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But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, `What God has cleansed, don`t you make unholy.`
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God's Authority Overrules Tradition
Commentators explain that the voice from heaven establishes a new divine standard. What God declares "clean" cannot be considered "common" or unclean by human tradition. John Gill notes this specifically marks the end of the Old Testament ceremonial food laws through the work of Christ, freeing believers from those distinctions.
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