Like the Quran- does the Bible prohibit people from eating pork too?

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Answer.....bismillah hir rahmanir rahim.... Pork (along with many other unclean animals) was prohibited. There were practical reasons for this (reasons of health), but there was also a spiritual message attached; to stay away from things that make the spirit unclean. But now anything blessed may be eaten. Acts 10 makes this very clear. As the Gentiles were once unclean, now they have been sanctified by the blood of Christ. This is the spiritual message brought to us through the scriptures. Just as Jesus chastised those who could not see the spiritual benefits and messages behind the laws and teaching of God in his day, so to do we face those who cannot see the spiritual values brought to us by God's word. There are two types of people in the world; those whose are men of nature, and those who are of the spirit. The men of nature only see the practical and literal meanings in life. To them, the ways of the spirit seem foolish. Men of the spirit, see and embrace goodness and all it's teachings. Don't be a man of the world. Open your eyes to the teachings of spiritual things. The body profits you a little and, in certain matters, not at all. But spiritual things profit a person at all times, and are eternal. Get the spiritual message.

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Both The Bible and the Quran prohibit the eating of pork. Muslims are aware of this prohibition and observe it strictly. However, most readers of the Bible say they do not know where they can find this in the Bible.

In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares the pig to be unclean for believers. Then, in verse 8, God says: You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. This command is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:7-8. Then, in Isaiah 65:2-4, and 66:17, God issues a stern warning against those who eat pork.

Some people are aware of this prohibition from God, but they say that they can eat pork because St. Paul said that all food is clean in his letter to the Romans 14:20. St. Paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to the Ephesians 2:14-15) that Jesus had abolished the Law with all its commandments and regulations. He seems, however, to have misunderstood what he heard about Jesus. In the Gospel According to Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus is reported to have said quite the contrary, as follows: Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law . . . ." Jesus then went on in that passage (in verse 19) to denounce anyone who would break the smallest commandment and teach others likewise. He also praised his true followers who will practice and teach even the smallest commandment. One of the commandments, as we have seen, is to stay away from pork.

This is why the true followers of Jesus, holding on to his teachings, did not let unclean food such as pork enter their mouths, so that Peter, the chief disciple, can say, I have never eaten anything impure or unclean (Acts of the Apostles, ch. 10, v. 14)

Five chapters later in the Acts of the Apostles, 15:29, we find that the original disciples still differentiate between clean and unclean foods, and this time Paul is in agreement with them. Six chapters later, in ch. 21, v. 25, their decision to impose food regulations on believers is mentioned without regret, and this time Paul is challenged to prove that he is in agreement with them; and he demonstrated his full agreement with them.

What remains, then, is that Jesus, on whom be peace, upheld the prohibition against pork. His disciples also upheld it, and so must all his followers. Those who fail to uphold it need to be informed and reminded of this rule from God. This is one reason why God sent His final messenger, on whom be peace. God says:

O people of the Scripture ! Now has Our Messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which you used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto you light from Allah and a plain Scripture. (The Meaning of the Glorious Quran 5:15).

then why do I see Christians eating pork? Some churches even have pig roasts.

AnswerThere are no more clean beasts today, because Noah sacrificed all the clean beast & clean fowl.

Genesis 8:20 And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

YesIn the Christian Bible, pork is prohibited too;

Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are abominations:

Leviticus 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

rabbits are prohibited too;

Leviticus 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud , but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

But the locusts, beetles & grasshoppers are OK to eat;

Leviticus 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind

Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.