wide school academics competition that was held in a Jewish resort in the Catskills. To my surprise at the time, there was no milk available for me to drink with my dinners. I was confused, but was informed it was a kosher thing.

Years later I came across an obscure commandment recorded in the law of Moses: You shall not seethe a kid in its mothers milk. You shall not seethe, to boil or cook, the meat of a young goat in its mothers milk. What kind of caution can or should we take from this commandment? If the spiritual meat of the word we are feeding on has been steeped in the milk of the word, then what does that meat profit?

The Apostle Peter made mention of the Apostle Paul, saying that Paul taught many deep hidden mysteries, which many wrestle with to their own destruction. If we are digesting the spiritual meat of the word along with its mothers milk, then can that meat make us sick without are knowledge, to our own destruction?

When we are ready for the meat of the word being the hidden mysteries revealed to us then it becomes meat that we feast on like a glutton as the Holy Spirit starts to reveal the deeper Spiritual meanings and we can not seem to get enough.

"feast on like a glutton." Jesus said that those who come to him would be filled, they would never hunger nor thirst, or in others words be content with Christ. But to feast like a glutton demonstrates an insatiable hunger and a lack of contentment, never seeming to get enough. Is it not fair to say that a glutton is one who gorges themselves on their own desires to their own detriment, even to their death?

Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart
by asking meat for their lust.

Psalms 78:29-31
So they did eat, and were well filled:
for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust.
But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them,
and slew the fattest of them,

I posted but only a few verses, but a wise man would go read the entirety of Psalms 78 for themselves. But what is milk? And what is meat? What do they profit you? You shall not steep your meat in its mothers milk, meat rather should be burned with the flame! But gluttony of meat surely leads to destruction. Jesus on the other hand, said those who come to me would neither hunger, and those who believed on him would never thirst; for Jesus is the bread of life.

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jesus also instructs us in the Lord's prayer..

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.

When we pray for our daily bread, then we should learn to be thankful for that daily bread, being content with the portion the Lord provides for us that day, then we shall never hunger. If we act as gluttons and take more than our portions, then Psalms 78 should show us how our lust for the spiritual meat might just destroy us.

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Bread and Water; Meat and Milk......


Exodus 23:19
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.


Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

What kind of mind be there in you? The mind of the prisoner or the mind of the prince? For a prince with his pride eats to satisfy his own lusts, dining daily on milk and meat together; But a prisoner in his humility is content to receive daily his bread and water!

 

[for_his_glory]

If we are digesting the spiritual meat of the word along with its mothers milk, then can that meat make us sick without are knowledge, to our own destruction?

You are misunderstanding what I am saying. When we first came to Christ we had very little knowledge, thus we were only on the milk of the word. Meaning, like a baby Christian who is not ready for solid food yet (the deeper mysteries) needs to grow (taking of the milk first) and be nourished by growing to maturity as they start to understand the deeper mysteries being the meat (Spiritual understanding) in the word of God.

"feast on like a glutton." Jesus said that those who come to him would be filled, they would never hunger nor thirst, or in others words be content with Christ. But to feast like a glutton demonstrates an insatiable hunger and a lack of contentment, never seeming to get enough. Is it not fair to say that a glutton is one who gorges themselves on their own desires to their own detriment, even to their death?

Maybe I could have used a better word than glutton like using the word devouring the word of God, but yet we could never exhaust all the teachings in the Bible. We should have an insatiable hunger to grow and learn the Spiritual truths as we study to show ourselves approved unto God, 2Timothy 2:14-16.

Since I retired I have more time to study everyday as I spend most of the day in here until hubby gets home from work as I find many good challenges from others as I dig deeper into the word everyday in order to study the full context of the various topics that are presented in here as I increase in knowledge everyday. Do I know everything, no, but that of what I do not know I study.

 

[jaybo]

Interesting topic: milk, meat, but don't forget the bread!

I was raised on a dairy farm in western New York. I grew up drinking raw milk three square meals a day: for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In my senior year of high school I participated in a state wide school academics competition that was held in a Jewish resort in the Catskills. To my surprise at the time, there was no milk available for me to drink with my dinners. I was confused, but was informed it was a kosher thing.

Years later I came across an obscure commandment recorded in the law of Moses: You shall not seethe a kid in its mothers milk. You shall not seethe, to boil or cook, the meat of a young goat in its mothers milk. What kind of caution can or should we take from this commandment? If the spiritual meat of the word we are feeding on has been steeped in the milk of the word, then what does that meat profit?

