( Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? - Matthew 6:26 .)

TEMPORAL GIFTS .

( And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. - Genesis 1:29 ; JB 3-31; )

( But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. - Deut 8:18; 11-14;)

( Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: - Job 5:10 )

( It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. - Psalm 127:2 )

( Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. - psalm 136-25: 145-15;)

2 --- BLOOD AND MURDER ARE FORBIDDEN

Verse 4 -

But flesh with the life

thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

( Food that were prohibited by mosaic law. : - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. ; ( Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. - Leviticus 22:8 )

( Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: - Judges 13:4-14 ;

(14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. - Acts 10:14 )

--- - BLOOD FORBIDDEN TO BE EATEN .

(26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. - Leviticus 7:26 ; 3-17;

(16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Deut.12:16

( 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. 1Sam 14:34 . Acts 15 -20 ;)

verse 5'

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. -----

(31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. - Numbers 35:31

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; - Acts 17:26 .

verse 6 -

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. -

( Death penalty for capital offences . 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. - Exodus 21:14 '29;

( 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. - Exodus 35:2 .22-20;

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