Morality in the Old Testament

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My question is, were the things forbidden in the Old Testament actually immoral? For example, not eating unclean foods. We’ve established in other threads that the morality of an act never changes. God never changes His mind and says, “all right, theft is okay now”. So was eating unclean foods actually immoral? If so, why are we allowed to do this immoral thing? If it was not immoral, why did God forbid it?
 
The word immoral really doesn’t apply to the prohibition against eating certain foods in the OT. They were ordinances, not on the same level as the Ten Commandments, the basis for the moral law.

The purpose for forbidding certain foods was to keep Israel centered in belief in God as opposed to many gods. There’s a whole study of the hooves of animals which explains why some were forbidden and others not.

In any case, it was a matter of obedience, not of morality, which is what you are confusing it with.
 
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The word immoral really doesn’t apply to the prohibition against eating certain foods in the OT. They were ordinances, not on the same level as the Ten Commandments, the basis for the moral law.

The purpose for forbidding certain foods was to keep Israel centered in belief in God as opposed to many gods. There’s a whole study of the hooves of animals which explains why some were forbidden and others not.

In any case, it was a matter of obedience, not of morality, which is what you are confusing it with.
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All right, thank you!
 
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