When the whole world becomes vegan again (including animals)
Questions answered:
When will the world become vegan (including animals)?
Was there a time in this world when there was totally no death?
What is the basis of this possibility?
Why do animals eat each other?
Was Jesus vegan?
One way to understand all the killings and sacrifices in the Bible?
How can vegan movements/advocacies truly make the world vegan?
Why people fail to be vegan?
How we can help people to be vegan?
Appreciation to vegan advocates
Additional amazing vegan ideas
When will the world become vegan (including animals)?
Someday:
Isaiah 11:6“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
7The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea."
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 ESV
Was there a time in this world when there was no sin and death?
"Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" Romans 5:12
for more information about the fall of humanity, read Genesis chapter 3. Genesis 1-2 is the earth before sin and Revelation 21-22 is the earth when sin is no more.
When sin will not rise up again:
"What do you conspire against the LORD? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time". Nahum 1:9
What does sin have to do with veganism?
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
Who invented sin?
"You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you." Ezekiel 28:15
for more information on how Lucifer became Satan read Ezekiel 28:12-19 and "The Origin of Evil" chapter 29 in the book The Great Controversy.
Credibility of the Bible:
- many former cannibals changed their lifestyle
- many former criminals now became preachers, pastors, evangelists
- 44+ prophecies about Jesus made 400+ years beforehand came true
- history has and is following Daniel 2, Daniel 7-8, Revelation prophecies
- "The New Testament has been preserved in more manuscripts than any other ancient work of literature, with over 5,800 complete or fragmented Greek manuscripts catalogued, 10,000 Latin manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages including Syriac, Slavic, Gothic, Ethiopic, Coptic and Armenian." - Gary Habermas
- 283 direct New Testament quotes many Old Testament writers. 885+ including allusions according to Bagster's Bible.
- continuously growing archaeological proof
Why is the Bible so difficult to understand?
- like everything else, the more you study it the more you understand. "I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation." Psalm 119:99
Why do animals eat each other?
- because of sin, before sin (Genesis 1-2) no death, after sin (Revelation 21-22) no death
- one of the effects / curses of disobedience Deuteronomy 28:15–68
Was Jesus vegan?
- now He is because he went to heaven and there is no death in heaven Acts 1:11
Why did Jesus eat fish (Luke 24:41-43) but did not want vinegar (Mt 27:34) (because vinegar {translated in tagalog as "alak"} beclouds/benumb/anesthetize the mind according to {DA 746.2})?
maybe he:1) got rid of the fat (Leviticus 7:23)2) got rid of the blood (Deu 12:23)3) fish was in clean water / container / environment / feeds / handling / preservatives / contamination / pollution / expiration (Leviticus 11:31-40)4) fish had scales and fins (Lev 11:10)
One way to understand all the killings and sacrifices in the Bible?
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
The first death in Genesis 3:21 was a lamb to teach us that our sin causes death but the Lamb of God (John 1:29) will someday die in our stead so we can have eternal life again. The skin of the lamb was for Adam and Eve's clothing, and represented the righteousness of Jesus covering our nakedness (sin) because our works (their sewn leaves) was not enough to cover our sins. more info about sanctuary idea
Everyone who sinned needed to bring a sacrifice w/c represented forgiveness of sins, until the real Lamb was offered on the cross.
Why did God command the Israelites to kill the Canaanites?
Same with Noah's time in Genesis 6, and also Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19, too much sin.
“not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations…” (Deuteronomy 9:5)
when they did not kill all, the Israelites were learned the sins of the Canaanites
"You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. 4 You shall follow my rules1 and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. 5 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord." Leviticus 11:3-5
“The land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants” (Leviticus 18:25)
“the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure” (Genesis 15:16)
then after 400 years, “completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you” (Deuteronomy 20:17)
How can vegan movements/advocacies truly make the world vegan?
- by appealing to emotions / compassion / pity. "A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Proverbs 12:10
- by teaching health benefits of clean foods (in Leviticus 11:1-31) and eliminating unclean / polluted / contaminated foods (Leviticus 11:32-40)
- by teaching the root cause of predation, suffering, and cruelty -- sin
- by teaching people accurately how to get to the perfectly vegan earth of the redeemed.
- by correcting myths that distort the solution and pointing to credible literature instead to understand the bigger picture
Why people fail to be vegan?
- lack of education. "Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom's instruction." Proverbs 29:18
- lack of skill looking for or preparing palatable and nutritious food. {CD 205.2}
- poverty, life-long habit {TSDF 73.5}
- perverted appetite. "their god is their stomach" Philippians 3:19
How we can help people to be vegan?
- education "Counsels on Diet and Foods" by Ellen G. White (who is among top 100 most influential Americans according to Smithsonian)
- example, training, policy
- "If the patronage of our restaurants lessens because we refuse to depart from right principles, then let it lessen. We must keep the way of the Lord, through evil report as well as good report." {7MR 55.3}
- "I have been instructed that the students in our schools are not to be served with flesh foods or with food preparations that are known to be unhealthful. Nothing that will serve to encourage a desire for stimulants should be placed on the tables. I appeal to old and young and to middle-aged. Deny your appetite of those things that are doing you injury. Serve the Lord by sacrifice." {9T 157.1}
- "There are some in our institutions who claim to believe the principles of health reform, and yet who indulge in the use of flesh meats and other foods which they know to be injurious to health. I say to such in the name of the Lord, Do not accept positions in our institutions while you refuse to live the principles for which our institutions stand; for by doing this, you make doubly hard the work of teachers and leaders who are striving to carry the work on right lines. Clear the King’s highway. Cease to block the way of the message He sends." {CD 415.4}
- enthusiasm and perseverance.
- "In proportion to the enthusiasm and perseverance with which the work is carried forward, will be the success given." {ChS 262.2}
- when something is removed it has to be replaced by better things. Matthew 12:43-45
- 43 “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- 44 Then he saith, ‘I will return into my house from whence I came out.’ And when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
Appreciation to vegan advocates
- thank you for nice pictures of vegan foods in social media
- thanks for the scientific evidences
- thanks for the animal welfare advocacies
- keep up the good work. someday soon the whole world will be vegan, including all the animals. no more wild animals. hope everyone decides to be there.
Additional amazing vegan ideas
- Did you know that salvation and diet are related? "God's Sanctuary and your Health" by Don Macintosh
- Did you know that Daniel (a vegan was not eaten by lions) but his enemies (not vegan) were eaten very quickly by the same lions? read Daniel 6
- Did you know that the whole world was vegan (no death whatsoever) before sin (Genesis 1-2 first two chapters of the Bible) and will be vegan again after sin (Revelation 21-22 last two chapters of the Bible)?
- Did you know that people who eat pigs will not be saved? Isaiah 66:17
- Did you know that Nebuchadnezzar (non-vegan) was given a dream but he forgot it, and Daniel (vegan) was given a dream and remembered it and knew the explanation too? And that world history has been fulfilling that prophetic explanation?
