Gen 1:29
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
KJV
It appears that at first, God intended us all to be vegetarians.
Gen 9:3
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
KJV
After Noah came off the ark; we were given permission to eat what we wanted
Gen 7:2-3
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
KJV
IN Genesis 7, the designation clean simply means fit for sacrifice; it does NOT speak of food.
Lev 11:2
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
KJV
In Leviticus chapter 11 God put a whole chapter of rules on Israel (AND NOBODY ELSE) about what to eat.
IMO, this was one of several ways in which God made a separation between Israel and the surrounding nations.
But, IMO, the whole purpose of the LAW was to persuade people that they could not please God by their own efforts.
1 Tim 4:1-6
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
KJV
For believers in Jesus, this brings us all (gentiles and Jews) back to Genesis 9:3.
IMO Acts 10:9-15 is not about food; it is about people.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
KJV
It appears that at first, God intended us all to be vegetarians.
Gen 9:3
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
KJV
After Noah came off the ark; we were given permission to eat what we wanted
Gen 7:2-3
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
KJV
IN Genesis 7, the designation clean simply means fit for sacrifice; it does NOT speak of food.
Lev 11:2
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
KJV
In Leviticus chapter 11 God put a whole chapter of rules on Israel (AND NOBODY ELSE) about what to eat.
IMO, this was one of several ways in which God made a separation between Israel and the surrounding nations.
But, IMO, the whole purpose of the LAW was to persuade people that they could not please God by their own efforts.
1 Tim 4:1-6
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
KJV
For believers in Jesus, this brings us all (gentiles and Jews) back to Genesis 9:3.
IMO Acts 10:9-15 is not about food; it is about people.