What the Bible says about eating meat
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you
shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon
all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing
that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things.
After the
flood, when the earth had suffered massive flooding and the ecosystem had
been altered dramatically, God told Noah and his sons that he could eat
“meat”. God told them to eat meat, as can be clearly seen above.
Prior to
the flood there had been no rain, but a constant mist was in the air, which
kept all things moist. But after the flood many things were altered, including
the life-span of men, and their dietary needs. Abraham told his servant
to go and kill a “fatted calf” (there’s that horrible
word – “animal fat”, which current dietary directives seem to think is
so off limits…..) to serve the messenger angels
who came to him and Sarah. Later, when Moses was making up the laws of
the Israelites, God taught them how to eat “clean” types of meats, and what
types of meats would be “unclean” to them: this was in the Jewish law,
and these laws are still followed today – a Jewish person still will not
eat pork, and all their meat must be inspected by a priest and declared
“kosher”, or “clean” to eat. Thus, over the 4,000 years of their history,
they kept themselves from needless plagues such as salmonella poisoning
that their neighbors suffered from, due to their dietary laws. Here are
these verses from Leviticus:
Leviticus 11:1-8
1 And
the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying
unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which
ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever
parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted,
and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall
ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew
the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And
the coney, because he cheweth
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth
the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And
the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted,
yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of
their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase
shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
So, they could
eat lamb, beef, etc., but not rabbit, or camel. These laws were put in
place because of “cleanliness”, as they lived in the desert and had no means
of properly cleaning some of the animals or controlling what those animals
had eaten in the wild. Today we eat pork and even some folks eat rabbit,
but cleaning processes have improved over the crude processes which these
people had. God made a point that man was not to eat the “blood” of any
animal,,,thus animals are drained of all blood prior to eating.
Now, later,
after the death and resurrection of Jesus – were there any changes given
by God to men about meat? Why, yes there were……Peter the apostle was afraid
to go to a non-Jew’s (gentile) house because of the “unclean” foods that
he might have to eat there, as Peter was a strict Jew. But God wanted
the apostles to preach the gospel to everyone on the world…..so what did
God do? He knew his Jews were strict and un-bending about their dietary
laws, so He sent Peter a dream……to instruct him about the “food” of the
gentiles, so that they might enter into a gentile’s house and partake of
their foods… here is this verse:
Acts 10:9-18
9 On the morrow, as
they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon
the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became
very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into
a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending
unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let
down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted
beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of
the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill,
and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not
so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again
the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call
not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was
received up again into heaven. 17 Now
while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should
mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for
Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 18 And called, and
asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
Here we see that God, for the
purposes of the taking of the gospel into all the world “cleansed” what
the Jews had regarded prior to this as “unclean”, especially in regard to
“meat”. Christians today have no admonitions from God, not to eat meat…the
point God made is that when we thank Him for our meals, the food is “sanctified”
by Him, making it “clean” – thus, we say grace at each meal. When I am
preparing food for company, I always say a prayer over it before serving
it, for I know that God would not have this food which we thank Him for,
be hurtful to a guest….I print it out with my recipes and read it to remind
me that He is with us in our health:
Here is a copy of my prayer:
MY PRAYER FOR FOOD SERVING
Most High, My Lord, My God, how great Thou art.
I make these recipes to give food, for health, and the enjoyment
of your manifold gifts to us, sometimes meager, but also delicate things.
I ask you to bless this food, so that my family and friends
are blessed in health and strength from it, and that anything that may harm
them, be removed by your angels because of my request. In this, because
I ask for this for Your Glory and not mine, bless this food to those who
receive it.
I also know and remember, that this
is food for our bodies. And I know that you have provided food for our
spirits, by Your Holy Spirit. That we can learn about your Word, and about
our Saviour, and about You,
and Your Kingdom to come. Please, I ask of you, give us this food of
Yours in great abundance, daily, so that we can
come closer to You.
As I prepare food for my friends and family, let me always
be singing in my heart, the other food you have given me, that which gives
me treasures in heaven, living water, and oil in my lamp.
