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Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. Leviticus 11:3, 4

Ever stumble through the Levitical law and scratch your head at the strange dietary laws give by God to the Israelites? Yeah, me too. 

In this article (access it by clicking --> here <--) Christine Palmer makes the case that the laws are there as a teaching tool, to teach the people of God to distinguish between the holy and the common. There are other reasons that have been historically given for the distinctions: hygenic, creation order, ethical, and arbitrary. The author concludes that they are best understood this way: "the dietary laws are for Israel’s discipleship and training in godliness."

In Acts 10, God did away with the distinction in diets. The food that a Gentile eats may aslo be eaten by a Jewish believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. That distinction set up the wonderful opening up of the Gospel to all people in all places!

Pass the Baco's, please!