Act 10:13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” you need to read more.....................................
I know those verses very well. The lesson you got out of it is not the lesson that Peter or the first Christians got out of it. Not at all.
It does clearly support Jesus Words. Peter was hungry if you read in context, You CANNOT DISREGARD THAT VERSE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T FIT YOUR NARRATIVE. I think Peter heard the echo of Jesus words.
Not at all? So they kept all the dietary restrictions? AND INSISTED ON THE DIETARY RESRICTIONS?
The application many times is multiple. Two issues are being presented, Read closely.
What Defiles a Person
Mar 7:14 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “All of you listen,” He said, “and try to understand.
Mar 7:15 It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart. “
I agree that context is important. But so is what actually happens.
1. Despite being told to kill and eat..Peter NEVER does kill OR eat. If God was commanding him to eat unclean food then he was disobeying God.
2. Peter did not KNOW what the vision meant UNTIL the circumstances made it clear.
Act 10:17 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who had been sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate
He did NOT jump to the conclusion that he could now eat bacon. He NEVER came to that conclusion. This was his conclusion:
Act 10:28 Then he said to them, "You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Peter had made the mistake of believing the non-biblical JEwish tradition that gentiles were unclean. That gentiles were loathsome and weren't going to be given salvation. God showed him that clean and unclean applied to animals, not people.
That is the ONLY conclusion that is ever came to in scripture and the fact that Acts 10 is all about the giving of God's spirit to gentiles backs it up.
Now I understand that MODERN Christianity has gone BACK and attached meaning to verses that biblical figures don't have....but i don't think that's kosher myself.
About dietary restrictions...the Jews did and still do have a plethora or rules concerning diet...many of them (perhaps most) are non-biblical. But the bible has just a few basic rules...mainly about what animals are good for food and what are not.