Your humble servant, Arlene
Unto this day God has not ever
told men, Jew or gentile, not to eat meat. Meat is a necessary part of
the diet of man. Meat gives us many of the important B vitamins, especially
B 12, and the saturated fat in meat is VERY NECESSARY to the health of man.
Why? Because every single hormone in the human body has as it’s building
block foundation, CHOLESTEROL….yes that bad word, but this needful lipid
(fat) has been so maligned by dietary faddists, that many have turned to
“vegetarianism”.
Teenagers are especially vulnerable
to this “fad”, which interferes with their normal hormonal development,
and leads later to reproductive problems. Ever notice how often when you
see a vegetarian, they just don’t look “healthy”? That is because
they are lacking in the fat-soluable vitamins
A and D, found in animal fats. The body has many many different kinds of hormones, all of which are built with
cholesterol….many of these are “emotional” hormones, and even “mental”,
as there are many hormones in the brain. Thus, people who are strict vegetarians
become “suggestible” to faddish things, even spiritual confusion. Thus
you see vegetarians turning to “mystical” types of things – yoga, crystals,
and all manner of stupid things which they think leads to “health”. I
have news for them…. This is why all religious cults will insist upon
vegetarian diets for their members….because they become more “suggestible”
– less able to make sound judgments, thus, more easily manipulated by the
cult leaders……….ever notice how so many vegetarians become involved with
Eastern religions, Buddhism, etc????? Huh? Huh?
Did the apostles know this?
Yes !
Read the following verse carefully,,,,,,Paul
is talking about those who will follow “doctrines of devils”……in other words:
cults. These cults will forbid marriage in their followers (see the recent
news about the guy in Utah who was a polygamist, and chased out all the
young men who might have been a threat to his “empire”…..in the news last
week…) But notice another thing that they insist for their followers:
that they “ABSTAIN FROM MEATS”, and notice that
these meats “God hath created to be received with THANKSGIVING of them which
BELIEVE AND KNOW THE TRUTH ! “FOR
EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD, AND NOTHING TO BE REFUSED, IF IT BE RECEIVED
WITH THANKSGIVING. FOR IT IS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD, AND
PRAYER.
1 Timothy 4:1-5
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared
with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them
which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature
of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it
be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the
word of God and prayer.
Many people have been led astray
by the vegetarian diet routine, and yes, there is wisdom in including fruits
and vegetables in our diets. But not to the exclusion
of meat, eggs, dairy products. We very much need the vitamins
A and D, the B vitamins, and the cholesterol to keep our hormones in balance,
so that we remain SOUND MINDED, and not easily given over therefore to “doctrines
of devils”.
I studied nutrition in college,
and continue to follow all the dietary “fads”…..Without going into a tirade,
but if you want to be healthy, do (and do not) the following:
1. Do NOT use diet sodas, or
sugar substitutes (aspartame) of any kind, in
any way, including Splenda. These are neurological
toxins. The FDA has 92 symptoms / side effects related to the use of these
sugar substitutes. It also CAUSES weight gain, so that you buy more diet sodas……it
turns into methyl alcohol in your body (among other breakdown products,
all lethal) , which is the “wood alcohol” the skid-row bums would get hold
of, and it caused them to go blind….. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
go to:
http://www.mindbodyhealth.com/aspertame2.htm
and:
http://www.laleva.cc/food/aspartame_stoddard.html
and: read the whole history of this killer poison
“The whole story and history of a Killer: Aspartame”
http://www.greatfallspro.com/aspertame.htm
2. Do NOT use any soy products,
such as soy milks, powders, burgers, cheeses, etc. SOY CAUSES UNDER-ACTIVE
THYROID, and all the problems related to this disturbance
of the thyroid. The Chinese only used “fermented” soy – for “soy sauce”,,,they
did not use the ground soy bean…….they knew it was poison….DID YOU KNOW
THAT? Soy-based infant formulas have caused many problems in infants,
including a deficiency of zinc. Do not use it - Nowhere
is the soy bean called a “food” in the Bible. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
go to:
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html
and:
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_studies.html
Please – bookmark the Weston
Price website, and read all the papers there…..there are many many important things you should know there, to keep in optimum
