Beloved, fortunately as a Christian, there are no dietary restrictions posed upon us. We are permitted to eat anything we want. Unlike the Jewish law, there are no clean or unclean foods, and nothing on the forbidden to eat list. Having said that, a health caution that not everything you eat is good for your health. If you choose to kill and eat bats or spiders or venomous snakes, well, you do so at the peril of your own health, however, Christianity will not stop you from eating anything. This is good news for everyone from the vegan to the steak eater to the bacon lover and the sushi officionado. It is good news for the person who enjoys Korean Kimchi, Vietnamese Pho, Chinese Peking Duck, Italian Lasagna all the way to Indian Samosas, Idli and Dosas, Norwegian Lutafisk and Lefsa and Swiss Fondu Bourguignonne and Cervelat. Indeed our world is full of delicious tastes and flavors, and the good news is that Christianity doesn't prohibit us from eating or drinking anything.
Indeed according to scripture, "The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven." Acts 10:9-16
Now, I know a lot of Christians who decide to still keep the Old Testament commands regarding the types of food which are permitted to be eaten, and a lot of Christians who do not. Most Christian scholars agree however that Peter's vision in the New Testament supercede the Old Testament commandments regarding the eating of clean and unclean food, and what may be eaten and what may not. It is up to the discretion of every Christian therefore regarding the interpretation of this passage and whether it supercedes Old Testament dietary laws.
Indeed according to scripture, "The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven." Acts 10:9-16
Now, I know a lot of Christians who decide to still keep the Old Testament commands regarding the types of food which are permitted to be eaten, and a lot of Christians who do not. Most Christian scholars agree however that Peter's vision in the New Testament supercede the Old Testament commandments regarding the eating of clean and unclean food, and what may be eaten and what may not. It is up to the discretion of every Christian therefore regarding the interpretation of this passage and whether it supercedes Old Testament dietary laws.
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