Leviticus 11:1 is this still unclean?

Question

God state what is unclean to eat and Im wondering to you think Romans Chapter 14 changes what is unclean? Im mean do you think Romans chapter 14 means nothing is unclean to eat anymore or does Leviticus still stand. If you have NOT read these please dont respond.

Answer 1

In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares the pig to be unclean for believers. Then, in
verse 8, God says: “You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you”. This command is
repeated in Deuteronomy 14:7-8. Then, in Isaiah 65:2-4, and 66:17, God issues a stern warning against those who
eat pork.

Some people are aware of this prohibition from God, but they say that they can eat pork because St. Paul said that all
food is clean in his letter to the Romans 14:20. St. Paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to the
Ephesians 2:14-15) that Jesus had abolished the Law with all its commandments and regulations. He seems, however,
to have misunderstood what he heard about Jesus. In the Gospel According to Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus is reported to
have said quite the contrary, as follows: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law . . . ." Jesus then went on
in that passage (in verse 19) to denounce anyone who would break the smallest commandment and teach others
likewise. He also praised his true followers who will practice and teach even the smallest commandment. One of the
commandments, as we have seen, is to stay away from pork.

This is why the true followers of Jesus, holding on to his teachings, did not let unclean food such as pork enter their
mouths, so that Peter, the chief disciple, can say, “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean” (Acts of the
Apostles, ch. 10, v. 14)

Five chapters later in the Acts of the Apostles, 15:29, we find that the original disciples still differentiate between clean
and unclean foods, and this time Paul is in agreement with them. Six chapters later, in ch. 21, v. 25, their decision to
impose food regulations on believers is mentioned without regret, and this time Paul is challenged to prove that he is in
agreement with them; and he demonstrated his full agreement with them.

What remains, then, is that Jesus, on whom be peace, upheld the prohibition against pork. His disciples also upheld it,
and so must all his followers. Those who fail to uphold it need to be informed and reminded of this rule from God.
This is one reason why God sent His final messenger, on whom be peace. God says:

“O people of the Scripture ! Now has Our Messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which you
used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto you light from Allah and a plain Scripture.”
(The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’an 5:15).

Answer 2

You may want to check out Acts Chapter 11. It tells how the apostle Peter was in prayer and God gave him a vision in which he saw a sheet full of unclean animals. God then told him to kill and eat. When Peter refused, saying that he would never eat anything unclean, God rebuked him saying that he should not call "unclean" the things that God had cleansed. Apparently Peter still did not get it the first time, because God had to show him the vision three times.

God was show Peter that under the new convenant the eating so such foods no longer made a person "unclean".

Under the Old Testament, the eating of certain animals was not unhealthy, but made one "unclean" also. Anything you deliberately did that wass abusive or unhealthy to your body is a sin, and made you "unlcean".

With the New Testament, our relationship with God has changed from one being based on an external action, to one being based on an internal birth. So the eating of certain foods no longer makes you "unclean". But it still does not make it HEALTHY to eat such foods.

Romans 14 is addressing that same issue. It is not what a person eats that determines whether they are right with God today. Rather it is the condition of the heart.

Jesus said the same thing in Mark 7:18-20 **And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.**

So under the New Testament, a person is no longer made "unclean" by eating those foods. However, they still can make a person sick as they are foods that carry a lot of parasites, germs, diseases, or are too heavy in fat, cholesterol, etc. So they still should be avoided for healt reasons. Which is why - in the days before sanitation - God put them on the "do not eat" list to start with.

Answer 3

God said, "What I have made clean, call thou not unclean....." and vice versa. If God makes it clean through blessing you with it, He'll make certain you can eat it. There are certain things that common sense still dictates that we cannot eat, but if it's all we have God will make a way!

Answer 4

Eating without washing your hands first is unclean

Answer 5

Not only have I read Leviticus but the whole book and I've dismissed it all as fantasy.