Hinge Point

Acts 10:1-11:18 | Andrew Murch | Visions of a heavenly dinner coming from the sky, still “oinking”, “caw-ing”, and slithering. May not be the kind of dinner you’d hope for, and it’s certainly not something you’d expect as instrumental to the spread of the gospel. Yet, this chapter serves as a very significant turning point in the book. As we remember, Jesus called the disciples to be witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). In Peter’s vision, the ‘ends of the earth’ are before him and many animals that were ‘off limits’ to him as a Jew are put back on the menu by God. Sure, this scene may be addressing the Jewish food laws marked out in Leviticus, but something greater is happening here; God is opening up the definition of what it means to be ‘clean’ and therefore who can be a part of His family.