The Apostle Peter made mention of the Apostle Paul, saying that Paul taught many deep hidden mysteries, which many wrestle with to their own destruction. If we are digesting the spiritual meat of the word along with its mothers milk, then can that meat make us sick without are knowledge, to our own destruction?




"feast on like a glutton." Jesus said that those who come to him would be filled, they would never hunger nor thirst, or in others words be content with Christ. But to feast like a glutton demonstrates an insatiable hunger and a lack of contentment, never seeming to get enough. Is it not fair to say that a glutton is one who gorges themselves on their own desires to their own detriment, even to their death?

Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart
by asking meat for their lust.

Psalms 78:29-31
So they did eat, and were well filled:
for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust.
But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them,
and slew the fattest of them,

I posted but only a few verses, but a wise man would go read the entirety of Psalms 78 for themselves. But what is milk? And what is meat? What do they profit you? You shall not steep your meat in its mothers milk, meat rather should be burned with the flame! But gluttony of meat surely leads to destruction. Jesus on the other hand, said those who come to me would neither hunger, and those who believed on him would never thirst; for Jesus is the bread of life.

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jesus also instructs us in the Lord's prayer..

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.

When we pray for our daily bread, then we should learn to be thankful for that daily bread, being content with the portion the Lord provides for us that day, then we shall never hunger. If we act as gluttons and take more than our portions, then Psalms 78 should show us how our lust for the spiritual meat might just destroy us.

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Bread and Water; Meat and Milk......


Exodus 23:19
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.


Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

What kind of mind be there in you? The mind of the prisoner or the mind of the prince? For a prince with his pride eats to satisfy his own lusts, dining daily on milk and meat together; But a prisoner in his humility is content to receive daily his bread and water!

Fine, except for one glaring omission: when the angels came to visit Abraham, the father of our faith, he served them a young calf along with curds and milk . Genesis 18:7-8, "Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it. Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree." NET v 2.1

In other words, God sent messengers and they were fed meat and milk in the same meal, violating the man-made rules of kosher.

 

[for_his_glory]

ezrider and jaybo we are not talking about literal milk and meat, but only using it as an analogy.

 

[ezrider]

ezrider and jaybo we are not talking about literal milk and meat, but only using it as an analogy.

That's good to know, but I guess I'm confused; I thought my comment pretty clearly demonstrated its use in an analogy. Maybe you just missed it.

But enough of milk and meat, as Moses said, you shall not seethe a kid in his mothers milk. How about Beer and Brats? Served of course, with a little Bread!

 

[for_his_glory]

That's good to know, but I guess I'm confused; I thought my comment pretty clearly demonstrated its use in an analogy. Maybe you just missed it.

But enough of milk and meat, as Moses said, you shall not seethe a kid in his mothers milk. How about Beer and Brats? Served of course, with a little Bread!

Milk and meat=the bread, or in other words the word of God as in different levels of learning.

Those on milk, being a very young Christian only know a basic word of God until they mature into the meat of the word knowing that which was a mystery to them at first. All of us are on different levels of learning, but all of us only started out with a basic knowledge.

I really do not understand what "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk." has to do with this. Could you explain how this is an analogy to this topic?

 

[jaybo]

That's good to know, but I guess I'm confused; I thought my comment pretty clearly demonstrated its use in an analogy. Maybe you just missed it.

But enough of milk and meat, as Moses said, you shall not seethe a kid in his mothers milk. How about Beer and Brats? Served of course, with a little Bread!

Off topic, but when the angels visited Abraham he served them milk and meat. "Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree." Genesis 18:7-8, NIV

 

[ezrider]

Off topic, but when the angels visited Abraham he served them milk and meat. "Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree." Genesis 18:7-8, NIV

Maybe you are more concerned with literal milk and meat. Idk. But what does some obscure commandment found in the law of Moses have to do with Abraham? Far as I know, the book of Genesis and Abraham proceeded Moses by a few generations or so. So instead of continuing to point of that Abraham served milk and meat to angels (do you think they would have liked beer and brats?), why don't you offer a thought so as to expound on that obscure commandment found in the law of Moses? You shall not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. What is it supposed to mean? The Koser rituals are irrelevant.

 

[ezrider]

Milk and meat=the bread, or in other words the word of God as in different levels of learning.

Those on milk, being a very young Christian only know a basic word of God until they mature into the meat of the word knowing that which was a mystery to them at first. All of us are on different levels of learning, but all of us only started out with a basic knowledge.

I really do not understand what "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk." has to do with this. Could you explain how this is an analogy to this topic?

No, I am not going to take the time to explain it. What I wrote in post #62 is sufficient, you should start there. Concerning the reference to thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk, what question did I propose?

