Did Peter's Vision of the Sheet Mean People & Food?

[Rose of Shushan]

Quote:I hope this isn't redundant (does it even fit in this thread?), but in Genesis 7 God told Noah to take all the clean land animals--ruminants--into the ark in sevens, and the unclean in pairs, and the birds (no distinction is made between clean and unclean) in sevens.

I hadn't noticed before that fowl weren't given a clean or unclean designation until you pinted it out .This further strengthens my view that at the time there were most likely no clean and unclean designations to food in regard to eating.

Quote:The verses seem to imply that the clean animals were to be eaten while the ark was sealed. Seven of every ruminant species (there are hundreds) would certainly sustain eight humans for the length of time they were in the ark. Were humans eating meat before the flood? God distinguished between clean and unclean animals, so what is the basis for the distinction?

As to whether animals were being eaten before the ark ,I don't see it clear either way right now.We know Abel was a keepr of sheep and that he brought sacrifices of the said sheep.
Were they being eaten? Were the sheep just for wool, milk and cheese? If the Scripture doesn't say they ate milk either do we assume they didn't just because Scripture doesn't say whether they did or not ?And the same for meat, if Scripture is silent on it then we don't really know.Or at least I don't see a definite yes or no for whether they did eat meat or not prior to the flood.

As to the distinction for clean and unclean just prior to the flood, I do think that since no mention is made of clean and unclean in respect of fowl that the distinction must have been for animals being sacrificed,thoughh if they were also consumed I have no idea.