I think God had a lot of health issues in mind when he laid out the law in Moses' time.
They were 'unclean' in the sense of the law. It was basically to prove that man could never achieve perfection by their own works. The whole old testament is about men trying to achieve heaven by following strict laws. In the new testament Jesus came and preached that we were under grace, sdo the old testament law was abolished. God said not to call anything unclean that He had made.
So, in one sense the pigs were not really 'unclean'. But God's law had defined them as such in the old testament, and I think health likely played a large role in that. Same with burning moldy socks, etc - a lot of the law seemed to be made to keep the people in general healthy. (Like Daniel, who stayed healthy by eating vegatables rather than the king's meat)
And I think Jesus was angry with the pigs for what they stood for more than the pigs themselves. The pigs were what the law said was unclean, and yet being raised near the temple and in Jerusalem and used in idol sacrifices.
But I agree, I doubt pigs were ever spiritually unclean ^.^ They became unclean because eating them was breaking the old testament law of God.
And on the ark more of the 'clean' animals, seven pairs of each I think, were taken aboard, than the unclean animals....probably for eating. I doubt it would have been wise to cook pork then.
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Date: 2005-06-23 11:24 pm (UTC)They were 'unclean' in the sense of the law. It was basically to prove that man could never achieve perfection by their own works. The whole old testament is about men trying to achieve heaven by following strict laws. In the new testament Jesus came and preached that we were under grace, sdo the old testament law was abolished. God said not to call anything unclean that He had made.
So, in one sense the pigs were not really 'unclean'. But God's law had defined them as such in the old testament, and I think health likely played a large role in that. Same with burning moldy socks, etc - a lot of the law seemed to be made to keep the people in general healthy. (Like Daniel, who stayed healthy by eating vegatables rather than the king's meat)
And I think Jesus was angry with the pigs for what they stood for more than the pigs themselves. The pigs were what the law said was unclean, and yet being raised near the temple and in Jerusalem and used in idol sacrifices.
But I agree, I doubt pigs were ever spiritually unclean ^.^ They became unclean because eating them was breaking the old testament law of God.
And on the ark more of the 'clean' animals, seven pairs of each I think, were taken aboard, than the unclean animals....probably for eating. I doubt it would have been wise to cook pork then.
~Jenai