When Christ died on the cross, were the laws of Moses changed, such as all the dietary laws?

Question

I've heard that when Jesus died, he took away all the dietary laws that are still practiced among many observant days today. I also heard that some strict Christians abide by those dietary laws.

Answer 1

First off, Jesus did not change dietary laws when he died. That was changed (Acts 15) by the apostles who loosened the laws because they realized that the purpose of the old testament laws was to bring people to a realization that we are hopeless sinners and cannot do what is right even if we try very hard. This happened when the gentiles started receiving the Holy Spirit. The main tenant of the Christian faith is that Jesus came to be an acceptable sacrifice for the sins of men and that by believing in him people can be reconciled to God and have a relationship with Him once again. Nevertheless, some believers do continue to follow those dietary laws and I for one would not ask them to stop since I believe that every man should follow his conscience. Romans 14 presents guidelines for how these different beliefs should be handled by believers if you are interested in more detail.

Answer 2

Do you really think that a good diet ceased to be good for you just because Jesus died on the cross? Why do you think there is so much obesity, heart attacks, strokes and a host of other sickness being on people today if their diet really was not important? It was not any dietary laws that were nailed to the cross but the old laws that pertained to the sacrificial system that Moses wrote down and placed on the side of the Ark of the Covenent. Some will say the Ten Commandment were nailed to the cross but then will tell you that nine of them are still in effect but that the only one that says REMEMBER is the only one that was nailed to the cross. This is to appease their guilt for wanting to follow the Catholic church in their change of God's law. It is all in history and in their own writings as well as encyclopedias they put out. They boast of the change and most of the protestant churches accept their teachings and go along with it. It was not the dietary laws or the Ten Commandments that were nailed to the cross but the ordinances that pertained to the sacrifice of animals that looked forward to the True Lamb that was slain for us. See site below for more info.

Answer 3

When Jesus died and resurrected He took away the Old Testament. He inaugurated the New in His Blood.
Heb 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Who died? Jesus. The new was put into effect. 2000 years ago.
What holds people in the old testament?
Something does.
The people not reading not wanting the truth. Willing to put up with the lies of religion. No freedom, rules, regulation, tithing religious teachings. Yeast of the Pharisees, it's still here.
I was born into a religion, it was steeped in rituals, regulations, lies and never taught you the truth, it hid the truth in religious teachings. What a rigermorole. Round and round we go, where it stops noboby knows.
There are churches that still go according to dietary laws.
The seventh day adventists is one of them. They profess to be christian but continue in the old testament laws. How can this be?
Trying to be perfected by the law?????
Gal 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
It is by grace that you are saved. If you have fallen from grace then you are not saved.

Answer 4

The law was fulfilled in Christ. The only dietary laws are to partake of the sacrament. This is the true spiritual feast. All animal sacrifice and dietary stuff went out the window. Now we must sacrifice our own lives if necessary in building up the kingdom, if that is what you want to do, of course:) Modern day revelation has given the Word of Wisdom to seek out a healthy diet and avoid addictive substances. see Word of Wisdom

Answer 5

Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of Moses. That does not mean that he cancelled out every commandment in the Old Testament. Many of those are still in effect to this day. But, I think WilliamZo did a much better job of explaining it than I can.

Answer 6

Many Christians are perplexed when they confront the issue of the Mosaic Law. How binding is the Law on the Christian? Some have said that Jesus abolished the Law of Moses. I would have to disagree, based on the following passage spoken by Jesus Himself:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Matthew 5:17)
Some have suggested that by "fulfil," Jesus meant "abolish." Indeed, "abolish" is one meaning of "fulfil," but it is also the only meaning of "destroy." So if He had meant "abolish," He might as well have said, "I am not come to abolish, but to abolish." We can assume, therefore, that Jesus meant, "to develop the full potentialities of" when He said "fulfil."

So why then do Christians not observe the Mosaic Law? The answer is that they do observe parts, but not all of it. Some parts of the Law were meant to be temporary, while others were intended to be permanent. This is seen in the fact that before Moses, the ancient Jews were not bound to the ritual commands (except circumcision). If the Mosaic Law was not meant to be temporary, then either God changes or the God of the righteous men and women before Moses was a different god. But this is absurd. We know that the God of Abraham was the God of Moses, and that He is our God today. The coming of Christ made parts of the Mosaic law unnecessary.


In order to understand this, we must realize that the Law is made up of three parts: ceremonial, civil, and moral.


The ceremonial law related specifically to Israel's worship. Since its primary purpose was to point to the coming Savior, Jesus made it unnecessary. He did not abolish it, in the sense of destroying it; He fulfilled it. Nowhere do we read that Jesus thought that the ceremonial law was wrong. The principles behind the ceremonial law are still applicable to us today, that is, the principles of worshipping and serving a holy God.


The civil law prescribed rules for the Israelites' daily living. These laws separated the Jews from the Gentiles, and gave the Gentiles the example of how a holy people should live. Since much was given to the Jews, much was expected. But God gave a new covenant in Christ, and there is now no distinction to be made between Jew and Gentile. We are still to follow the requirements of this law as God's people, but the punishments are not for any nation to impose on its people, because we are no longer separated by nations but by God's grace (Christians and non-Christians).


The moral law is basically the Ten Commandments. We are still bound by these laws, not for salvation, but to live a holy life. Jesus not only desired that His followers adhere to these commandments, He wished that they would go above and beyond them. He said, "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment..." He desired not only an outward observance of these laws, but an inward observance as well.


So we see that the parts of the Law that have been rendered obsolete are those that contain ordinances. An ordinance is either a memorial of something that has already passed or a type of something in the future. The Old Testament laws containing ordinances were not meant to be permanent. There are no ordinances in the Ten Commandment Law.


Now, we must remember that following rules and regulations will not get us into heaven. It is only through the blood of Jesus that we can see heaven. But if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.

P.S. The dietary law was also changed by Jesus & Paul.

Answer 7

The laws were fulfilled and no longer required. The laws were given to Israel because they wanted them. They wanted to know exactly what was wrong and what was not. They had just come out of 400 years of slavery and it was all they knew. They had no concept of living without numerous rules. So Moses wrote many for them. When Jesus came the church age had begun and the age of law had passed.

Answer 8

Some Christians believe that even though Jesus came to free us from the bondage of the law, God's first design for diet was the best one. Catholics practice giving up red meat on certain days, but that's not biblical, and I'm not aware of any Christians who do this.

Answer 9

Many of the laws were changed. Not all. Dietary restrictions were partly lifted. Christians are not suppose to consume blood or foods offfered as sacrifices to idols.

The sacrifice of animals before God was also set aside with Jesus' death.

Answer 10

The Law of Moses was given to the Jewish people. This law was nailed to the cross when Jesus was crucified. -Colossians 2:14

Answer 11

Jesus did not "change" the dietary laws. He abided by them because he was Jewish. People who follow Him don't follow these laws because he never demonstrated that you should in the strictest sense of the word.