Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts
that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Gen. 7:2 (Before the law of clean and unclean
animals was given to the Israelites, Noah knew God’s law. Noah knew which
animals were clean and unclean. It wasn’t just for the Israelites, it was for
all mankind. It is an issue of obedience, health, and holiness. Eating an
unclean animal has physical health consequences that God wants us to avoid. God
also calls us to be holy in regards to our bodies. Eating unclean meats is an
unholy act.)
Every moving
thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given
you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof,
shall ye not eat. Gen. 9:3-4 (God gave
Adam and Eve animals and plants for food. But some plants are poisonous and are
meant for other purposes. So too are some animals unclean and meant for other
purposes. Also, we are not to eat meat with the blood still in it. This is
God’s creation and He knows better than anyone what animals he intended to be
for food.)
Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh:
for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be
cut off. Lev. 17:14 (God knows the blood
carries in it things which will harm us if eaten.)
It shall be a
perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. Lev. 3:17 (God also knows that the fat also carries
in it things which will harm us if eaten.)
Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep,
or of goat. Lev. 7:23 (Even the fat of
clean animals is not in our best health interest, so says the creator.)