Life in Forbidden Meat
In the previous article entitled Forbidden Meat in Book of Genesis , a question was asked whether not not the word "life" stated in Genesis 9:4 refers only to "human" life to the exclusion of "animal" life. For reference, the verse is restated, to wit; 4The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it. I forbid this because the life is in the blood.( Genesis 9:4, TEV ) Life is presently understood to include animal life. Due to this orientation, most believers consider the forbidden "meat with blood still in it" as referring only to "any" animal meat and worst, even to the exclusion of human meat. What is being mentioned in Genesis 9:4 ? But first, let us discuss the materiality of word "life" to the verse. Isn't logical that if ever you have determined life in the verse to refer only to human, then the meat and blood being mentioned in the same verse would likewise refer only to human?...