Further answer on "should we prune the tree and also why we get to consume it?"
First we need to appreciate what our creator on everything that He done for us.
PSALM 詩篇 139: 14 will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 我要稱謝你，因為我的受造奇妙可畏；你的作為奇妙，這是我深深知道的。
First we need to appreciate what our creator on everything that He done for us.
PSALM 詩篇 139: 14 will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 我要稱謝你，因為我的受造奇妙可畏；你的作為奇妙，這是我深深知道的。
God creates everyone and everything, give each and everyone its unique responsibility, contribution and limitation. Likewise the organs to one's body.
Romans 羅馬書 12:4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 就像一個身體有許多肢體，各肢體都有不同的功用；
Answers to who, why, when, where, and what of our God, the
creator?
Genesis 創世記 1 - 2:3 29 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 which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every
beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that
creepeth upon the earth wherein there is life, I have given every green herb
for meat”; and it was so. 29 神說：“看哪！我把全地上結種子的各樣蔬菜，和一切果樹上有種子的果子，都賜給你們作食物。 30 至於地上的各種野獸，空中的各種飛鳥，和地上爬行有生命的各種活物，我把一切青草蔬菜賜給牠們作食物。”事就這樣成了。
26 And God
said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.” 27 So God
created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female
created He them. 26 神說：“我們要照著我們的形象，按著我們的樣式造人；使他們管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥、地上的牲畜，以及全地，和地上所有爬行的生物！” 27 於是， 神照著自己的形象創造人；就是照著 神的形象創造了他；他所創造的有男有女。
Genesis 創世記 9:3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as
I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
1 Timothy 提摩太前書 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 他們禁止嫁娶，禁戒食物。食物本是 神所造的，是給信主和認識真理的人存感謝的心領受的。
We are the temples of God, Holy Spirit inside of
us, respect ourselves, and respect the Lord.
Corinthians 哥林多前書 3:16-17 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, and ye are that temple. 16 豈不知你們是神的殿，神的靈住在你們裡頭嗎？ 17 若有人毀壞神的殿，神必要毀壞那人；因為神的殿是聖的，這殿就是你們。
Sure there are restrictions on what we should and shouldn't have.
And God doesn't forbid on the consumer of wine, yet some rules about it.
John 約翰福音 2:1-11 1 And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and
the mother of Jesus was there; 2 and both
Jesus and His disciples were called to the marriage. 3 And when
they lacked wine, the mother of Jesus said unto Him, “They have no wine.” 4 Jesus said
unto her, “Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.” 5 His mother
said unto the servants, “Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.” 6 And there
were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying
of the Jews, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said
unto them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said
unto them, “Draw some out now, and bear it unto the governor of the feast.” And
they took it. 9 When the
ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, not knowing from
whence it had come (but the servants who drew the water knew), the governor of
the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said
unto him, “Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men
have drunk well, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine
until now.” 11 This
beginning of miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His
glory; and His disciples believed in Him. 1 第三天，在加利利的迦拿有婚筵，耶穌的母親在那裡； 2 耶穌和門徒也被邀請參加婚筵。 3 酒用盡了，耶穌的母親對他說：“他們沒有酒了。” 4 耶穌說：“母親（“母親”原文作“婦人”），我跟你有甚麼關係呢？我的時候還沒有到。” 5 他母親告訴僕人說：“他吩咐你們甚麼，就作甚麼。” 6 在那裡有六口石缸，每口可盛兩三桶水，是為猶太人行潔淨禮用的。 7 耶穌吩咐僕人：“把缸都倒滿水！”他們就倒滿了，直到缸口。 8 耶穌又吩咐他們：“現在舀出來，送給筵席的總管！”他們就送去了。 9 總管嘗了那水變的酒，不知道是從哪裡來的，只有舀水的僕人知道。總管就叫新郎來，10 對他說：“人人都是先擺上好酒，等到親友喝夠了，才擺上次等的，你倒把好酒留到現在。” 11 這是耶穌所行的第一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的。他顯出了自己的榮耀，他的門徒就信了他。
The elements of the
Eucharist, bread (leavened or unleavened) and wine (or grape juice).
1 Corinthians 哥林多前書 11:23-26
In the following verses, not quite understand verse 21, not the first part, "Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself" and the third part, "Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother’s milk." , but the second part, "Thou shalt give it unto the stranger who is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God.",
"Thou shalt give it unto the stranger who is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God." What I'm puzzled, is, why is that OK to give or sell something that is not good to others.
