2007-01-29 03:01:20 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is a common rule in many ancient texts. Pork in biblical times was very prone to contamination leading to human illness and death. As a result, elders of the day commanded their people not to eat pork.
2007-01-29 03:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it's true, in The Law, you can only eat certain meats. Pork and crustations like shrimp and lobster are considered "unclean" but dietary Law was in preparation for the coming Messiah. After Jesus came, God gave Peter the following vision:
Acts 10:9About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
16This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
Verse 15 shows us that there is nothing "unclean" anymore.
2007-01-29 11:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, it was a law for the Israelites to follow. Their preservation processes were not capable of holding it over time the way that ours is. The New Testament is written for Christians to follow after Christ's ascension. The Old Law was nailed to the Cross at Calvary according to what I read. Have a great day.
Eds
2007-01-29 11:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leviticus 11:7-8 The swine ... is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch." Pigs were not to be eaten, nor anything with "cloven foot". As a matter of fact, pig skin could not be touched. (Makes football interesting, doesn't it?)
The books of Leviticus & Deuteronomy contains most of the "rule" given to the Israelites when they were wandering in the desert.
Don't eat any seafood unless it has fins and scales. Oysters, clams, crabs, and lobsters are "unclean" and shouldn't be eaten. Don't eat any dead animals that you find lying around. But it's okay to give it to strangers or sell it to foreigners. And don't boil a kid (young goat) is its mother's milk.
Most of this was due to simple health reasons. Consider that there was no refrigeration and any meats had to be dried.
My other personal favorites:
Women are not to wear men's clothing -- it's an "abomination unto the Lord.
If a man dies without having a child, his brother shall "go in unto" his dead brother's wife. If he refuses, the dead man's wife is to loosen his shoe and spit in his face.
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination.
Handicapped people cannot approach the altar of God. They would "profane" it. - WHAT?
A man with damaged testicles must not "come nigh to offer the bread of his God
2007-01-29 11:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by nyhtshade 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that's true, but that's not the whole story
It relates to a group of people (possibly moses and his followers - i'm not sure, it's been a while) who were forced to wander the desert for 40 years, and jehova (god, or "the LORD" if you're a catholic) told them not to eat the meat of any animal with a cloven hoof, while they were in the desert... at the end of the 40 years, when they returned from the desert, they were free to eat what they wanted, but some chose not to, now it is regarded as law by the muslims, the jews, and even a few of weirder christian offshoots....
2007-01-29 11:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by Big Bad Ben 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was a law in the old testament. An ordinance of santification. Not a moral ordinance.
With the new testament we find we must adhere to the moral ordinances (like don't kill people, etc.) but we are now sanctified through Christ and therefore we no longer have to practice the ritualistic santification ordinances of the old testament.
Hmm...
I smell SDA influenced doctrine...
2007-01-29 11:11:42 · answer #6 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the New Testament says all foods are clean...and yes some things you were not allowed to eat in the OT however matthew it says Jesus has come to make a new covenant that means when Jesus says the foods clean you can eat pork or anything else your lil heart desires
2007-01-29 11:07:48 · answer #7 · answered by Pastor Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you bless every meal how can it be unclean? Didn't Jesus say tto bless your food before putting it in your mouth? I would say that as long as Jesus has blessed it, it is clean. BTW, it does say something similar in the bible. Just remember the Old testament has different laws than the new testament.
2007-01-29 11:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by Collared 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under hte law of Moses the eating of pork (pig, Lev. 11), the Jews were not to partake of it. However, Acts 10, and Mark 7 (if memory serves me correctly for now on the point) allows Christians to partake of pork. The law of Moses was done away when Christ died on the cross.
2007-01-29 11:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is true if your reference back to Leviticus 11:1-7 You will find your answer, but of course this law was changed in the new testament
2007-01-29 11:27:44 · answer #10 · answered by tlnay025 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