If Jesus is a Jew, Jesus then did not eat pork. Jesus then, did observe Jewish tradition.?

Question

Christians are all followers of Jesus. Then why most Christians(Catholics, Protestants,etc) eat pork? Why do Christians do not observe Jewish traditions? Please dont cite Bible verses.

I want answers based on history and facts and not based on faith.

Answer 1

the teaching of the jews that jesus followed undoubtedly included avoiding pork. there were good medical health reasons for this but too complicated to explain to every person so they just made it a law.
the people who eventually took up the teaching of jesus did not consider the fact that he was a jew and included all the strict dietary prohibiitons agints pork etc. they thought his major contributions were in the area of theosophy and not diet.
so the christian religion inlcuded the books of the bible from the jews, some restricting diests, but mostly focused the religion on the new testament that related to the teachings of jesus that were new and distinct and different. forgive thine enemies was NOT in the old testament. Love thy neighbor was NOT in the old testament. So Christianity grew to develop its own customs and diet was not a particularly important aspect of it.
The modern jews still look more at this, some of them anyway, but not even all the jews abide by those old scriptures anymore as modern science teaches that pork is OK if well cooked.

Answer 2

The reason Jews do not eat pork is because of the EXODUS. Pork is a very fragile meat and does not last long as an edible food source after it has been killed. As the American settlers refound out settling the west. Many died from eating pork that d gone bad . even though it was heavily salted to preserve it.
So since Jesus is a follower of the Jewish system and was a Rabbi also I don't think he ate pork.
Christians(a sept of Judaism) are those Gentiles that formed a religion that is supposed to keep the words and deeds of Jesus true and pure until the Jewish people reconsise him as the promised messiah. They are allowed to eat pork as they are not Jews in themselves.but came from many lands and religious ideas. They do not follow most of the Jewish traditions just the laws . And in trying to covert other religions to theirs they took in the rites and rituals of different religions

Answer 3

Jesus observe all the Jewish traditions more than anyone else in the Jewish history.
Now after Jesus, all the laws in the old testment has been change to a new level
its not any more forbidden to eat pork.
the christian follow what happen with peter and because of that they are eating pork.

Answer 4

I can do some research, but first all I can give you some biblical stuff, then perhaps you can use that as a starting ground for finding historical things. The bible is a historical document.

There was a big debate between Paul and the other disciples mostly James about how non-Jewish converts to Christianity didn't have to observe Jewish custom. There is also a great BBC miniseries piece on Paul.

I don't know if Joshepus says anything about it, but he was a famous first century Jewish historian.

Maybe you could also see if you could find other documents from that time.

So are you Jewish?

Answer 5

Good question, and one that causes me some personal/internal turmoil. Jesus observed the Jewish traditions and Law.
According to Jewish tradition, gentiles/Christians are not bound by the Law of Moses, rather the Noahide law which is similar to the ten commandments. Beyond that, gentile Christians wouldn't have been given the privilege of learning the law, therefore it couldn't have been a lifestyle requirement.

Answer 6

no longer all the gospels have been written by Jews. Luke replaced right into a gentile. The early Christians weren't pagans who worshipped Jesus. The trinity replaced into no longer made up yet. there have been many fake messiahs, so the early Christians have been no distinctive than the different gullible Jew who fell for the fake messiahs claims. Christians are quite often pagans now, so if a Jew believes Jesus he's likewise a pagan. Jesus has no longer something to do with Judaism, basically like Buddha has no longer something to do with Christianity. To have self assurance Jesus is the messiah is to reject G-d on account that G-d made it sparkling in the Tanakh(old testomony) who the messiah is and what he will do. Jesus did no longer something, infact he dousnt even come on the brink of setting up the define of the messiah. It even says in the gospel that Jesus broke the sabbath, insulted his mom and enable a girl touch his legs. quite obtrusive he's no longer the messiah.

Answer 7

The Bible is a book of history. In the Bible we are told that the old laws were no longer valid when Jesus came and freed us from the law. God told us that we could now eat pork. I make a great pork meal in case you are interested. You put a little water in a dutch oven, put cabbage in the bottom, pork on top. Cook in oven at 350 for 2 hours. Try it, God said it was O.K.

Answer 8

I have to agree. I am a christian and christianity has deviated so far from what it was meant to be and what it was. It was very Jewish. And anyone who is a born again christian-- (I'm not talking about you people that attend church religiously or think because you got baptised you are born again)-- is from the seed of Abraham. Spiritually speaking. So shouldn't we be doing what Jesus did as far as the Holy Days go and feast days and the meats we eat? I'm not saying that we have to follow all of the kosher exteme dietary and sanitary laws of the orthodox Jews but Jesus is our example of what we should do. But not with fear, but with conviction as the Lord moves each person individually. We shouldn't condemn either, those who don't follow to a tee what we decide to do. But Jesus is who we are as chrisitans suppose to be mirroring our life after.

Answer 9

yes Jesus observed jewish traditions as long as they did not go against God's law. Most christians eat pork because they are either unaware of the commandment to abstain from it or they are misinterpreting the scriptures to make them fit their carnal nature. The jewish traditions like observing the feasts are not necessary to observe since they pointed to Christ. you dont need the type once you have the real thing.

Answer 10

Jews observe the Old Testament traditions as a way of getting into heaven and atoning for sins. But according to Jesus, we automatically get in as long as we believe in Him and ask for forgiveness. So there is no need for the "old school" cleansing rituals, etc.

Edit: Jews don't hate Jesus. That's moronic. They just believe he is a prophet and not the Messiah.