Why and when did God establish dietary laws/ordinances?
When were they first defined? We don’t really know. The first reference to clean beasts are given to us in Genesis when Noah was gathering for the ark.
Gen. 7:2: “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.”
I am going to assume it was with Adam in the Garden of Eden. Why? Well, we will have to ask ourselves who instructed Adam and why he was instructed. On who, we can conclude it was Christ Himself that dealt with all the old patriarchs (see 1Cor. 10:4 and John 8:58). On why, we might guess the Lord wanted what was good for His people, health wise.
Give me your thoughts on this subject.
When were they first defined? We don’t really know. The first reference to clean beasts are given to us in Genesis when Noah was gathering for the ark.
Gen. 7:2: “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.”
I am going to assume it was with Adam in the Garden of Eden. Why? Well, we will have to ask ourselves who instructed Adam and why he was instructed. On who, we can conclude it was Christ Himself that dealt with all the old patriarchs (see 1Cor. 10:4 and John 8:58). On why, we might guess the Lord wanted what was good for His people, health wise.
Give me your thoughts on this subject.