Ben Zartman
Puritan Board Junior
Recently I had an "all that is set before you eat" moment when an abominable sort of blood sausage locally known as "morcilla" was set before me. Happily, the plate was heaped with sufficient other foods that there was no expectation of me finishing all of it, and the mostly uneaten morcilla was hidden among the other debris.
Later, mentioning it to someone, she asked in shock--"you mean to say that Christians eat blood sausage?" It took a minute, but then I recalled that just before making a covenant with Noah and all the creatures that came out of the ark, that He would never flood the whole earth again, God prohibited eating the blood with the flesh.
The question is: is the blood prohibition still in force? Were these terms spoken before He said "And I, behold, I establish my covenant...." part of that covenant? Obviously the Noahic covenant is still going--I keep seeing rainbows all over the place, reminding me of the promise, but is it lawful, especially in light of Paul's discourse on meats (all that is sold in the shambles...) to eat blood sausage? I would dearly love an excuse to NOT eat it when it's set before me, because it looks bad and tastes worse, but I would not for the world lay a prohibition on a brother's conscience that God has not first made.
Later, mentioning it to someone, she asked in shock--"you mean to say that Christians eat blood sausage?" It took a minute, but then I recalled that just before making a covenant with Noah and all the creatures that came out of the ark, that He would never flood the whole earth again, God prohibited eating the blood with the flesh.
The question is: is the blood prohibition still in force? Were these terms spoken before He said "And I, behold, I establish my covenant...." part of that covenant? Obviously the Noahic covenant is still going--I keep seeing rainbows all over the place, reminding me of the promise, but is it lawful, especially in light of Paul's discourse on meats (all that is sold in the shambles...) to eat blood sausage? I would dearly love an excuse to NOT eat it when it's set before me, because it looks bad and tastes worse, but I would not for the world lay a prohibition on a brother's conscience that God has not first made.