Symbolism In Levius 17: 13-13

In Leviticus 17:10, 13 it is written that Jews are forbidden from eating meat that contained blood. Gentiles became convert Christians who used to worship other gods and eat meat which were sacrificed for their gods (idols) made the fellowship difficult with the Jews with their lifestyle and the sharing of meals with Jewish believers would be easier if they would respect this tradition from the Mosaic Law. The church in Syrian Antioch, comprised of both Jews and Gentiles, struggled with this issue (Acts 15) and the Jerusalem Council settled the matter by urging Gentile converts to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols (Acts 15:29) with respect to their Jewish brothers and for the sake of weak believers . This decision was made not to promote legalism but to keep peace and unity within the church. Since eating meat offered to idols was a divisive issue the apostles were asking self-denial from the converted gentiles. Compliance with the council’s directive assured that a Jewish believer could eat the brisket he was served with confidence, knowing it

However, they are going to ask the Gentiles to do certain things out of courtesy to abstain. The reason this is so specifically mentioned will come up again in I Corinth 8 in the section about eating meat. The situation was that the gentile world of that day worshipped idols, and in a city like Corinth, for example, the people would take their best animals and offer them to their pagan gods. They would take the animal in and make an offering of it, to their gods, which were “spiritual,” which ate the “spiritual” part of the sacrificed animal. Then the people would take the meat and sell it in the meat