Why did the Old Testament
make a distinction between certain meats (clean and unclean) but not plants
even though some plants are poisonous?
The restriction on the
eating of meat [kosher diet] was part of the covenant between the people of
Israel and God. It wasn’t binding on other nations or people. And even with the
people of God, eating meat was different in various times of their history.
This is demonstrated in how God spoke about the eating of meat - both clean and
unclean:
Before the flood - no
meat [Genesis 1:29]
After the flood - all
meat [Genesis 9:2-3]
Kosher Diet - some meat
[Leviticus 11]
New Testament outlook -
all meat [Acts 10:10-15; 1st Corinthians 10:23-31; 1st Timothy 4:4]
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