Has anybody found NT verses that say anything about people eating what God
first said in Leviticus 11 was unclean?
I've found that even after Jesus was resurrected and spent time with the disciples
they all ate like fish, honeycomb and bread...no mention of them having shrimp,
lizard, no type of pork, no hawk, vulture etc. I haven't found any mention of other
believers in the NT eating unclean stuff yet...I will continue looking
Peter had a vision from God that used clean and unclean animals in Acts 10:9-16
Bare with me.
You see, at that time, the Yahudim(the Jews) had a tradition that they would not eat clean animals that had been around unclean animals. To them, the animal would be considered common, or profane - the opposite of holy or set-apart.
The Yahudim would not associate with Gentiles for A similar reason - they thought Gentiles were unclean/common and should not be around them. This stems from tradition, not the Scriptures.
In the vision, Peter saw a sheet with clean and unclean animals on it. The voice told Peter to eat. Up to this point, Peter had been obeying the commandments in Leviticus 11 and not eaten anything unclean. Notice Peter also said he had not eaten anything "common". In the law of Moses, It's not a sin to eat clean animals that have been around unclean animals.
Obviously Peter knew not to eat the animals that were unclean(sin), but he rejected eating the clean animals too because they had been around the unclean animals. This concept of rejecting clean animals that had been around unclean animals came from man made tradition.
Now, the thing is, the vision was being used to show Peter to accept the Gentiles who were coming into the faith, because God had cleansed them, and was going to be using them. Remember, it was a tradition to stay away from the Gentiles. The Israelites are supposed to be priests & a light for the whole world!
When Peter was told to eat, he knew not to eat the unclean, but it was okay to eat the clean animals that had been around the unclean animals. However, Peter rejected the clean animals too!
God was using this symbolic vision to show Peter that he should not be calling Gentiles who are coming into faith in Messiah "unclean".
Notice the voice said " do not call what God has cleansed "common". I'm paraphrasing. Also, Peter didn't even eat anything. Remember, this was a vision teaching him a significant spiritual point.
When you read Acts 10 in its entirety, you see that Peter wasn't even sure what the vision meant at first.
In Acts 10:28, Peter explains his vision:
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Yahudim to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Notice that Peter did not say "God showed me that now it's okay to eat unclean animals"
Peter's vision is so commonly taught way out of context to promote eating unclean animals like swine, but that's not what the vision was about at all
God bless