Milk and meat does not equal the bread. I used the bread in an analogy to contrast the gluttonous behavior of an insatiable lust for the meat and the possibility of meat making one sick. After all, milk can sour and meat can spoil; but that's not to say that bread can't spoil. As the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness they were fed both meat and manna. They were to gather their portion daily, then gather double their portion before the Sabbath because they were to do no work. Do you know what happened to the meal when they gathered more than their portion? What spiritual lessons might we take from the results of their lust?


What do you think the commandment thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk is supposed to mean? And spiritually, how do you think you might apply it to this topic?

 

[eddif]

1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; 8 but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. (Hebrews 6:1-8)

All of this sets the background for the teaching on the "milk and the meat" of the word in Chapter 5. Living out the gospel involves far more than just baptisms, or laying on of hands to receive anointings and outpourings (the "milk" of Christian teaching which is easy to digest). It must also involve teachings on enduring persecution and affliction in preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ok so I have to decide do I join this discussion where it is now, or where it was at the beginning. The foundations for this discussion forces me to the beginning posts.
Hebrews 6:1-3 IMHO is the Priesthood of the Old Testament. What really blows my mind away is the realization that the concept of eternity was so much a part of the law and prophets. I understand the physical aspects of the law in transfer of authority was Jewish, but Paul describes the Pharisees understanding the concept of the resurrection.

Acts 23:8 kjv
8. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.


Hidden In Him —-“All of this sets the background for the teaching on the "milk and the meat" of the word in Chapter 5. Living out the gospel involves far more than just baptisms, or laying on of hands to receive anointings and outpourings (the "milk" of Christian teaching”

IMHO Hebrews 6: 1-3. Is Jewish belief and not Christian Gospel teaching, and thus milk. We eat the body of Jesus and drink his blood which is meat.

Hebrews 6:4-5
Is the Gospel New Testament Christian who has Repented, received Jesus as lord, baptized in the Holy Spirit, received the quickening spirit (word become flesh, and then flesh of second Adam become quickening spirit of Revelation 3:20)

The Hebrews 6:1-3 is the Aaronic priesthood.

Hebrews 6: 3-4 is based on Jesus
Hebrews 6:20 kjv
20. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

My comments are not a many years long thing I have seen. I have a history of seeing almost the exact same thing about the first of Hebrews 6 being almost super spiritual. Then in the last years I have tried to look for the one new man ( combination of Jew and Gentile ).

If we see the oracles of God hidden in the law and prophets; then do we see the lack of the oracles of God in the Gentiles?
The Gentiles have to be super careful, or they can see us seeded by aliens ( for without the Jewish story of creation — how would they know?).

Gets to be a desire to see how:
The Jews adjust to the New Covenant Gospel?
The Gentiles understand the Jews have the advantage?

I hope my comments fit in with where this thread is now.

Mississippi redneck
eddif

 

[Edward]

Why did the Israelites harden their hearts and not enter in? Because they feared for their lives, knowing giants were in the land. And thus, the teaching here was simple: New Testament believers, if they would enter into the TRUE promised land which the holy land only typified, needed to believe God and NOT fear for their lives as the faithless Israelites did, but endure afflictions and persecution for His name's sake if necessary. God was angry with the cowardice and faithlessness exhibited by the Israelites who would not enter in, and therefore swore in His wrath that they never would, even after witnessing His power in manifestation.

This is meat right here. This is a better Steak than the one in the picture that's over-cooked!

 

[for_his_glory]

No, I am not going to take the time to explain it. What I wrote in post #62 is sufficient, you should start there. Concerning the reference to thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk, what question did I propose?

Milk and meat does not equal the bread. I used the bread in an analogy to contrast the gluttonous behavior of an insatiable lust for the meat and the possibility of meat making one sick. After all, milk can sour and meat can spoil; but that's not to say that bread can't spoil. As the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness they were fed both meat and manna. They were to gather their portion daily, then gather double their portion before the Sabbath because they were to do no work. Do you know what happened to the meal when they gathered more than their portion? What spiritual lessons might we take from the results of their lust?


What do you think the commandment thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk is supposed to mean? And spiritually, how do you think you might apply it to this topic?

You said: " If we are digesting the spiritual meat of the word along with its mothers milk, then can that meat make us sick without are knowledge, to our own destruction?

Then you give a law in Exodus 23:19 that deals with laws about the sabbath and festivals in vs. 10-19.

