"..Thou shalt not ‘seethe’ a kid in his mother's milk". Ex23:19, 34:26, Dt14:21. Strongs: ‘bashan’, #1310, to bake, boil, cook, roast, ripen.
This law was written three times in the OT, and the repetition gives it an impetus worthy of note. This is reportedly the reason why dairy products are kept separate from meat products in Jewish communities, and cheeseburgers not allowed.
IMO there’s a much deeper reason. They ignorantly 'seethed a kid in his mother's milk' when they crucified Jesus on the cross with his mother looking on helplessly.
Both Paul and Peter spoke of the "Milk of the Word" - 1Cor3:2, 1Pet2:2. (In jest, perhaps: Father's Milk?) 1Pet2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby”, and 1Cor3:2 “I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able”.
SCAPEGOAT. Jesus was spoken of as "the lamb of God", and in the OT the scapegoat was part of the ritual for the Day of Atonement, Lev16:8, when the sins of all the people were placed on the head of the scapegoat (he wasn't responsible, but took the blame).
In the OT it was Isaiah who planted a clue about this: "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts". Isa28:9. And Moses alluded to the concept in Numbers 11:12 “Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
It may help to remember how "Almighty God" is known as 'the breasty one', from Gen17:1, and how “the letter of the law killeth, but the spirit giveth life”, 2Cor3:6.
Thoughts?
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