Recently, I've been listening to the arguments of someone who believes strongly that the Torah is still applicable to the modern Christian, how it should govern our everyday life and frankly, makes a compelling case supported by scripture. Now, I'm not here to argue legalism and that's not the point of this post. The point is that some parts of Leviticus are practically timeless in providing healthy food or the right food to eat - such as God's command to only eat animals that have cleft hooves and chew cud. This guy arguing was adamant about the dangers of eating shrimp, for instance, instead of fish with scales or eating pork because though the animal has cleft hooves, the pig didn't chew cud. Of course, plenty of medical evidence was provided to support his case.
All that aside, my bottom line is that.... I simply don't want to do something that is an abomination to God. That's something I'd like to avoid. So, I prayed that should I be misled in thinking that the Old Testament law doesn't apply because of the sacrifice of Christ that set me free from the law, that I would be set straight and my thinking cleared. So, I asked God. I said "God, if it is such that I shouldn't eat pork, that it is an abomination to You, that the law You gave us applies to us now, please help me understand".
It was almost the next day that my sister sends me in the mail 3 packs of Tennessee country ham and bacon for Christmas. Total shock - she never sends me anything - but here it was. Then I ate at a friend's house on Christmas eve and we had ham of which they send me home with a big plastic bag of those honey baked ham slices.
So now I could say "look at my bounty that God has sent. I am convinced that God is telling me that through the sacrifice of His only Son that I am free from the law and may eat what God has set before me". On the other hand I could say that because I have studied on these things and am trying to understand God's truth that obstacles have been placed before me. "The devil himself put this bounty of the wrong kinds of food in front of me so that I would further myself from God's Word.
I could also say that I just got a lot of unexpected ham. That's a good thing. ...or not.