Apparently what you posted was not sufficient for my understanding as I asked you what this law of Moses in Exodus 23:19 had to do with the OP and you refuse to further explain it to me as I do not see this as an analogy. What does the dietary laws of Moses have to do with You are very confusing as you can not take the literal milk and meat parts in the law and force them to mean anything about the milk and meat of the word of God.

The bread, being the word of God, never goes bad. Literal milk and literal meat goes bad, but has nothing to do with the OP that I can see. This is why I asked you to explain this a little further, but that's ok as I will move on.

 

[for_his_glory]

But to feast like a glutton demonstrates an insatiable hunger and a lack of contentment, never seeming to get enough.

I don't know about you, but I do have an insatiable hunger for the knowledge that the word of God contains and no, I never do get enough of it. I do feast like a glutton that wants more knowledge, more understanding and more wisdom.

 

[for_his_glory]

Ok so I have to decide do I join this discussion where it is now, or where it was at the beginning. The foundations for this discussion forces me to the beginning posts.
Hebrews 6:1-3 IMHO is the Priesthood of the Old Testament. What really blows my mind away is the realization that the concept of eternity was so much a part of the law and prophets. I understand the physical aspects of the law in transfer of authority was Jewish, but Paul describes the Pharisees understanding the concept of the resurrection.

Acts 23:8 kjv
8. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.


Hidden In Him —-“All of this sets the background for the teaching on the "milk and the meat" of the word in Chapter 5. Living out the gospel involves far more than just baptisms, or laying on of hands to receive anointings and outpourings (the "milk" of Christian teaching”

IMHO Hebrews 6: 1-3. Is Jewish belief and not Christian Gospel teaching, and thus milk. We eat the body of Jesus and drink his blood which is meat.

Hebrews 6:4-5
Is the Gospel New Testament Christian who has Repented, received Jesus as lord, baptized in the Holy Spirit, received the quickening spirit (word become flesh, and then flesh of second Adam become quickening spirit of Revelation 3:20)

The Hebrews 6:1-3 is the Aaronic priesthood.

Hebrews 6: 3-4 is based on Jesus
Hebrews 6:20 kjv
20. Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

My comments are not a many years long thing I have seen. I have a history of seeing almost the exact same thing about the first of Hebrews 6 being almost super spiritual. Then in the last years I have tried to look for the one new man ( combination of Jew and Gentile ).

If we see the oracles of God hidden in the law and prophets; then do we see the lack of the oracles of God in the Gentiles?
The Gentiles have to be super careful, or they can see us seeded by aliens ( for without the Jewish story of creation — how would they know?).

Gets to be a desire to see how:
The Jews adjust to the New Covenant Gospel?
The Gentiles understand the Jews have the advantage?

I hope my comments fit in with where this thread is now.

Mississippi redneck
eddif

It's always best to stick with the OP and stay on that topic at hand while you read through all the replies instead of jumping into the middle trying to figure out what is being posted. Jumping in the middle can become confusing

 

[for_his_glory]

Maybe you are more concerned with literal milk and meat. Idk. But what does some obscure commandment found in the law of Moses have to do with Abraham? Far as I know, the book of Genesis and Abraham proceeded Moses by a few generations or so. So instead of continuing to point of that Abraham served milk and meat to angels (do you think they would have liked beer and brats?), why don't you offer a thought so as to expound on that obscure commandment found in the law of Moses? You shall not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. What is it supposed to mean? The Koser rituals are irrelevant.

I would not be to quick to put down jaybo in his post # 68 since you are trying to use the laws about the Sabbath and Festivals in your post #62 by using Exodus 23:19 that has nothing to do with this topic.

 

[eddif]

I think several decades of prosperity teaching has had its effect upon our theology, and the mentality among many Christians now has switched back to the common (but mistaken) Old Testament mindset that the man who is "blessed" is the one who has things good in this life, rather than the one to come.

Now I do not think I really practice the true prosperity Gospel, or if I sort of do; (I fall short of the full prosperity gospel).

I would be interested to have you present;
Abraham’s concept of prosperity.
King David’s concept of prosperity.
The new testament view of prosperity, ( for widows, preachers, others).
Matthew 5-7 view of prosperity.
The prosper and be in health scripture.

Actually I would be a little chicken to start the conversation
( because of our western concept you mentioned). Persecution may be immediate and severe.

Mississippi redneck
eddif

 

[JLB]

Now I do not think I really practice the true prosperity Gospel, or if I sort of do; (I fall short of the full prosperity gospel).

I would be interested to have you present;
Abraham’s concept of prosperity.
King David’s concept of prosperity.
The new testament view of prosperity, ( for widows, preachers, others).
Matthew 5-7 view of prosperity.
The prosper and be in health scripture.

