Where in the Bible does it say it's ok to eat pork?

Question

I know in the OT it says it's forbidden to eat pork, but I don't understand why Christians still eat it. Don't they adhere to the OT as part of the Bible? Does it say something in the NT about not having to eat a particular way anymore?

Answer 1

Mark 7:18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."



Colossians 2:13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. 16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.



1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Answer 2

most Christians dont adhere to the OT, twisting NT scriptures to their fancy.

Pork was never meant for human consumption and God never gave people permission to eat it.

Now, no one is going to go to hell for eating Pork- it is not a salvation thing- it is a trust and obedience issue- living a life of health and abundance and taking good care, being a good steward of the 'temple' that God gave us.

Pigs are the only animal to sweat internally, there are many unhealthy toxins in the skin and that goes into the meat. Pork is poisonous to the human body and consuming it on a regualr basis is not good for the body.

Answer 3

Peters vision in the book of Acts is taken as permission to eat any of the animals forbidden in the Old Testament. One thing you need to get straight is the NEW replaced the OLD. Things that were to be observed from the Old were repeated in the New..

We do accept it and learn a lot from it, but we do not live by the Old.



If a country makes new laws to replace the old ones then the old ones are replaced and that is what happened.

Answer 4

Acts 10:9-16 states the following

9About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."

14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."



15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."



16This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

Answer 5

In the Old Testament it did forbid you to eat pork because at that time it was unclean. The New testament shows that God said it was ok to eat it. This was because Jesus came into the world and made things better so all the elementry things were done away with.

Answer 6

In the Letter of St. Betty (Crocker) to the Hungarians, Chapter 8:



"For, lo, even though they do eat of the putrid and defiled, thou canst find no more worthy meat for joining with the fruit of the fowl than the fatted back of swine. Henceforth, the very sacrament of breaking fast shall, at its highest, consist of this meat with broken and swiftly heated eggs. Serve with wedges of buttered toast."

Answer 7

In the New Testament, the book of Mark 7:18, Jesus says that it is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out.

Answer 8

If others choose to not eat pork for their own reasons, so be it. My faith is not built upon what I eat or drink, but I will support my brothers and sisters in Christ if they choose to adhere to specific practices. For example, I would not eat pork in front of someone who chooses to not eat pork.



"So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way. As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died." - Romans 14:12-15

Answer 9

Those incorrect answers came from so-called, self acclaimed Apostle Paul. Your Jesus forbid eating swine.

By the way Jesus and Paul never existed. Lmao

Answer 10

because they are hypocrites !!!!!! that's why I converted to another religion ,,fyi not supposed eat any shell fish or fish without scales for the same reason they are the poop eaters of the ocean just like a cat fish is in the lake so very bad for you

and not positive on this point but I think I read your not supposed to eat any split footed animal !!peace and blessings

Answer 11

Leviticus 11:26 The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.



Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Answer 12

NO we do NOT adhere to the OT.



The Levitical Laws were all done away with by Jesus!











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Answer 13

When God made the world he was pleased with everything he had created and He said it was good. He allowed man to eat everything that he had made. Surely God would not have created pig if it we were not meant to eat it.

Answer 14

You can eat pork, except for Spam and the McRib Sandwich. Those are nasty!

Answer 15

In order to please Jehovah, the Jews were required to obey the Ten Commandments and also a wide variety of about 600 additional laws. Later, under the Christian arrangement, obedience to these laws as such was no longer a requirement for serving Jehovah, not even for fleshly Jews. The laws no longer binding included those dealing with circumcision, keeping the Sabbath, offering animal sacrifices, and observing certain dietary restrictions. (1 Corinthians 7:19; 10:25; Hebrews 10:1, 11-14) Jews—including the apostles—who became Christians were released from the obligation to keep laws that they were required to obey when they were under the Law covenant.



Jesus’ death brought to an end the Law with its dietary restrictions about clean and unclean food.—Compare Leviticus chapter 11; Colossians 2:13, 14; Acts 10:9-16.



“The inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, marked in their conscience as with a branding iron; . . . commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth. The reason for this is that every creation of God is fine, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified through God’s word and prayer over it.”—1 Tim. 4:1-5.



Note that religious regulations prohibiting certain foods are actually an evidence of a falling away from true Christianity. This means that persons claiming to be Christian but commanding certain dietary restrictions as a required means for gaining divine favor are in reality dishonoring God. How can this be? Did not God’s law to Israel rule out certain foods as unacceptable?



True, the Israelites were given dietary laws that prohibited them from eating certain mammals, birds, insects and fish. (Leviticus, chap. 11) But those restrictions ceased to exist when the Law covenant was replaced by the new covenant in 33 C.E. Later, when the apostle Peter, while in a trance, objected to eating animals that were unclean according to the Mosaic law, he was told: “You stop calling defiled the things God has cleansed.” Yes, God’s “word,” his authorization or permission, put an end to the distinction between “clean” and “unclean” animals. Observing the dietary restrictions of the Mosaic law, therefore, was not a requirement for gaining salvation. That is why the inspired apostle Paul wrote: “Let no man judge you in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath; for those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ.”—Col. 2:16, 17.



Hence, for religious organizations of Christendom to impose the dietary restrictions of the Mosaic law, the whole or in part, would mean their denying that the reality belongs to the Christ. They would be acting contrary to God’s “word” that has sanctified or set apart all things usable for food as acceptable. Religious dietary restrictions other than those contained in the Mosaic law would likewise be in opposition to divine revelation that “every creation of God is fine” and therefore suitable for food.



The institution of dietary restrictions as a religious duty is not a minor matter. It constitutes rejection of Christian faith and accurate knowledge. It implies that there is something defective in God’s “word,” that it does not reveal the full scope of what people need to do to gain divine approval and that man-made precepts are therefore needed. The importance of God’s “word” is minimized and human regulations are elevated. By thus misunderstanding the only standard for judging truth, the Scriptural standard, the door is opened for other apostate teachings. Accordingly, to command obedience to man-made dietary restrictions as a religious duty dishonors God. However, if an informed Christian abstains for the time being in order not to stumble or offend the conscience of a person who feels bound by such dietary rules, he is doing a considerate thing and is looking for the liberating and salvation of a rule-bound person.—1 Cor. 9:19.



The Mosaic law pointed to the coming and sacrificial death of the Messiah. Hence, after Jesus died, true worshipers were no longer obliged to keep the Mosaic law. (Romans 10:4; 6:14) Dietary restrictions of the Law, such as those against eating fat or the flesh of certain animals, were no longer binding.—Leviticus 7:25

Answer 16

The Gentiles who became Christians didn't need to change their diets or be circumsised

Answer 17

Jesus blessed All food and declared it is not what a man eats that makes him unclean

Answer 18

When god made all food clean,somewhere in the book of acts.

Answer 19

Dude, Technically you aren't even supposed to go the the BATHROOM.