CARNIVORES

Readers, I am happy that although we live far apart I feel that you are as close as my closest neighbor. I have a friend whom I can communicate with even though not directly and not every day. I developed my passion for writing soon after I got my Bachelor’s degree a few years ago. I used to hate English composition. That’s the reason why it took me so long to get my college degree. I waited to take English until my school sent me a notice telling me that I had to take a year of English before I could graduate. Well, I did it finally, and I am glad that I did. And now, I cannot stop writing. Today’s topic is on diet. I believe that diet is a very important part of our life - the right diet. How do I know what the right diet is for humans? Let’s see what the Bible says. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His [own] image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." And God said, "See, I have given you every herb [that] yields seed which [is] on the face of all the earth and every tree whose fruit yields seed; it shall be for food to you. "Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for food"; and it was so.” Genesis 1:26-30. You see, meat was never part of our original diet, any kind of meat. According to some scientists, humans started to eat meat regularly about a million and a half years ago. When did the big flood occur? It doesn’t look like humans started to eat meat after the big flood during Noah’s time. Another question. If humans started to eat meat about one million and a half years ago when did God create humans? According to estimates our planet is about 4.5 billion years old. Is our world that old? I have no answer. I don't know.

Putting all aside, let’s see what God has told Noah to do in preparation for the big flood. Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen [that] you [are] righteous before Me in this generation. "You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male, and a female; two each of animals that [are] unclean, a male and his female; "also seven each of birds of the air, male, and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.” Genesis 7:1-3. God told Noah to take with him into the ark seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that [are] unclean, a male and his female. We know that before the big flood, God has already designated clean and unclean animals ”`to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.'" Leviticus 11:47. They are animals that are not fit for human consumption. Readers, do you know that there are fruits that are also unfit for human consumption? Have you never heard of fruits that are unfit for human consumption? Here it is. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Genesis 2:16-17. We do not know what will happen to us when we eat shrimp and pork, but they are some of the unclean foods that God forbids us to eat. In the case of Adam and Eve, they immediately knew what happened to them when they disobeyed God, and ate the fruits that they could not eat. With the rest of us who eat unclean foods that God forbids us to eat we don't know what will happen to us. We will know when Jesus returns when we hear Him say, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” Matthew 7:21-23. The law prohibits Christians, Jews, and Muslims from eating unclean food. Read Leviticus 11 for a complete description of what God says that we can and what we cannot eat, or even touch. Why? Because eating them is a sin. They are God's commandments. Touching their carcasses is also a sin. “They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.” Leviticus 11:11. God does not want us to defile ourselves when we eat or touch unclean foods. Do you want to know why? "For I [am] the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I [am] holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Leviticus 11:44. God doesn't want to live with anyone in heaven whose chest is painted with the word unclean and whose back is painted with the word abomination. Jesus said, "Therefore, you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48. God doesn't want anyone who has defiled himself with unclean foods to live with Him in a holy environment in heaven! None!