Clean

 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”

Acts 10:15 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/act.10.15.ESV

Peter had been taken in by the Judaisers, the false teachers who made out that Gentiles had to become Jews to be proper Christians. In a vision however, God made clear he'd been deceived. Jesus destroyed the barrier between Jews and Gentiles.

The vision was of non kosher food. Yet God told Peter to tuck in! In Jesus, there is no longer any unclean food.

Of course, we should eat healthily. Yet we don't necessarily need some special kind of diet. God has given us all good things to enjoy.

The non kosher food Peter saw was a metaphor for Gentiles. If Gentiles like Cornelius the centurion come to faith in Jesus, they aren't to be rejected. Instead, they should be welcomed with open arms.

'Heavenly Father, forgive us for the barriers we construct between peoples. May we accept everyone in Christ, in His name we pray, amen'

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