In the following verses, not quite understand verse 21, not the first part, "Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself" and the third part, "Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother’s milk." , but the second part, "Thou shalt give it unto the stranger who is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God.",
"Thou shalt give it unto the stranger who is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God." What I'm puzzled, is, why is that OK to give or sell something that is not good to others.
Deuteronomy 申命記 14:3-21
3 “Thou shalt not eat any
abominable thing. 4 These are
the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 the hart,
and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and
the wild ox, and the chamois. 6 And every
beast that parteth the hoof and cleaveth the cleft into two claws and cheweth
the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless,
these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud or of them that divide the
cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but
divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the
swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean
unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcasses. 9 “These ye
shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye
eat. 10 And
whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. 11 “Of all
clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But these
are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage, and the osprey, 13 and the
glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 and every
raven after his kind, 15 and the
owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 the little
owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 and the
pelican, and the giereagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every
creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all
clean fowls ye may eat. 21 “Ye shall
not eat of any thing that dieth of itself. Thou shalt give it unto the stranger
who is in thy gates, that he may eat it, or thou mayest sell it unto an alien;
for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God.
“Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother’s milk. 3 “可厭惡之物，你都不可吃。 4 你們可以吃的牲畜是以下這些：牛、綿羊、山羊、5 鹿、羚羊、赤鹿、野山羊、麋鹿、野羊、野鹿。 6 在走獸中，分蹄成兩蹄趾，又反芻的走獸，你們都可以吃。 7 但是那些反芻或分蹄的走獸中，你們不可吃的有：駱駝、兔子和石貛，因為牠們反芻卻不分蹄，就對你們不潔淨。 8 至於豬，因為牠分蹄卻不反芻，就對你們不潔淨。牠們的肉，你們不可吃；牠們的屍體，你們不可觸摸。9 “在水中，你們可以吃的，有以下這些：有鰭有鱗的，你們都可以吃。 10 沒有鰭沒有鱗的，你們都不可吃；這是對你們不潔淨的。11 “潔淨的鳥類，你們都可以吃。 12 你們不可吃的鳥類有以下這些：鷹、狗頭鷹、紅頭鷹、 13 鳶、隼、黑隼，以及這一類的鳥； 14 烏鴉和這一類的鳥； 15 駝鳥、夜鷹、海鷹、雀鷹，以及這一類的鳥； 16 小貓頭鷹、貓頭鷹、角鴟、 17 小梟、禿鵰、魚鷹、 18 鸛、鷺，以及這一類的鳥；戴勝和蝙蝠。 19 有翅膀的昆蟲，對你們都不潔淨，你們都不可吃。 20 潔淨的鳥類，你們都可以吃。21 “自死的動物，你們都不可吃；可以送給你城裡的寄居者吃，或是賣給外族人吃，因為你是歸耶和華為聖的子民；不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。
Leviticus 利未記 11:1-47 1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof and is cloven-footed and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat, of those that chew the cud or of those that divide the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 5 and the coney, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 6 and the hare, because he cheweth the cud but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 7 and the swine, though he divide the hoof and is cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud, he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. 9 “‘These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you. 