Old Testament Food Laws - still apply today?
There have always been groups of Christians who believe that in order to honor God ’s authority in the Old Testament we must continue to obey the food laws and other ceremonial laws, lest we be found in disobedience. There is a good impulse in this and a profoundly bad impulse in this. The good impulse is the desire to obey God. There’s nothing wrong with that. That belongs to what it means to be a Christian. The bad impulse is the failure to obey Christ who teaches us how to obey God in regard to the Old Testament. “In the Old Testament, God always intended for the consummation and end of the ceremonial laws.” Tweet Share on Facebook So, the good impulse starts, perhaps, with a text like Matthew 5:17–18 . Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplishe