There are some popular teachings on the subject of eating clean and unclean meats, which claim that Jesus declared all meats clean. What does the Bible teach about clean or unclean meats?
 

In Genesis 7:1-3. “And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.” So the LORD started out in Genesis with the separation between clean and unclean beasts. This was long before there were Jews, Priests or Moses proclaiming and writing down the statutes, code and Laws.
 

In Malachi 3:6, “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” From this text we learn that what the LORD has written in the Old Testament, would still stand in the New. We just need to learn the reason why it is so important to understand what the LORD is requesting us to do, and why He requires us to eat clean and pure food. After all He is preparing a Holy People, to live in His presence in the heavenly atmosphere. If there was a spot of uncleanness in us, we could not survive His presence, which is healing to those who have purified themselves, and destructive to those who have sin still hidden their hearts, as in lust of the flesh or lust for the flesh pots of Egypt.
 

Jesus gave us the command in Matthew 4:4. “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” What the LORD had given us in Genesis, is just as important as what He is telling us in Revelation. If we take the Bible as a whole from Genesis to Revelation, we shall discover the truth that sets us free. Not free to sin, but free to live in righteousness and obedience.
 

So God’s Word is what should be our authority, and we need to understand God’s perspective instead of relying on human reasoning. When God told Noah to take clean and unclean into the Ark, Noah understood the instruction and the distinction between the animals, and he obeyed without question. So obviously this was not the first time that the difference between clean and unclean had been brought forth. After the flood Noah sacrificed only clean animals, of which he had taken 7 pairs onto the Ark. Would a Pig have been sacrificed, then would the Pig be accepted instead of a Lamb? If so then John the Baptist could never have stated, as he did in John 1:29. “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” 
 

The law is spiritual, as in Romans 7:14, “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” When we have a loving relationship with our LORD, we don’t look for loopholes to avoid obeying His commandments. In fact we enjoy a loving relationship, and seek to keep his commandments which are based on LOVE. These commandments also include the food laws in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, which exist for our benefit and health.
 

Abraham kept the laws, statutes, and his attitude was of trust and sincere obedience. He lived long before the Old Covenant when Israel was established, which Jesus said in Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass,  one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” 
 

God’s instructions were to “be holy,” which includes not eating of the unclean things, “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.” Deuteronomy 14:2-3.
 

When Jesus came to die on the cross, after which He became our High Priest, and His ministry replaced the Levitical priesthood, this is called the New Covenant. Hebrews 8:8-10. “For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” He wants to write His laws into our minds and hearts, where we will love to follow his commandments and laws!
 

Then living a righteous life, having been set free as Paul tells us in Romans 6:22-23. “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” When we grasp this wonderful principle, we joyfully keep all the precepts, which help us to avoid the unclean in the physical, moral and spiritual realm. 
 

The unclean animals were created for a purpose, they are generally the “garbage cans” and their work is to clean up the earth, and pigs will eat just about anything. There is a principal that we are what we eat, and if we eat unclean food, then we will also be unclean. 
 

Mark 7:19. “Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?” The word “meats” <broma>? Greek - “All meats. All food; all that is taken into the body to support life. The meaning is, that the economy or process by which life is supported, purifies or renders nutritious all kinds of food. The unwholesome parts are separated, and the wholesome only are taken into the system. This agrees with all that has since been discovered of the process of digestion, and of the support of life. The food taken into the stomach is, by the gastric juice, converted into a thick pulp, called chyme. The nutritious part of this is conveyed into small vessels and changed into a milky substance called chyle. This is changed into blood, and the blood conveys nutriment and support to all parts of the system. The useless parts of the food are thrown off.” Barnes Commentary, SwordSearcher.
 

Meats in the Bible can mean all food, or just food as does not always tell you whether it is clean or unclean. Broma is used to simply mean food, where the Greek word kreas is used where meat or animal flesh is specifically intended. So the above passage has to do with food rather than meat. The whole argument of course started over “unwashed hands. (Romans 14:21; 1 Corinthians 13:8.)”
 

Mark 7:19, KJV. “Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?” But in the New International Version, Mark 7:19, it adds: “For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods ‘clean.’)” This has been added by man, it not part of the original King James Bible, it just is not there. At least they put in parentheses as some changes in the newer versions they have not done this, and thus give a wrong idea or teaching. So are you going to trust man or trust the whole Bible, and prepare yourself to be holy so you can live in a holy heavenly atmosphere.
 

Exodus 15:26. “And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” Now here is the real reason for eating only clean meat, and here at the end of the world with the animal kingdom diseased and sick, it is best to not even eat clean dead meat. As the promise is that none of the diseases will come upon those who follow the His commandments and keep His statutes!
 

Isaiah 66:15-18, “For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.” 
 

Now this text is the clincher, in that it shows how the LORD will judge those who hide in the groves “eating swine’s flesh,” and like they do in some countries in eating “the mouse.” In fact some of the horrible diseases plaguing man, are caused by eating of unclean meat, or other toxic food and medicines. The statement “those who hide in the groves,” is where they practiced idiolatry in worshiping the Sun or Moon God, still practiced in the world today. As Solomon said, “there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9.
 

Psalm 19:7. “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”