[Gamecock]

Acts 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.

Gee, it sounds like pork is now OK.

(The sure sign of a good BBQ joint in the South, where pork is the preferred meat, is an abundance of Religious Tracts on the wall.)

[Quix]

LOL.

[DouglasKC]

Acts 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
Gee, it sounds like pork is now OK.

Unfortunately you're adding an interpretation to Peter's vision that Peter never saw or acknowledged in scripture.

1. Peter realized correctly that the vision meant that he shouldn't consider gentiles unclean or common:

Act 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Peter, who actually had the vision, interpreted it to mean that he shouldn't call any man common or unclean. Nowhere does he mention that God showed him he could eat pork.

2. In chapter 11 or Acts, Peter recounts the events to Jewish Christians. He never mentions that they were all free to eat pork, instead he again recounts the correct interpretation of the vision:

Act 11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Act 11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Act 11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

3. In context, reading Acts chapter 10 and 11 are all about the entry of the first gentiles into God's church and not about abolishing God's injunction about eating pork.

4. In the vision itself, Peter NEVER ate the unclean food. In fact, he affirms that in the 10 or 15 years since the death of Christ he had NEVER eaten anything unclean.

Act 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

So this proves that Jesus Christ never taught his disciples that God's injunction about eating pork was abolished.

In reality, the fact that many Christians believe that eating pork is acceptable is simply tradition. It has no biblical basis.

[Just mythoughts]

God was not talking about pork.... he was talking about gentiles who up until the death of Christ were not allowed in the ‘temple’. Now I know the majority of Christians claim this was a cleansing of that vacuum cleaner which will eat anything and never sweats that poison out, created to keep this earth cleaned. Note carefully that Peter NEVER ate and who showed up at his door after the vision.... sure was not a swine.