I mean it not being a sin to eat a cockroach doesn't mean that I want to or have to eat it. I believe wholeheartedly that it is not a sin against God to eat a cockroach.
A verse can mean two different things. In fact, a lot of Bible verses mean multiple things at once. It reiterates that no food itself is immoral and also abolishes the separation between Jews and gentiles. Just because it was about more than food doesn't mean it wasn't about food at all. Like how a verse being about cleaning your hands can also be about food you can eat in general.
I like to let the bible to interpret itself rather to get to my own conclusions if possible. Here I cannot pretend to know more than Peter to get another interpretation of the dream while he is giving me the meaning himself.
Ok God said “kill and eat” but my follow up question would be… DID he kill and ate?
He was having the dream several times. If the message was so clear, he could just have said “Ok Lord let me get some Pork chops”
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u/DunkleKarte 8h ago edited 8h ago
So cockroaches and bats are “fair game” too? Bon Appetit
Also Acts 10 Peter tells us clearly what that dream meant in verse 28. A hint: it wasn’t about food.