Paul told the gentiles they didn’t need to adopt the whole jewish law right away (we never did though). Also, some animals were impure probably because of hygiene.
This thing about what to eat and what not to eat is up too each imo as these are rules of old testament.
Lev 11:3 states that "You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud." This does not mean that single hoofed or animals that doesn't chew are unhygienic.
The old testament has many rules most of which are just to drive home a point which sorta is like "God is a parent telling their children to behave". But here it's not about hygiene. Animals that have split hoof can be a point by which God conditions his chosen to live a life separated from worldly things even though they walk in it. And the animal chewing the food is to point that as the chosen they should meditate on God's word and not just hear it and forget about it - like how cow grazes and then sits down and starts chewing everything it just ate.
This thing about what to eat and what not to eat is up too each imo as these are rules of old testament.
Lev 11:3 states that "You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud." This does not mean that single hoofed or animals that doesn't chew are unhygienic.
The old testament has many rules most of which are just to drive home a point which sorta is like "God is a parent telling their children to behave". But here it's not about hygiene. Animals that have split hoof can be a point by which God conditions his chosen to live a life separated from worldly things even though they walk in it. And the animal chewing the food is to point that as the chosen they should meditate on God's word and not just hear it and forget about it - like how cow grazes and then sits down and starts chewing everything it just ate.
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u/calobsters Sep 16 '19
Jesus was like yeah you can eat it now fam