Respectful question for Jews and Christians?

Question

Upon plain reading of Leviticus 11:9-12 I read that eating Shrimp is an abomination. I understand many believe that the wording of it is such that its the shrimp that are dirty and not the eating, even thout the wording in the NKJV is verse 12:Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you (NKJV). I understand from Matthew 15:11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.(NKJV) is used to say that we are no longer under the dietary restrictions from Leviticus.
If you answer that Leviticus was good rules for the desert becaus of food preparation, did food prepraration change in Jesus's time making it ok to eat shrimp? Is it still a sin to eat shrimp, is it still an abmonination? Did Jesus reverse the ruling much like in the Constitution the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments reverse out the slavery rules in the original 1789 document, the 3/5 rule for example was eliminated.

Answer 1

You are correct. We are not under the Old Testament Laws any longer. When our Lord, Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross The New Testament Laws came into effect. So please feel free to eat all the shrimp your little tummy can hold. :)

Answer 2

not just shrimp but anything with no scales or fins. Eels are banned, all shellfish, including crabs and lobsters, Then there are the banned land animals, depending on whether they chew their cud,how the hooves are split or if they have padded feet. the birds have restrictions on them also, vultures are of course forbidden for example. The insects are a curious case, you can eat the ones that eat grasses like grasshoppers and have legs above their feet but all the creepy crawlies are bad. this is all basically covered in Leviticus 11, with an addendum in 12. the rules covering the penalties for breaking these rules were surprisingly light, mostly needing you to keep away for a day and having a good washing.
I guess the Jesus people changed the rules later when they wanted to indoctrinate the gentiles.

Answer 3

In Acts 10, the dietary restrictions are removed by God.

Act 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Act 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Act 10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Act 10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Act 10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Act 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Act 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Act 10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

Answer 4

My personal belief is that most of the restrictions were put in place for reasons of public health. At the time the only thing man would listen to is superstition and the belief in God or gods. This is why you see this as a religious law and not as a governmental law. Why ban certain foods? Think about what they eat...Pork for example is normally infested with trichinosis. Even to this day it is difficult to completely rid pork of this parasite. Nitrates seem to be the only effective, consistant way to exterminate trichinosis. Incidentally, nitrates are damaging to the human heart, because of the nitrates, pork takes 3 days to digest, thus creating more problems.

As far as Matthew 15:11 is concerned, the intention behind that, is to help us realize just how damaging our words can be. It, unfortunately, has been used as a scape-goat so Christians wouldn't feel guilty about indulging in these pleasures. It's much like how people hide behind "lean not to your own understanding", as a way to keep from having to do the work necessary to learn more about the world we live in, as is commanded to do so throughout the Bible.

The simple understanding of these concepts and the immense pains taken to keep great amounts of information as simple as possible so they are fit for human consumption, leads me to believe that there is certainly an omnicient being who cares for us. i.e.: God.

Reversal? No. Misunderstood? Yes.

Answer 5

Actually the rules for all of the Old Testament were debunked with the begining of the New Testament and the Age of Grace. Though most of those rules are still repeated in the New Testament, like all ten commandments, dietary standards were changed.

Answer 6

The Seventh Day Adventists and perhaps other weird religions do not allow eating of scavengers such as shrimp. The rest pay no attention to the health food ban.

Answer 7

The law of the old testament condemns, Jesus established a new covenant of grace. The basic tenets of living established in the old testament were bound by the law and are no longer applicable today. The principle commandments that were established in context to man's relationship to God are still very much in effect today though, that relationship has never changed.

Answer 8

Good question. More scripture to add more controversy. Read Acts 10:10-15
10He became hungry and wanted something to eat; and while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners. 12In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of the air. 13Then he heard a voice saying, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat." 14But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean." 15The voice said to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not call profane."

Answer 9

If I were a believer, then I would answer that many things were changed under Jesus' law, or the New Testament. Although in reality, I'm sure that many things were changed due to necessity or the surroundings and circumstances.

Answer 10

respectful answer.

We believe:

God gave certain laws to the Jews, maybe in some cases just to teach them obedience.

As Christians we believe the Messiah has come and His blood atonement delivered us from the curse of Adam. It was revealed to Peter in a dream in Acts that Christians were released from the food restrictions.

Answer 11

it's fine now, the Jews (well, no one actually) had no means of cooking the food in a way to get rid of all of the bacteria. Also, people get sick from that a lot and medicine was very crude at the time. God was just protecting them, but it's fine now.