Troublesome Topic: THE FOOD LAWS TAUGHT THREE MAJOR TRUTHS

Almost everyone knows that the Old Testament regulated what could, and what could not be eaten. And almost everyone knows that some of those things are delicacies to us today.

Why did God regulate what they could eat? I have read 13 different answers to that question! However not all of them are equally viable.

I believe the food laws were established to teach:

1. The need for holy living.

2. They were a special instrument through which God would work out his redemptive purpose for the world.

3. To teach that God establishes what is “normal” for each setting.

I am convinced that all three of these reasons were intended; they acted like a three-layer cake that is eaten as one cake.

The next lesson in all the series about the Covenant is: Dietary Restrictions Were Not about Health Issues