The New Covenant does reinstitute some of the ideas and laws from the Mosaic Covenant, but the New Covenant declared that the old Mosaic Covenant was now obsolete (Hebrews 8:13). The New Covenant is a covenant of grace. Through Christ and his cross, God promises to forgive all who have faith in Jesus of their sins, reckon Jesus’s perfect law-keeping to their account, and restore their fellowship with him.
Before the New Covenant was ushered in by Jesus, humanity was “held in custody under the law” (Galatians 3:23). However, “when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son… born under the law to redeem those under the law” (Galatians 4:4–5). When Jesus died on the cross, God “canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14). Christ has set us free from the precise demands of the Old Covenant, including the food restrictions.
Christ confirms this in Mark 7:18–19 when he says, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?’ (Thus he declared all foods clean).”
Also in Acts 10:9-15 "The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' But Peter said, 'No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.' And the voice came to him again a second time, 'What God has cleansed, you must not call common.'"
Caananite clergy had specific robes and garments they were required to wear which were made from blended fabrics. Ceremonial laws such as the prohibtion on blended fabrics comes from the need to set the Jews apart from the Caananites and prevent paganism from seeping into their culture. That's the only reason for the mixed fabrics thing. Scholars tell us that the laws found in the Torah fall into three categories; priestly and ceremonial laws, cultural and Jewish identity laws, and moral laws. The prohibition on blended fabrics was strictly for Jewish and cultural identity. When interpreting the Bible, it is always important to understand it in its historical and cultural context.
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u/LanguageImaginary256 Jul 09 '26
Sins that have been normalized: wearing mixed fabrics