Dietary Laws In Old Testament

Dietary laws and uncleanness.

Dietary laws in old testament. Today i want to talk about the overlooked dietary laws in the new testament which are expressly carried over to the new covenant era. They say that when jesus was crucified he ended the laws in the old testament. I will also look at some famous new testament scriptures that many and uninformed believers use to justify eating anything. Dealing with objections to obeying the dietary laws of leviticus 11 and deuteronomy 14.

To find the dietary laws in the scriptures we have to read the so called old testament. The god of the bible jesus christ gave man a dietary law that is to last throughout all generations. This article continues where the previous biblical q a left off. Rather it was a matter of being religiously acceptable.

Leviticus 11 describes clean animals i e those which may be eaten as follows. In part 2 of this q a on biblical dietary laws we will deal with three passages from the new testament that seem to object to the dietary laws. Common questions about the validity of the old testament dietary laws are answered in part 1 of this q a. But so many people who profess to be christians say that the dietary law is done away with.

Yet when one questions those who adhere to these dietary laws about the reasons for them he receives a variety of answers. We have examined the original diet god intended for humankind and the animals that god defined as clean and unclean after sin entered the world. The food laws of the old testament. In this study we will examine what the bible says about being clean and unclean but we must explain that these terms are not talking about sanitation or the kind of dirt that can be washed away by soap and water.

Do the old testament dietary laws still apply. However as scripture states in acts 10 9 16 and repeats in acts 11 4 10 god had cleansed all foods which means that new testament christians are free from these prohibitions. New testament dietary laws. The term jews is used for the first time in the bible in 2 kings 16 6.

The israelites were given a set of dietary laws at mount sinai. The new testament repeals the old testament food laws leviticus 11 2 47 2 and deuteronomy 14 3 21 give the old testament food prohibitions. In this article we will discuss three passages from the new testament that we often misinterpret in regards to the dietary laws. Today i am not going to talk about the dietary laws of the old testament which forbid the eating of pork.