5. GO AHEAD, HAVE A LOCUSTOf them you may eat: the locust according to its kind." -- Leviticus 11:22
While the Bible strictly forbids eating shellfish, pork, rabbits, blood and certain birds of prey such as eagles and vultures, locusts (those bugs that are considered a "plague" in another part of the Good Book) are perfect for snack time or anytime.
Not just any bugs: You can't boil a beetle and think it's all good with the man upstairs. Leviticus strictly condemns anything that creeps, swarms or has four legs and wings as off limits (including beetles, mosquitoes and bees). Yet certain sources of crunchy protein, like locusts, crickets and grasshoppers, are just fine.
Why locusts? One anthropological theory suggests swarming locusts often devoured crops and caused famines, and as a result, the poorest Israelites had little to eat other than locusts. So, if the Bible didn't approve, its followers would starve.
Buggin' out: To get in touch with his biblical palate, Jacobs ordered up a box of locusts "oven roasted to perfection and then covered with the finest chocolate available, to create one truly unforgettable exotic snack." Jacobs admits opting for crunchy, candy locusts was wimping out: "I could only go so far with the 'Fear Factor' element."
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Saturday 23 February
By Luis A.Grau
I believe the experiment was worth while in order to place yourself in the shoes of poor people in Biblical times.Fortunately we do not have to eat locusts,but at leats we know they are edible.The Bible is very wise in all the advise it provides.I thank Jacob for the experiment.
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Tuesday 26 February
By kim spencer
Actually, in the new testament, Christ said that we could eat anything we wanted. Leviticus is old law and Jesus told us the new law regarding consumption of food.
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Tuesday 26 February
By danny taylor
i'm glad that my Lord released me from the curse of those laws.
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Tuesday 26 February
By lou
I hate to upset the apple cart. but the church is been teaching you lies for thousands of years. Jesus didnt tell you to do away with the law. he said in Matt 5:17-19 "do not think I came to abolish the law or the prophets, I came to fulfill (bring to life) i tell youu until heaven & earth pass away not one yod or tittle shall be removed from the law & the prophets. Anyone who teaches you to break the least of these commandmants will be considered least in the kingdom of heaven'" Folks, the early church has been lying to you for thousands of years to erase the hebraic heritage of messiah & his disciples. Jesus instructed you to look at "your intent" not just go thru the motions of obeying Gods instructions (hebrew word is Torah misinterpreted as law with negative connatations). In fact the commandment said "do not committ adultery" & Jesus said if you even look upon a women with lust, you've committed adultry. He made the Law tougher & deeper by adding that the intent to sin was a violation!!! So Pastors, Rev , priests you better start re-reading & studying & preach the truth (&it "ain't" easy.!!? The good news is that Jesus (real name is Yahoshua) made atonement (kippur-covering) for you by shedding his blood, therefore, becoming "your Passover Lamb" (yes & Passover is one of God's mandated (feast to observe forever) holidays, Easter (Ishtar) is a man made holiday derived by the Roman church & has deep roots in paganism (& this is what most of us have been observing for centuries) Even gentiles christians as Paul stated "are to be grafted intothe vine" (israel) well you cant be grafted in by following the traditions of a pagan culture or by blending them together to make a more palatable biblical soup.... even Jesus (y'shua) never said it was going to be easy... Also reread the vision of Peter & you'll be shocked to learn God was telling him it was ok to associate & eat with a gentile.. God wasn't referring to food at all... another church lie... but if you choose to eat scavangers like swine, lobster (look at what they eat, probably why we dont eat dog)... I really dont think youre condemned to hell.. God gave you instructions (Torah ) to follow, its our choice....
