Dietary Guidelines In The Bible

Today i want to talk about the overlooked dietary laws in the new testament which are expressly carried over to the new covenant era.

Dietary guidelines in the bible. From a health standpoint the dietary laws of israel are argued to make a great deal of sense. Many people insist that the bible contains dietary and nutritional guidelines and restrictions that we should follow today for good health and wellness. They believe the meats listed as unclean in the old testament are not as healthful as other meats and they also think that the bible contains many other health secrets. Though i intend to cover them extensively in the future.

Benefits of following a biblical diet. Read the accompanying newsletter for april 2004 the bible teaches that all people are sinners even christians who have a relationship with christ. We must learn to rightly divide the word of truth 2 timothy 2 15 question 1. Apparently studies have shown that those animals that are allowed under the law of moses are good for you.

2 ignore the historical background of the passage. New testament dietary laws. 4 ignore the implications and logical conclusions of this theological position. Some of the incorrect diet books and diet programs are.

We will work through several reasons people object and various bible verses that seem to say we don t have to observe the dietary laws. 3 ignore what the rest of the bible says about the subject. Many of these claims are backwards from the actual teaching in the bible and the others are wrong for the most part. The dietary laws of the bible.

Martin ph d 1974 1 edited and expanded by david sielaff april 2004. Dietary guidelines more than three thousand five hundred years ago bible has given such commandments regarding dietary laws that now we at this age of modern science come to know that they are beneficial for human health and all commandments and restrictions have nothing to do with god but for our own benefit. Aren t these lists of clean and unclean animals just for the jews. All these food restrictions may seem like a whole lot of sacrifice but what about the rewards.

The only way a person can use any of these passages to prove the nullifying of the dietary laws is to. According to rubin those who go on the biblical diets and eat bible foods can look forward to the following benefits. In fact it has become common for many christians who do not strictly follow the old testament dietary laws to nevertheless think of them as health guidelines. Today i am not going to talk about the dietary laws of the old testament which forbid the eating of pork.