Non-Christians still under the law: Eat bacon-wrapped shrimp, you go to Hell?

Question

According to Christian doctrine, Christians are no longer under the Levitical law, and so are not bound by dietary laws against eating swine products and crustaceans, abominations to Yahweh. But are non-Christians still under the law?

I would assume that Jews who keep kosher would not be eating bacon-wrapped shrimp. But what about other non-Christians? I know of course that Christians assert those who don't have Jesus as their savior will go to hell regardless. But more specifically, isn't a plate of bacon-wrapped shrimp grounds for damnation for those without Christ?

Grey area or clear cut? If so, how and why? Support your position please. If you think it's stupid to worry about it, point taken, thanks, move on. You're not the audience for this question. I'm interested in the viewpoints of those for whom this issue has religious relevance. Basically I am interested to know the basis for believing the law is or is not done away with, and for whom?

Hi Gratvol: Your viewpoint seems to make the apostle Paul's whole discussion of law and grace irrelevant. It's clear he thought it was an issue for Christians because of Judaizers if no other reason. But he doesn't make the argument that the law only applies to Jews, only that the covenant only aplied to them. He does so those who are without the law, when they do the things of the law are a law unto themselves, whatever that means.

Thank you LadySuri. I'll look that up for further study.

I notice even the Noachide laws retain pastoral culture's obsession with controlling breeding among people as well as livestock. But I have to pause that anyone would think the creator of the cosmos would consider it important to regulate when nearly all the rest of creation, with a scant few exceptions, exists to spread it's DNA across the widest possible array of mates.

Answer 1

Everyone who is not Jewish has only seven (religious) laws to follow in life, known as the Seven Noachide Laws. The only dietary restriction in those laws is the commandments not to eat a limb of a living animal--which can be interpreted many ways.

Answer 2

well considering that the Levitical law was only given to the children of Israel AKA the Jews then modern day christians would not be under the law because they were never under it in the first place.

The same would go for anyone else who is not Jewish

Answer 3

Jesus dint come to earth to assert that he had paid for all ur sins and all u ought to do is to in straight forward terms have self assurance in him to get to heaven. He got here to earth to evangelise ppl a thank you to stay. he taught ppl to love, to be forgiving, to be beneficiant , to no longer carry anger at their heart., and maximum severe to no longer be judgmental (pertinent to this question ) and soo many extra issues. The essence of Jesus's teachings replaced into to a thank you to stay a life and not in straight forward terms to have self assurance in him. even with the indisputable fact that no longer a Christ believer, Gandhi replaced right into a appropriate eg. of a guy or woman who accompanied Jesus's teachings. He lived as an eg. and confirmed the international, how love works. He replaced into no baby-kisser, or a non secular preacher yet a guy who had moved a united states of america, a guy who shook the british empire, somebody who inspired the international. he confirmed in present day situations what non violence and love is able to doing. You dont ought to be a Christian or a jesus believer to flow to heaven. Its what you're and what you do.. i'm helpful Jesus could have been happy with what Gandhi confirmed the international. no person has been a much better eg. of his very own teachings than gandhi in present day situations. i think of Gandhi would desire to be in heaven. returned its as much as god. :)