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Tuesday 04 March
By Rick Walker
This is a response to the comment made by Lou. When quoting the bible we must do our best to ensure the properly being interpreted. You quoted Matthew 5:17-19, and stated that Jesus arrival on earth did not change anything but expanded the difficullty of the law from actions to thought. This is not entirely true. First, if you look at that verse you will see that Jesus said i have come to FULFILL the law and the prophets (Matthew 5:17). With that said the entire law, and the law of the prophets was fulfilled by Jesus upon his death on the cross, hince him saying " It is finished" John 19:30. When he said that he was saying that everything he came to do had been Fulfilled including the law. Therefore upon its fulfillment the old covenant was done away with, along with its cermonial practices, and civil laws. This Fulfillment establish the new covenant, or the new Testament. We know we are not obiligated to live under the law anymore because in 2 Corinthians 3:6 we are called the minister of a new covenant, and as the Apostle Paul said we as minister of the new covenant are no longer obligated to preach the letter which kills (law), but the spirit which gives life (Christ fulfillment of the Law and beginning of the law of Grace). Further more we are also called administers of the ministry of Reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18. With that said, the ministry of reconciliation can not come from abiding by the Law, but is only administered by grace through Jesus Christ. As the Apostle Paul stated the law was only put in place to show us our sinful ways, Romans 2:23, in fact by trying to abide up under the law one dishonors God therefore, pushing him further from God, therefore no being by reconciled by God. Furthermore the laws other purpose was meant to point us towards Jesus Christ. Galatians 2:21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose, and also Galatians 3:19-26, Gal 3:19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
Gal 3:20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
Gal 3:21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Gal 3:22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Gal 3:23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.
Gal 3:24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
Gal 3:26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. There is much more to be said about this issue but unfortunately I do not have the time at the moment to continue on. I hope this has sufficed to show you the evidence that the law has been abolished (ceremonial, religious acts, civil) or rather Fulfilled in CHRIST, The son of the Living God, and Savior for all the world. Have a good evening.
Ps: If you wish to continue to dialogue please respond to my post.
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Thursday 28 February
By Michel Condon
In the New Testament it says that John the Baptist ate Locusts and Honey. The Pecan tree was were locust would shed their skin so some scholars beleive that locusts is refering to Pecans since it was called the locust tree. Virtually all the animals the Bible tells you not to eat are animals that clean up the environment and if you eat them you ingest all the poisons that these animals remove from the enviroment. Shell fish. swine,Catfish, Crustacians .etc. You also harm the environmient by havesting them because then the poisons are not removed from it.
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Thursday 28 February
By rscott stewart
Jesus did not come to destroy, but to fulfill the Law...for hisearthly ministry was to Israel under the Law. His mere presence did not negate it.
In fulfilling, however, he gave way for a greater covenant...to Israel, which is not yet given.
This Church, this Christian Church, is not under Old Testament Law, nor is it under the new covenant with Israel that will do away with Israel's Law...but as Paul writes, when a spouse is dead, the other is not under obligation...so it is with the Old Testament, for he who it was agreed unto was crucified.
Thus we are in what Scripture calls an "administration of grace," a time not revealed under Law, including the time of Christ's ministry.
The cat writing that the Church has lied needs to actually read what is written in those books...
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Friday 29 February
By Nelly Bazzier
I was reading "The Weirdest Laws in the Bible-Go ahead Have a Locust. From your comment I see that you have not been expose to wild-life. I was born in the country in a part of Central America in Costa Rica my father was a farmer and he use to bring home locust, there are insect that are called locust (pachytylus migratorios) also there is the bean from the carob tree that is called the locust-bean (robinia pseudacacia)it is a small pod more or less like olive green not too deep not too light the color when you open the pod it is powery inside and it has a sweetish flavor, so I believe that pod is what the Bible is refering to and not the insect. Thank You
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Friday 29 February
By devon
Interesting to see all the representatives from the whacked-out branch of christianity come out to goosestep in support of all the stupid, pointless laws of the old testament. Of course you kind of have to. It's the same set of stupid, pointless laws you use to justify your hatred of homosexuals. A set of laws, I'll point out, that were rendered invalid in the new testament by Jesus himself. You should really read the bible sometime instead of just repeating what nutjobs like Schafly, Hovind, or Robertson say. Then you can stop embarrassing the rest of the christian community.
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Sunday 09 March
By melinda davila
I agree with Lou, Christ fullfilled the law, He did not abolish it. Many would like to change it, If Christ came to change Gods Word He would not have been the son of God. We have an enemy who seeks to rob ,kill, and destroy us, He seeks to take the word and change it and cause confusion. The bible is very clear and quite to the point , those who say it contridicts itself usually havent read it in its intirety. On the issue of homosexuality , Its also very clear,as well as hatred, I dont hate homosexuals because they are Gods people, so are pediphils, adulterers, murderers, etc. I pray for them , These things are abominations. Read why the great flood came, Sodom and Gomorah, Jericho, Today we have AIDS, Either you believe it or you don't, I'm aware many pick and choose what they like and stand on it and others just say its all a lie , but this is my opinion and I have a right to it
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