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Still laws apply clean and unclean animals?

Some Adventist scholars studied the law of animals clean / unclean achieving interesting results. Along with them known, I would add my personal comments.

1. Íticos 11 is unique in the Bible

; In accordance with the ritual of Leviticus, the unclean has two basic characteristics. First , unclean status is acquired by direct or indirect contact with either blood, dead body or skeleton, etc. .. Segundo. This type of impurity could be eliminated using an appropriate ceremony this purpose, which is why it was called ritual impurity. Not related to the impurities of the unclean animals.

This type of impurities is essentially different, since it was acquired: I was in the nature of the animal, which means that they were permanently unclean. For this reason there was no ritual that could deliver of impurity which was itself, as it did not become unclean because of some contact with impure elements.

addition, the filth of these animals are not transferred to the touch. The Israelites could contact them, either directly or indirectly, without them having to be considered unclean. In fact, they raised unclean animals to be allocated to different jobs. For example, using donkeys, horses and camels to transport cargo and people. Their impurity did not affect in any way the Israelites. The person becomes unclean by eating only meat from animals that were not clean and, in this case, there was not a ritual to be followed in order to remove impurity for having eaten. Israelites were expected to simply obey the Lord. Should also add that after death an animal could become ritually impure, and impure to touch it could be eliminated. This clearly see that the natural condition of impurity of the animal was different from the ritual.

2. The law also recorded in Deuteronomy 14

The fact that the law has been recorded in the book referred to is very significant, since Deuteronomy is not concerned with the ceremonial laws. In this particular case there is no discussion in the context of ritual impurity. Deuteronomy 13 is a call to worship only the Lord. The last part relates to the tithe laws. These include the issue of unclean animals. This suggests that the law of unclean food was a law of a different nature of the ceremonial.

3. The distinction animals clean / unclean predates Moses

The law distinguishes between clean and unclean animals is first mentioned in the Bible in the story the flood, before there was any Israelite (Gen. 7:2, 3). In the context of change in the human diet, while two pairs of unclean animals entered the ark, however, the clean were preserved in 7 pairs. This suggests that the cleaner should be used to feed Noah and his family without the risk of a particular species became extinct.

4.    La motivación de la santidad

         La razón que da el texto bíblico justifica la reglamentación singular con relación a la santidad: "Yo soy Jehová, vuestro Dios. Vosotros por tanto os santificaréis y seréis santos, porque yo soy santo" (Lev. 11:44). El contraste es entre lo impuro y lo santo. En el Antiguo Testamento la impureza es una metáfora del imperio de la muerte. Lo santo es aquello que pertenece a Dios y, por lo tanto, is a symbol of life. Established law seeks to preserve the life of the people, why try to keep away from the sphere of death, that is, the scope of the disease and suffering.

5. It is a food law

is so obvious that people will overlook. This law regulated the type of meat that the Israelites were allowed to consume and, therefore, was part of an ancient food tradition given by God to his people. God was always interested in feeding their children. Adam and Eve were given fruit and grain (Gen. 1:29). After the fall allowed to eat "plants of the field" (Gen. 3:18) and finally instructed Noah to eat meat (9:3). Human beings God made them partially responsible for the care of life, giving them instructions on how to preserve it for His glory (1 Cor. 10:31). The Lordship of Christ also includes our bodies, because he cares for the welfare of our physical dimension as well as spiritual well-being (1 Cor. 6:19, 20; 3 John 2).

There is no evidence in the New Testament to indicate that through Christ's sacrifice has removed the law of the animals clean / unclean.

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Dr. Angel Manuel Rodríguez

Source: http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org