When I first believed on Jesus, I was still in the catholic church, and saw everything from that perspective, like with the following:

I  Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

  2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

  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.

I considered that the catholic church would not allow their priests and nuns to marry, and that meat on Friday was considered a sin (but they later shortened it to only during Lent).

However, that was set up during the dark ages, but Paul mentioned that the Spirit spoke expressly that it would be in the latter times.

So, if we are in the latter times, and long past the dark ages, that perhaps in our time, could these lines have any other possible explanation?

i.e. instead of the church forbidding some people to marry, could it be describing people in churches, that refuse to get married, but instead will only live with somebody?

Also, in our time, churches that want to be commandment keepers, teaching that their churches should abstain from the meats listed in Leviticus 11, as abomination?

Or possibly, what about vegetarians and vegans in churches?

Not only demanding this of their own children, but of others in the churches, so as to not offend the vegetarians and the vegans?

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