Did Peter's Vision of the Sheet Mean People & Food?

[Rose of Shushan]

Quote:bit different, but the same concept, are other prophecies in Zechariah 4 about the two olive branches, Jeremiah 1 about the almond tree, the seething pot...also in the book of revelation 1 [of many places] the seven candlesticks, the seven stars, the two edged sword coming out of his mouth, etc...
When it comes to visions and parables we have to be careful in taking everything literally. Yes, there are times where a person is told to do a literal act with a physical object, that is meant symbolically. For example when Jeremiah takes the girdle, wears it a bit, buries it in the ground, and removes it after many days...or Isaiah walking naked, or Ezekiel laying on his side x number of days, Hoshea marrying an reformed prostitute, etc.

Well Hoshea did marry the prostitute ,Isaiah did go naked and Ezekiel did lay on his side all those days.Like Peter they obeyed God .After the vision we don't see Peter going out and literally killing a host of unclean animals and eating them, what we see is Peter applying the principles behind the vision which incidentally was not a prophecy.The Joshua example was a prophecy of what God was going to do in the future and is not the same as the vision of the sheet.
In the Hoshea ,Isaiah and Ezekiel episodes we see a mix of prophecy and instructions for the then present time and the prophets did carry out God's instructions.