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall hold their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 “‘And these are they which ye shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, 14 and the vulture, and the kite after his kind, 15 every raven after his kind, 16 and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 and the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 “‘All fowls that creep, going upon all fours, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all fours, which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth; 22 even these of them ye may eat: the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things which have four feet shall be an abomination unto you. 24 “‘And by these ye shall be unclean. Whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening, 25 and whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 26 The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you; every one who toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean unto you; whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean unto you. 29 “‘These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep; whosoever doth touch them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be any vessel of wood or raiment or skin or sack, whatsoever vessel it be wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean. Whether it be an oven or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down; for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean; but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 “‘And if any beast of which ye may eat die, he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the evening. 40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. He also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 41 “‘And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God. Ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy, for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord who bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 “‘This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth, 47 to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.’” 1 耶和華對摩西和亞倫說： 2 “你們要告訴以色列人：地上所有的走獸中，你們可以吃的動物，就是這些： 3 分蹄有趾而且反芻的走獸，你們都可以吃。 4 但你們不可吃下列反芻，或分蹄的走獸動物：駱駝，因為牠反芻卻不分蹄，你們應以為不潔淨。 5 石貛（本章動物名字多不能確定。“石貛”傳統翻譯作“沙番”或“山鼠”），因為牠反芻卻不分蹄，你們應以為不潔淨。 6 兔子，因為牠反芻卻不分蹄，你們應以為不潔淨。 7 豬，因為牠分蹄有趾卻不反芻，你們應以為不潔淨。 8 這些走獸的肉你們不可吃，牠們的屍體你們不可摸，你們應視為不潔淨。9 “水中所有的活物你們可以吃的，就是這些：凡是在水中，有翅有鱗的，不論是在海裡或是河裡的，你們都可以吃。 10 在水中游動或生存在水中的活物，無論是在海裡或是河裡，若是沒有翅和鱗的，你們都要當作可憎之物。 11 牠們是你們憎惡之物；牠們的肉，你們不可吃；牠們的屍體，你們要憎惡。 12 所有在水裡沒有翅和鱗的活物，你們都要當作可憎之物。
13 “在鳥類中，你們要憎惡，也不可吃這些雀鳥：兀鷹（雀鳥的名字中文翻譯還未統一，牠們的學名多不能確定）、鵰、鷲、 14 鳶、獵鷹等隼類， 15 所有烏鴉類，16 鴕鳥、貓頭鷹、海鷗、蒼鷺等鷹類。 17 鴟鶚、鸕鷥、大鴟梟、 18 白鷺、塘鵝、鴇、 19 鸛、紅鶴等鷺鷥類，戴勝和蝙蝠。20 “凡有翅膀、四足爬行的生物，你們都要當作可憎之物。 21 但在所有有翅膀、四足爬行的生物中，如果有足有腿，能在地上蹦跳的，你們都可以吃。 22 在昆蟲中，你們可以吃這些：蝗蟲類、螞蚱類、蟋蟀類和蚱蜢類。 23 但是其他所有有翅膀四足的生物，你們都要當作可憎之物。24 “以下事物，會使你們成為不潔：觸摸動物屍體的，就不潔淨到晚上。 25 拾起牠們的屍體的，就要洗淨自己的衣服，並且不潔淨到晚上。 26 所有分蹄卻無趾的、不反芻的走獸，你們應以為不潔淨，觸摸牠們的，就不潔淨。 27 所有用四足行走的動物中，用腳掌行走的，你們應以為不潔淨，觸摸牠們屍體的，都不潔淨到晚上。 28 拾起牠們屍體的，就要洗淨自己的衣服，並且不潔淨到晚上。以上這些你們應以為不潔淨。29 “在地上爬行的生物中，你們應以為不潔淨的是這些：鼬鼠、鼫鼠、蜥蜴這一類，30 以及壁虎、龍子、守宮、蛇醫、變色龍。 31 在所有爬行的生物中，你們應以這些為不潔淨；牠們死了以後，觸摸牠們的，都不潔淨到晚上。 32 牠們當中死了的，掉在甚麼東西上，無論是木器或是衣服，皮子或是布袋等任何器具，都成為不潔淨，要放在水中。但仍不潔淨到晚上，以後就真潔淨了。 33 牠們當中死了的，掉在甚麼瓦器裡，其中不論是甚麼，都成為不潔淨，你們要把瓦器打碎。 34 瓦器的水若是滴在任何食物上，食物就成了不潔淨，若是滴在裝了飲料的器皿裡，飲料也成為不潔淨。 35 牠們屍體的任何部分掉在甚麼東西上，那東西就不潔淨，無論是爐或是鍋，都成為不潔淨，應該打碎；你們應以這些為不潔淨。 36 但是水源和儲水池仍算是潔淨的。只有觸摸水中屍體的，才是不潔淨。 37 牠們屍體的一部分掉在要播種的種子上，種子還是潔淨的； 38 但是，如果種子已經澆了水，牠們屍體的一部分才掉在種子上面，你們應以這種子為不潔淨。39 “一隻你們可以吃的走獸死了，誰摸了牠的屍體，就不潔淨到晚上； 40 誰吃了牠的屍體，就要洗淨自己的衣服，並且不潔淨到晚上；誰拾起這屍體，也要洗淨自己的衣服，並且不潔淨到晚上。41 “所有在地上爬行的動物，都是可憎之物，都不可吃。 42 凡是用肚子，或用四足或是多足在地上爬行的動物，你們都不可吃，因為牠們是可憎之物。 43 你們不可因任何爬行的動物使自己成為可憎的，也不可因牠們玷污自己，以致不潔淨。 44 因為我是耶和華你們的 神，所以你們要使自己成為聖潔。你們要分別為聖，因為我是聖潔的。你們不可因在地上爬行的任何動物玷污自己， 45 因為我是耶和華，曾把你們從埃及地領上來，為要作你們的 神；你們要分別為聖，因為我是聖潔的。”46 以上就是有關走獸、飛禽、所有在水中游行的動物，和所有在地上爬行的動物的律例， 47 為要把不潔淨的和潔淨的，可吃的生物和不可吃的生物，分別出來。
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