I also wonder if Daniel had this Proverb on his mind…“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.”
I think unquestionably the same kind of logic is in play with this proverb. Eating the same food together builds us up as one body, symbolically. But we should not be hasty to become one with foreign kings. We might find it hard to turn back later.
I really like this a lot! Was just reading Genesis 9 today and have been exploring the world also of Christian Carnivore and those communities. To some degree one might say that the wisdom that is found in the Carnivore community regarding the healing properties of eating meat is a barrier in and of itself. Once people have attained the wisdom of the carnivore diet they have then earned the right to eat meat and in the Christian context they are truly living out their reign as priests of God and seeing the good fruit of it (healing their bodies and strengthening their minds).
This exegesis on Daniel directly addresses some of the thoughts and concerns Christian Carnivores have on the fact that Daniel and co ate vegetarian and "grew stronger" than the king's men, etc., and therefore that might mean something for us today in terms of the proper diet.
I also wonder if Daniel had this Proverb on his mind…“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.”
Proverbs 23:1-3 NKJV
I think unquestionably the same kind of logic is in play with this proverb. Eating the same food together builds us up as one body, symbolically. But we should not be hasty to become one with foreign kings. We might find it hard to turn back later.
I really like this a lot! Was just reading Genesis 9 today and have been exploring the world also of Christian Carnivore and those communities. To some degree one might say that the wisdom that is found in the Carnivore community regarding the healing properties of eating meat is a barrier in and of itself. Once people have attained the wisdom of the carnivore diet they have then earned the right to eat meat and in the Christian context they are truly living out their reign as priests of God and seeing the good fruit of it (healing their bodies and strengthening their minds).
This exegesis on Daniel directly addresses some of the thoughts and concerns Christian Carnivores have on the fact that Daniel and co ate vegetarian and "grew stronger" than the king's men, etc., and therefore that might mean something for us today in terms of the proper diet.