My hometown of Jaffa, Israel, had the ancient Greek name of Joppa in Bible times. As a boy I have climbed to the Citadel, a lighthouse on the highest spot overlooking the harbor. Near this lighthouse is the house of Simon
the Tanner where the apostle Peter had an experience that changed the world.
Peter’s vision on the rooftop was of God lowering four-footed animals, reptiles and birds in a giant sheet. God told Peter to kill and eat them. Peter, a man bound by tradition, said “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean” (Acts 10:14).
The Lord answered, “What God has cleansed you must not call common” (v. 15).
While Peter thought on the vision, the Holy Spirit told him to go downstairs and meet three men who were looking for him. Furthermore, God said he should “go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them”