Can anyone find any bible versus that seem to be against the Levitical law that states we should not eat pork?

Question

I have Bible Study tonight and my pastor wants me to come with questions since I'm a new Adventist.

Answer 1

1 Timothy 4:4--"For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving"

Answer 2

NO!! And the vision of Paul, you know, with the different kinds of animals being let down in a sheet? Paul himself explains it. The vision is about the Gentiles, not food.
The only Levitical system that was done away with was the systems of sacrificing animals. Jesus, the sacrifice of God, is the only sacrifice that God requires for the remittance of sin.
Other verses such as Mark 7:17 and 1 Tim 4:1 are often taken out of context, and do not have anything to do with the eating of food ether.

Answer 3

Acts 10:9-13

9 The next day as they were pursuing their journey and were approaching the city, Peter went up to the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10 But he became very hungry and wanted to eat. While they were preparing, he fell into a trance 11 and beheld heaven opened and some sort of vessel descending like a great linen sheet being let down by its four extremities upon the earth; 12 and in it there were all sorts of four-footed creatures and creeping things of the earth and birds of heaven. 13 And a voice came to him: “Rise, Peter, slaughter and eat!” 14 But Peter said: “Not at all, Lord, because never have I eaten anything defiled and unclean.” 15 And the voice [spoke] again to him, the second time: “You stop calling defiled the things God has cleansed.” 16 This occurred a third time, and immediately the vessel was taken up into heaven.

Answer 4

The passage in Acts where Peter has a vision of unclean things and is told to eat would appear at first glance to be what you're looking for. However if you read the rest of the story, even Peter understood that this wasn't literally meaning to eat unclean food. He said a little later, God has shown me that we should not call any man unclean. The sheet with the animals was an object lesson to him not to fear going to the Gentiles with God's truth, because in just a little bit, he was going to be invited to a Gentile's place, and God wanted him to go.

Answer 5

You may look in the Bible, or even make a research about those animals and you'll see that science has been discovering that, for example, pork, is not good for health.

The Bible verse found in Acts was a vision. The point was not to teach Peter that those animals were "clean" now (because Peter knew they were unclean animals, that's why he didn't want to eat), but to teach him that he shouldn't discriminate, or make differences, between Jews and Gentiles. God told him "Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common." (Acts 10:13-15). We know this because Peter says in verse 28 at Cornelious' house: "And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." Until the vision, Peter still considered that Jews should not get along with Gentiles. That's why God sent him that vision: to teach Him that "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common."

Right when the vision finished, Peter didn't know yet what the vision meant:

"Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate" (verse 17).

It seems that it wasn't until Peter got to Cornelious' house that he understood the vision:

"And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." (27-28)

You may read this story at Acts chapter 10

As a new Seventh-day Adventist, you know that SDA care for health. "Health is the right arm of the Gospel", you probably have heard that quote too. It's true, that's what the Bible teach us, since our bodies are temple of the Holy Spirit and we should keep it as healthy as possible. Christ Himself spent a lot of His time healing.

You may check out these webpages: http://en.bibleinfo.com/topics/topic.html?id=121

http://www.amazingfacts.org/media/radio/question_archive.asp?tName=Health


Take care; God bless you!

Answer 6

Whenever God tells us to do something, or not to do something, we have to ask ourselves why- and what is the spiritual meaning of the command. Pigs, in the Bible, represent unregenerated humans. We are not to touch that kind of life. Also, pigs are simply nasty creatures that have immune systems very similar to our own. In fact, we can get all manner of serums, such as flu vaccine from pigs because of this very reason. Pigs have the ability to pass animal diseases on to humans, they act as vessels for this. It's believed that many epidemics in history were caused by man's close realtionships to pigs. So physically, it's a good idea to stay away from them.

But as Christians, we're free to eat what we wish, and free not to eat what we don't not wish. We have the freedom to choose. Remember the story where Jesus casts the 2,000 demons into the herd of pigs. These pigs were being kept by Jews, which was forbidden. They were dealt with.

Answer 7

Mark 7:17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Answer 8

God has created pig to be consume by humans, such as beacon, sausages, ham, crispy pork, pork in the spit and a lot more recipes. It doesn't say in the bible don't eat pork. Human made this assumption which to some is none sense because pork is the sweetest meat and I love pork.

Answer 9

Though shalt not Kill. Did you know that many words in the bible are mistranslated from Greek to English. Such as Broma means food, Brosis means the act of eating food, Phago means to eat, Brosimos means that which may be eaten, Trophe means nourishment Prosphagon means anything to eat. Most of thee words where translated over and over to mean flesh or meat which is not the true meaning.
Genesis 1:29 "But flesh with the life thereof , which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at thy hand of every beast will I require it." I know this is not pork but it is flesh In Isaiah 66:3 "He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man." Isaiah 1:11, 15 "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts: and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats. When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are full of blood." Is that enough evidence that God does not want us to kill or eat flesh?

Answer 10

Ac 10:13
And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."


And there came a voice to him…
Formed by an angel, or rather by Christ himself:

rise, Peter, kill and eat;
he might be on his knees when he fell into this trance, being at prayer, and therefore is bid to rise; and he is called by name, the more to encourage him to do as he was ordered; and he is bid to kill and eat of all the creatures without distinction, which were represented to him in the sheet; and the design of this was to teach him, that both the distinction between clean and unclean creatures in the law was now abolished, and men might lawfully eat of whatsoever they pleased; and that he might and should without any difference converse with all sorts of men, Jews and Gentiles, circumcised and uncircumcised, and preach the Gospel to one as to another, and maintain a church communion and fellowship with all equally alike.

Answer 11

i don't know the exact Scripture but the one where Peter had that vision. the one with all the animals on the sheet and he heard a Voice say take, slaughter, and eat. Peter replied by saying those animals were unclean and the Voice said don't call anything unclean that I have made clean

I don't think it was talking about animals but you could try it