“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:19).
Hey Gang: I received
a letter from Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, you know the author who share his
revelations of the Harbinger and the Mystery of the Shemitah on TV and with us. I believe Rabbi Cahn is a prophet in this
day of growing darkness and woe.
Several months ago I shared a morning message that I titled
the “Subtle Fulfillments of Prophecies That We Tend to Overlook ; I believe the
focus of the Rabbi’s letter is one of those subtle fulfilments of a prophecy
that tends to sneak into our lives without sending up red flares.
Let me share some of his comments and see it you have
experienced one of those subtle fulfillments in your life. I confess it made me do some soul
searching. He immediately identified a
subtle problem by stating: “I grew up in a Kosher Home!” But then tacked on “Well, not purely Kosher. A Jewish Mama would rather take ten lashes
then to sit something that is not Kosher before her family.”
So what did Jonathon mean by “well not purely kosher?” He said his mother would never cook ham, and
never have anything to do with pork, which is forbidden in the Jewish
diet. But, to Jonathon’s mom, and many
other Jewish mom’s, bacon was not considered pork!! Bacon was not like ham or pork steaks, it was
hard and crispy.
“When bacon was slipped into the morning menu there was
always a feeling of guilt, with each bite of bacon that entered our mouths.” He said one did not have to be a rocket
scientist to know when bacon was filling the house with its very special aroma,
you could feel it in the atmosphere of the house.
“It wasn’t a big quilt trip, just a little bit that no
one talked about. It was that we
were participating in something that was a “LITTLE BIT ILLEGAL”. “Strange as it may seem many, if not most,
strict kosher families slip bacon from under the table but they do not call it
bacon and it is one of those things that if we don’t talk about it, it does not
exist!”
Now Jonathon’s point is it is not about bacon or the law or
whether you keep a kosher home or not.
The point is the bacon principle. God gave us His word. His word is clear. He tells us certain things are taboo and
should be not, under any circumstance, be included in our morning menu. Why? Because we open the door to other subtle
transgressions to enter our life. We
convince ourselves that it is not exactly
wrong and, after all, is that not what the cross is all about – to forgive
us of our transgressions, even the porky one?
We convince ourselves that it’s not so wrong. It’s not clearly
wrong. It’s not exactly wrong. I mean it is only bacon, right? And
there are no references in the Bible that tell us bacon is pork.
Do you get the point Rabbi Cahn is trying to warn us
against? The indulgence is not really
lust. Drinking is not really drunkenness. Anger is not really
bitterness. Vanity is not really
pride. The talk is not really gossip. All we are really doing is rationalizing a
behavior that God said is an entry drug to deeper sin- if you allow it to
remain in you.
Jonathon’s bottom line: “If you want the joy and fullness of
God’s blessings and power, then you have to do it His way! Doing it His way means you are going to live
your life under His standards! In other words, it is being totally committed to
the principle that “Bacon is Pork”.
Blessings,
Gramps
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