Someone posted a verse that implies Jesus does not want people to eat any kind of flesh. He is free of sin, of course, so I am confused about it when considering Leviticus lists meats that can be eaten. Specifically, they are animals that chew cud and do not have split hooves, with those species named, or certain birds that are also named. What exactly is permitted in our diet?
These are the dietary laws in the New Testament.
All Foods are Lawful to eat:
1. All meats are clean(Matt 15:11,17; 1 Cor 10:23,30; Colossians 2:16; Romans 14:2,3,5,6,14,17,20; 1 Tim 4:34,5; Mark 7:15,18-19; 1 Cor 6:12, 13)
2. All food is made clean only by thanksgiving and prayer(1 Tim 4:3,4,5; Romans 14:2,3,5,6,14,17,20; 1 Cor 10:30). Ephesians 5:20 give thanks for all things in the Name of the Lord.
3. The kingdom of God is not what we eat(Romans 14:14,17,18,20)
4. All meats are clean so none can judge us in what we eat(Colossians 2:16; Romans 14:3,4,10,13)
5. What we eat is not a sin if we are strong in the faith and believe that any food is okay to eat and not a sin(1 Tim 4:3; Romans 14:5,14,20; 1 Cor 10:23)
When/How a Food Becomes unlawful to eat
1. If we eat and it become evil spoken of, it is a sin(1 Cor 10:30;Romans 14:16)
2. If we eat and it brings our brother to stumble or bring him to offence, it is a sin(1 Corinthians 10:25,27,28,29,32; Romans 14:13,20,21,24)
3. If we do not believe and we eat, then it is a sin(Romans 14:15,19,20,21,23)
4. We are to Abstain from eating meat with blood still in it(Acts 15:19-20,27-29; Acts 21:25 )
5 . We are to Abstain from eating meat that has been strangled(Acts 15:19-20,27-29; Acts 21:25)