I see only three possible reasons He gave very, very detailed instructions on what children of God (all children of God) are to consume.
1. To protect us by warning...those foods aren't good for us.
2. To test us to see if we can follow His instructions by tempting us with really tasty foods.
3. To protect us from potential harm and to see if we would or would not...follow His instructions.
Which is it?
I am hesitant to even continue to attempt a discussion at this point. You do not deal with what people post.
God did not give instructions concerning poisonous plants to Israel. Therefore Kosher is not about ""HEALTH ISSUES". That is a real simple concept.
1.. Yes, they were given to one particular people. Those "people" are children of God....all children of God.
Gentiles are also Children of God in Christ, not just Jews.
2. Poison plants kill immediately.....toxic foods take time.
So, getting back to my original comments about HEALTH. Plants which are not healthy are not fobidden by law as unclean. Therefore
"health" is not the issue with kosher.
And, He said:
Genesis 1:29-30 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Yes, he did say this. And in reference to this He also said to Noah,,,
Ge 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Just as God gave the ALL the green herb and fruits in the beginning to be created for food to eat, he likewise gave all animals as well to Noah for food.
Was it that others were "not allowed" because of who they were or...was it because the priests were to eat the sin offering after it was sanctified? What does that symbolize, what did that point to for it was fulfilled in Him?
The point is.....It was
not because he LOVED some and did not Love some others,
AS YOU PUT FORTH. God chose to set some apart as
MORE HOLY by those things is all. Not all were
equal in their eating and not all were equal in their
"holiness" before God. As is the case with Israel as a nation divided from other people by the commands of Kosher. Just as the priests were set apart from the common people of Israel, so too, was Israel set apart from other nations. The people of Israel did not need "to do" as the priests, to be "HOLY", anymore than Gentiles in Christ, need to do as Israelites to be "HOLY".
Therefore, with this concept of the priests being
separated <914> from the common people of Israel to be HOLIER, carries no such ideas as you suppose of loving vs hating one group over another
****The people of Israel separated, divided from other nations to be his.
Lev 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have
separated <0914> you from other people.
25 Ye shall therefore put difference <0914> between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have
separated <0914> from you as unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have
severed <0914> you from other people, that ye should be mine.
****** The PRIESTS, separated, divided from the people of Israel to be his
Nu 8:14 Thus shalt thou
separate <0914> the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Nu 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath
separated <0914> you
from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Picture
the disciples of the Lord after the crucifixion of the Lamb, partaking of His flesh. His disciples, of which we are included (His disciples, His priests) are to "
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." [2 Timothy 2:15]. We should be able to fill that role, to be approved unto God.
It isn't that others
weren't allowed...it is that others were not workmen that could absorb, understand, the flesh/Word of the Lord...the sanctified flesh of the sin offering. We are to be those workmen. We are among His holy nation. We are His peculiar people IF we are His, IF we obey His voice, IF we keep His commandments.
Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: for all the earth is Mine: And ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be His peculiar people, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments;
Those that see that referring only to the Israelites are mistaken for those words are found in the New Testament...they pertain to us:
Titus 2:14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light;
LOL. Sorry but come on. There is only one way to not kill, not have another God before you, to not lie, steal, cheat. There is only one way to carry them out.
The glaring example you've given isn't applicable. What the law of the land allows or disallows is...the law of the land. The laws of God are His no matter what land one lives in.
So, do you Obey the law of concerning Marriage? Are you obligating males to marry their childless widow to bear offspring to him? Are you allowing yourself more than one wife as well?