Why don't Christians keep kosher? Jesus did.?

Answer 1

Jesus, as a perfect man and a Jew, had to keep the Mosaic law. HOwever, the night before he died, at the Lord's evening meal, he made a new covenant with his apostles. For awhile after his death, they continued to keep many of the customs, but right before the convertsion of the gentile Cornelius, the apostle Peter had a vision that's recorded at Acts 10; 10-16. I'm not going to type the whole version, but basically during this vision, Peter saw this vessel descending from heaven containing unclean creatures and a voice told him to kill and eat these things. He refused but the voice told him to stop calling those things defiled when God had cleansed them. This occured 3 times and then the vessel was taken back to heaven. At 1 Timothy 4; 1-5, the apostle Paul talks about misleading prophecies and doctrines from demons that would the forbidding of marriage and of certain foods which God had created. Please look these scriptures up, they're very enlightening.

Answer 2

We read in the New Testament that Jews who converted to Christianity tended to continue to keep Kosher, but gentiles were not to be held to this. Those who were of Jewish origin, in fact, would have tended to keep kosher more for cultural reasons.
Cirque de Lune's answer explains, in part, the teological reason. May I add that in Hebrews we learn that Old Testament laws were meant to be a shadow of things to come, and were fulfilled at the cross of Christ. We also learn in Galatians that the law is fulfilled in this: 'Love one another'. If we respond to eachother without love, we are not fulfilling the law. The food we eat doesn't make much difference, unless I offend my brother by what I eat.

Answer 3

If all religious people did only what their leader did they would all be riding camels and donkeys. They would wear only robes, They would live in tents and caves. They would eat mostly bread and mutton.Cars, airplanes, air conditioners, palaces, TV, computers, telephones, and a million other things are those that religious people would have to do without.
Of course that would go for the Christians, Muslims, and Buddahists. I don't know who the others would base their lifestyle on. Oh yeah, the Mormons could go back as people lived in the days of Joe Smith if they didn't want to go all the way back to Jesus time.

Answer 4

keep kosher? You mean like not eating pork and the other forbidden foods? I am a Christian and I do not eat any of the forbidden foods. So your statment is incorrect. Christians do keep kosher. Read Leviticus 11 for the forbidden foods.

Answer 5

Jesus was Jewish. he made no mention of keeping kosher simply because that was the normal thing that everybody (Jewish) did. Since he preached to Jews, there was no need to mention the matter.
The very early xtians did as well. It was only the work of Paul that changed things. Xtianity wasn't growing fast enough and he couldn't persuade other races to join hoim because all the rules of Jewish living were too strict for them, so, in order to "up the numbers" he simply did away with the rules - naturally claiming that god told him to. Funny thing is, some people believed him. These days, if someone says that god talked to them, we send for the men in white coats.

Answer 6

Read in Acts chapter 10. This chapter is where God told Peter that he could eat anything. This is where and why Christians keep kosher. Everything belongs to God. I hope that this helps you!

Answer 7

Jesus was a Jew, but Christians were freed from the food laws since Jesus was the fulfillment of the Law.

Answer 8

Wow farien what a serious and comprehensive answer.

There is a story in the book of Acts that covers that. God granted a vision to Peter. In this vision, all sorts of animals were put before him, and God told him to take his choice. And Peter said, no, not all of them are kosher. And God said, when I sanctify something, you don't need to question it anymore.

This was done for a two-fold reason. As the Christain faith was growing, more and more Gentiles were converting. Peter was really bad for expecting them to adopt Jewish ways. So God told Peter, the love of Christ is available to everyone, no matter their culture, and some of the legalism of the OT was done away with.

Answer 9

Jesus said it is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean it is what comes out of him. The Jewish eat and do not eat rules only applied to ancient Jews, not Christians.

Answer 10

Chrisitanity is a learning process that with the passing of time, and the study of the word of God, Christians continue to grow and learn what specific things are sins. As long as a Christian is moving forward in their faith and spiritual walk, eventually they will get it right the way Jesus did. Praise the Lord.