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Lev 11 tells of a list of animals that are clean and unclean. A list of those animals which are to be avoided because they defile.

Initially when God designed and created man in Gen 1, he designed him as a veggie.

Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
Genesis 1:29 NLT

I was infact shocked to realize this. Being a fan of non veg diet, it was heart breaking for me.
But God because he loves us, because of his love for us, he budged to our likeness it seems. He agrees on man eating non veg, but only clean ones.

Peter later in Acts encounters this stand of God. Where he realises that everything that God created is clean and there has to be no distinction between anyone. 
The system at that time defined Cornelius to be unclean (according to the Jews). But God was proving to Peter infact that nothing (or everything) is unclean and receiving Jesus is the only way to be clean be it a Jew or a gentile. 
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

I'm in no way an advocate of veg or non veg diet. But I'm an advocate of making yourself clean through the blood of Christ. All are invited.





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