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Acts 10:12

First Nations Version

On the blanket were all kinds of four-legged animals, creeping things from the ground, and winged ones who soar in the sky.

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It was now the last and greatest day of the Festival of Shelters. It has been said that on this day, by ancient tradition, a holy man would be chosen to take a golden pot to the Waters of Sending Village (Pool of Siloam) and fill it with water. He would then bring the water to the sacred lodge for a special ceremony and celebration. The holy man would take the water to the great altar, and then at the sound of the ram’s horn, called the shofar, he would pour out the water on the altar. They would recite the words of the prophet Creator Will Help Us (Isaiah), “With glad hearts we will draw from the wells, water that will set us free.” After the ceremony Creator Sets Free (Jesus) stood before the people and cried out with a loud voice, “The ones who thirst must come to me and drink!


He saw an opening in the sky and something like a large, soft blanket that was being lowered to the ground by its four corners.


“Stands on the Rock (Peter), rise up!” a voice said to him. “Kill and eat.” This would have been a hard thing for Stands on the Rock (Peter) to hear, because their tribal law forbade them to ceremonially offer or eat any unclean animal, and many of these animals were unclean or impure.


I looked into it wondering what it was. I saw four-legged animals of the land, wild animals, snakes, creeping things, and winged ones who soar in the sky.


They traded the beauty and honor of the Great Spirit, who has always existed, for carved images of short-lived human beings, winged ones, four-leggeds, and snakes that crawl on the ground.





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