Actually I would be a little chicken to start the conversation
( because of our western concept you mentioned). Persecution may be immediate and severe.

Mississippi redneck
eddif

Please share what is on your heart about prosperity.


God certainly prospers the faithful.




JLB

 

[for_his_glory]

Now I do not think I really practice the true prosperity Gospel, or if I sort of do; (I fall short of the full prosperity gospel).

I would be interested to have you present;
Abraham’s concept of prosperity.
King David’s concept of prosperity.
The new testament view of prosperity, ( for widows, preachers, others).
Matthew 5-7 view of prosperity.
The prosper and be in health scripture.

Actually I would be a little chicken to start the conversation
( because of our western concept you mentioned). Persecution may be immediate and severe.

Mississippi redneck
eddif

We can prosper in so much in our lifetime through our obedience to God's commands as He wants to bless us in all things necessary for our life as long as we put Him first above all things.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 is the meat that brings wisdom and understanding to what God wants to prosper us in and how to receive His blessings in our life.

 

[ezrider]

You said: " If we are digesting the spiritual meat of the word along with its mothers milk, then can that meat make us sick without are knowledge, to our own destruction?

Then you give a law in Exodus 23:19 that deals with laws about the sabbath and festivals in vs. 10-19.

Apparently what you posted was not sufficient for my understanding as I asked you what this law of Moses in Exodus 23:19 had to do with the OP and you refuse to further explain it to me as I do not see this as an analogy. What does the dietary laws of Moses have to do with You are very confusing as you can not take the literal milk and meat parts in the law and force them to mean anything about the milk and meat of the word of God.

The bread, being the word of God, never goes bad. Literal milk and literal meat goes bad, but has nothing to do with the OP that I can see. This is why I asked you to explain this a little further, but that's ok as I will move on.

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

You say you seek after knowledge and wisdom, yet take no thought as to how some dietary law as you call it could possibly lend any wisdom to the consumption of spiritual meat and milk. You tossed aside the notion considering the souring of milk or the or the spoiling of meat as literal things that have nothing to do with the OP, instead of considering how these literal examples might just yield some wisdom of a spiritual application. Jesus ofter taught in parables, or in other words analogies, using examples of the literal in order to teach a spiritual application.

So if the OP is about the meat of the word as opposed to the milk of the word, then wouldn't it make sense that maybe a dietary law or whatever it is about not cooking meat in his mother milk might lend to any wisdom. So I asked a question, for you or anyone else, to simply ponder: can eating the meat cooked in the milk make us sick without our knowledge?

What is the milk? Is it not the principles of Christ as described in Hebrews 6:1-2?
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

There are millions of people who have left the church because they heard the same message of repentance and salvation from eternal judgement served to them one week after the next, only being fed the milk. Don't you think that maybe the milk has soured just a bit for them?

What is the meat of the word? Oh the hidden mysteries! I know there are some here who are familiar with the teachings of the late Arnold Murray and the Shepherd's Chapel. He taught the doctrine and the mysteries of the 3 world ages, he taught the doctrine of the Kenites and the Serpent Seed. When it comes to the serpent seed doctrine, that is a tough piece of meat to swallow. Would you characterize the Serpent Seed doctrine as a healthy meat for one to digest? Or might you think it to be a piece of rotten meat, spoiled to the core? Others might just think of it as a false doctrine.

But there is one thing interesting when considering doctrines such as the 3 world ages or the Serpent Seed; they are both tough pieces of meat that are hard to swallow, built upon the ideas of eternal judgement, the need and a plan for salvation and redemption. Those who might believe these doctrines would tell you that they are hidden mysteries, the real meat of the word, but they are doctrines heavily steeped in the milk in order to soften the meat for consumption.

From my first post where I propositioned the question for those who might seek after wisdom:

Years later I came across an obscure commandment recorded in the law of Moses: You shall not seethe a kid in its mothers milk. You shall not seethe, to boil or cook, the meat of a young goat in its mothers milk. What kind of caution can or should we take from this commandment? If the spiritual meat of the word we are feeding on has been steeped in the milk of the word, then what does that meat profit?

What kind of caution CAN or SHOULD we take from this particular commandment or dietary law? Some may think there is no wisdom to be found considering this law, but I think there is wisdom to be found in any of the word God. How many people have left the church because the milk has soured for them? How many have stayed because they adhere to some false doctrine of spoiled meat? How many of the false doctrines of men are pieces of meat from the scripture that have been cooked with the milk to serve?