Leviticus 11:2: ""Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth".
I know, Jesus said in Mathew 15: 17-18 that it's not what goes in tthe mouth what kills, because it goes in the stomach and then is expelled. But it's what comes out the heart that kills. I think he said this so that we wouldn't make a religion out of diets and rites. He was talking to pharisees in that passage after all.
However,Paul also teach is Corintians that we are temples of the Holy Spirit, to call us to holyness in our bodies. I think this also has to do with the stewardship of our health. Not so much that we start worshiping our bodies by spending countless hours in the gym and the kitchen, but not so little that we abandon ourselves to self-indulgence, get sick and then can't accomplish God's will in our lives. I think this is one of the many reason why God would take the time to give Israelites specific instructions regarding what they should eat.
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