health……
3. Do NOT use margarine or
Crisco, or any other ‘HYDROGENATED” fats. What are they? Take any plant
oil, and bubble hydrogen up through it and it “solidifies”, into a hard
substance. Storage time is greatly lengthened for that “fat”
; hence, the food companies love it. Back in the early 1900’s the
food companies found that they could hydrogenate these oils. They convinced
housewives that they could use Crisco for baking, and margarine for spreading……wow….at
this time they also took out the healthy parts of our wheat (the germ and
the bran), and rice, because in the storage centers they found that the
rats and mice would not touch white flour or sugar. Shortly after adulterating
our foods in these ways,,,,we began to have heart
disease, diabetes, degenerative diseases of all kinds………which we did not
have before…..they won’t tell you this in any “health” journals today, though,
will they….. Thus, they “hydrogenate” peanut butter, and feed it to children
as a “healthy” food…not so……Get the natural peanut butter…you can see the
oil in it, the oil has not been hardened so that it stores on the shelf
longer. These fats are not meant for your body. Do not use any “partially
hydrogenated” olive oil spreads, etc., JUST USE BUTTER
! God gave us butter, and olive oil….and coconut oil, palm oil…these
are the good eating oils. Ever find an old bottle of corn oil on the shelf,
and see the sticky stuff around the cap? Know what that is? It is varnish…..plant
oils are for making varnish, not to be put in your body. Soy oil, corn
oil, canola oil, - go to the hardware store and look for some “linseed”
oil……for applying to wood…that is canola oil…..they just gave it a different
name so the consumer wouldn’t know that they were eating poison. DID YOU
KNOW THAT? go here to read about:
http://www.karinya.com/canola2.htm
To find out about which types
of oils and fats to consume, go to the Weston Price website below,,,and learn about fats…there is an article entitled:
“The Skinny on Fats”. Read that article.
4. Cook your own foods from
scratch, and minimize your use of MSG (mono-sodium-glutamate). Like aspartame,
it is a neurological poison. So many complaints about its use in foods,
that the food companies came up with a wonderful ploy: just give
it 30 different names to confuse people, so they wouldn’t know they were
getting it in their “processed” foods….things like “autolyzed
yeast”, “protein isolate”, even “flavoring”. The initial studies on MSG
showed that the rats who were given MSG, immediately
became OBESE! This was noted, and now when they study
obesity, guess where they get their “obese” mice and rats? They
just give them MSG. This product has entered so much of our food supply
in its various different forms, that now we have a nation of very obese
people ! Where do you think all of this obesity
comes from? From God’s food? Not hardly
! It comes from the use of aspartame (sugar substitutes), and MSG,
in just about everything people eat and drink every day! Try to find just
one chewing gum that does not have aspartame in it,,,even the ones that are not sugar-free! DID YOU KNOW
THAT? Go to:
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/
scroll
down and read about the obesity epidemic, and the many, many different names
they have given to msg, to hide it in our foods.
5. Do not microwave your food.
It is an energy-wave process that actually kills the living enzymes and
vitality of foods. If you don’t mind eating lifeless pebbles, then go
ahead and microwave your food. It renders food useless and dangerous.
Get a convection oven instead. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
Go to:
http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/5/microwave_food.htm
the above is a wonderful website to bookmark
in your health favorites…
6. Get on the internet and
look up some of these things. Just google
“dangers of aspartame”….”dangers
of soy”…..dangers of MSG”…..etc. find out for yourself how we are slowly being made into medical
zombies, so that we end up at the doctors buying all the pills they have
made for the very conditions they have created by the use of their food
additives.
God will judge this, for it
is a great evil. As you will see, the drug companies are dancing partners
with our food and drug association…they make us sick in our foods, and then
they make the “drugs” to take away the symptoms of our illnesses. Pretty
clever, huh? God will judge this thoroughly. My daily food consumption
and purchases are based upon this: Did God make this for food? In what form do I eat it? God gave
us meat, fruits, vegetables, “whole” grains for breads and cereals, olive
oil, coconut oil, palm oil, and butter,,,,,(not plant oils), dairy products,
eggs, fowl, fish…..and certain wonderful herbs to cook them with. With
thanksgiving, He will “sanctify” these things, and give us health…..
Enough of a tirade for now…..
Your sister in Christ……Arlene