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1 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | asken | 105577 | ||
Does such passages as Mk 7:15 and Acts 9:10-16 really justify a Christian eating the forbiden foods given in Leviticus 11:1-47? If they were unclean for the Jews then surely they are for us too? | ||||||
2 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | EdB | 105581 | ||
Asken The dietary laws given in Leviticus goes beyond what to eat and what not to eat. There is also preparation concerns, so if you care to adhere to the law then never eat a cheese burgers or Swedish Meatballs, dairy and meat are never to mix. Also you shouldn’t eat any meat sold today because most were killed without being bleed, Levitical law clearly states the animal must have it’s throat slit and bleed to death. Also if we are to keep the dietary laws then why not all the rest that are listed in Leviticus. I think every man should have tassels sewn to the corners of his coat. Why various foods were declared unclean we do not know. I think it was more an issue of sacrifice than of problem with the actual eating of the animal. God established these dietary law to make his people different, set apart, sanctified , from the rest of those that lived in the area. As for the “unclean” issue God pretty much put that to rest in Acts 10:12-15 and 1 Tim 4:3-5. Many will point to pork and fact it is susceptible to parasites as such, or that shell fish are first to be affected by impurities in the water and such as the reason that God said that these should be avoided. However today we find mad cow disease, overuse of antibiotics and various pesticides have made many “clean” animals more dangerous than the unclean. It is far safer to eat a catfish (fish without scales) that was corn feed from a farm pond than to eat Lake Erie perch filled with mercury and arsenic. I think Lake Erie is cleaned up now so this might not be as big an issue as when I lived there in the 70’s I hope this has given you some things to consider. EdB |
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3 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | Kwigger | 105809 | ||
Mr. B's response is certainly a popular interpretation, but alas it is founded far more in the traditions of men and misunderstanding of the extra-scriptural nature of Talmud than on the canon of Scripture. The cheese burger thing is a straw man. That is based entirely on a single verse (Deut. 14:21) and has indeed been greatly expanded upon by Rabbis. There is no biblical support for the separation of meat and dairy. In fact, when the Angel of the Lord dined with Abraham just prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gamorrah they ate veal and curd. I suppose that curd might have been tofu, but I think an assumption of cheese is not unreasonable. I have been eating what I call "Biblically kosher" for about seven years now. I call it that because I have not adopted the whole Rabbinic code, but rather let Scripture alone set the rules. The basic rules go something like this: Land animals- Cloven hoof and chews the cud (i.e. cattle, deer, goats and sheep); Sea food- Fins and scales (i.e. no shellfish, catfish or shark); Birds- No birds of prey or scavengers. Ultimately, the Bible never does repeal the dietary code and it DOES call Christians the seed of Abraham (Gal. 3). The standard Christian response to this statement is a cry of "Legalist!" but I am not suggesting that avoiding pork will bring salvation. I only assert that such behavior constitutes reasonable service for all believers. Acts 10 is accompanied by an interpretation of Peters vision in v. 28. "God hath shewed me that I should not call any MAN common or unclean." Peter's vision dealt with Jewish bigotry toward the Goyim, not with menus. I Tim. 4 is a topic unto itself, but for the sake of brevity suffice it to say God never made pork "to be received" as food. The original question is a thread on a sweater. If you pull it, you will find that you risk unravelling much of modern Christianity. Here's a follow-up question: What is the ultimate behavioral standard for the Body of Christ? Does the life-style of one who really follows Scripture look anything like the life-style of a modern Christian? Kharis and shalom, Kwigger |
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