20:24
God had promised to Israel that she would possess the land. Romans speaks of the Law being weakened by the flesh. These promises to Israel were not fulfilled at the time because of Israel’s disobedience. They will be fulfilled when they repent and believe in Christ as their Lord and Saviour. The land was a rich land, “flowing with milk and honey”. “I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.” This is the definition of Israel, it is definitional for the church, and we need to remember our definition.
20:25
We then get what seems a rather out of place reference to the food laws. As noted before, there have been various attempts to find a rational explanation of the reason for the food laws. None of these are wholly successful, partial success being all they can achieve (i.e. explain some, but never all, of the laws). But here it says “therefore make a distinction”, this comes immediately after “has set you apart”. Maybe the primary purpose of the food laws was to set Israel apart as different, to provide a visible distinction, and there is no all pervading logic to them apart from this.
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