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Should Believers Be Vegetarians?

Answer: There is no such commandment given in the Scripture that requires us to be vegetarians. Yahweh never commanded; "You shall not eat flesh (meat)". His son Yahshua was not a vegetarian when he walked this earth. 

Some Scriptural References

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a set apart (holy) time period, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath times: (Colossians 2:16).

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which Yahweh created for partaking with thanksgiving by the believers - by those who fully know the truth. For Yahweh founded; established in His Law, everything that is righteous and suitable; and no one is to condemn that which can be received; eaten, with thanksgiving., if it be received with thanksgiving, for it is set apart through the word of Yahweh and communion.(1 Timothy 4:2-4).

Deuteronomy 14:4-5 These are the beasts which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

Isaac wanted venison before he died:

Genesis 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the time of my death:

Genesis 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

Genesis 27:4 And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.

We know from Scripture, that Yahshua fed the multitudes with bread and fish (Mattithyah 15, Yahchanan Mark 6; 8, Lukyah 9, Yahchanan 6). In the Glad Tiding ("Gospel"), we read about Yahshua eating at rich people's homes and being at different feasts. (Lukyah 5:28-29 and Yahchanan 2:9).

It is not a Scriptural mandate that we become vegetarians. Not a teaching (torah, law, instruction, commandment, law) of Yahweh or a "sin". Flesh (meat) was a small part of the Ysrylites diet. We may want to limit the amount of meat we ingest because a vegetarian diet consisting of beans and rice, vegetables, and fish is a better, healthier lifestyle that you will find written in most health books. (Ask your doctor for his advice.)

Remember that Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew:

Genewsis 25:34 Then Yaaqob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

The Ysrylites longed for fish while in the desert:

Num 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

2Samuyah 17:28-29 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

The meat most people consume today is not the meat of years ago. Putting aside the fact that a fair majority of meat sold in stores is loaded with growth hormones and pesticides and is not free range, the Bible meat was still different.

Lukyah 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

Lukyah 15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Lukyah 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

In the Bible, the people ate lamb and a fatted calf. These animals are young. No one in their right mind, back then, would kill a huge cow for dinner or a feast. There were no freezers to store the meat in. The large animal was kept to procreate and to provide milk. The animals that were eaten were young. We must remember that a lamb is a baby sheep.

We know that most common people did not eat meat on a daily basis. They ate fish which was inexpensive and one could go and catch it themselves in the river or lake. Meat was eaten during a special occasion.

Deuteronomy 32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you did drink the pure blood of the grape.

We read of Abraham:

Genesis 18:6-8 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetch a calf tender and right, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Of Saul:

1Samuyah [Samuel] 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

Exodus 12:4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Here in Lukyah 24, we find Yahshua ("Jesus") eating fish after his resurrection:

Lukyah 24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have you here any meat?

Lukyah 24:42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

Lukyah 24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.

We find Yahshua ("Jesus") cooking breakfast for the disciples in Yahchanan [John], chapter 21.

Yahchanan 21:10 Yahshua said unto them, Bring of the fish which you have now caught.

Yahchanan 21:11 Simon Kepha went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

Yahchanan 21:12 Yahshua said unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples did ask him, Who art you? knowing that it was the Master.

Yahchanan 21:13 Yahshua then come, and take bread, and give them, and fish likewise.

MAGGOT MILK

I once had a job milking cows. Before milking them I had the job of going around to each cow and checking to see if they

had the teat disease called mastitis. Mastitis is a disease of the teats (mammary gland infection).

In checking to see if a cow had mastitis, I would take a can with a screen on top around to each cow and I would squirt some

milk through the screen on top of the can. If the milk ran clear it was good milk.

If the milk would clog or clump up in the screen with puss or blood in it at times, these cows had mastitis.

If the cow had mastitis I had to milk the bad mastitis milk out. We kept the bad mastitis milk separate from the good milk.

We took the bad mastitis milk in cans and stored these cans in a back room of the barn just off from the loading dock.

We left the lids to the cans cockeyed so flies could lay their maggots in this bad mastitis milk through the top of the

can into this bad milk. I never knew why they did this at first and never asked why. I later learned.

One day the boss came in and got a bunch of us and said he had another job for us.

We went back to the room just off from the loading dock where this bad mastitis was stored. The cans were overflowing

from the top of the cans with bubbleing milk full of maggots. The boss had us load these cans of maggot milk into a truck.

Again, I never asked any questions.

Once the crew had the truck loaded we got into the back of the truck and road with the maggot milk and the driver drove it

out to the hog barn. Before we got up close to the hog barn we heard the hogs start squeeling. This is when I asked what

we were going to do with the milk.

I was told we were going to feed this maggot milk to the hogs. When we poured this milk into the hog's troffs that

already had corn meal feed in them they would squeel loudly and fight and even bite each other to get to it.

When they would simply be eating the corn meal feed they would not act in such a fervert manner.

I made up my mind that I would never eat any more pork products from that day foreward.

Animal Sacrices Today?

by Voy Wilks 1971

"Why do you not offer animal scarifices today?"

This question is frequintly asked because we teach that none of the laws of the Bible have been abolished or made void. This question is also asked because we observe the seven annual holy days which Yahweh has chosen as His festival days. We are asked, "If you observe part of the law of Moses, why do you not observe all of it, including the sacrifice of animals in rites of worship?"

Though it is not generally known, it is really true that no portion of the "the law" has passed away, been abolished or has become void. Yahshua said that He "did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it" (Mt. 5:17-19). This means to live the law perfectly. He also says that if you and I expect to be great in the Kingdom of Yahweh, we too, must do and teach all the law, even the smallest points of the law. As long as heaven and earth stand, not one law of the Bible will become void. "But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void" (Lk. 16:17). * If possible, the New English Bible reads more emphatically. "It is easier for heaven and earth to come to an end than for one dot or stroke of the law to lose its force." Since the law has not lost its force, this means that it is still to be observed. Planet earth is still here, so this is testimony that no law of the Bible ** has lost its force, or become void.

Paul, the great Apostle of Yahshua the Messiah agrees with the Savior about the law. He wrote, "Do we then make void the law through faith? Yahweh forbid: Yea, we establish the law" (Rom. 3:31 KJV). He also testified that the law is holy, just, good, and spiritual (Rom. 7:12-16)

Now that Yahshua Messiah and Paul the Apostle have established the law, and tell us it has never been abolished, and will never be abolished as long as the earth stands, let us carefully examine the laws concerning animal sacrifices.

Animal sacrifices were not to be offered at any place of their choosing, but only at the place where Yahweh placed His Great Name (Deut. 16:5).The Law of Yahweh required that all animal sacrifices were to be offered at the door of the tent of meeting - the tabernacle. We should also note that this Law required the assistance of the priest and the Levites (Lev. 17:1-9). These public officials were to recieve their portion of the offering and the sacrifices. Any person who would not comply with these Laws was to be cut off from Israel.

In view of these findings, we see neither Jew nor Gentile can properly offer animal sacrifices today because:

1. Today the tabernacle (or temple) is not standing. It is not proper to offer animal sacrifices unless that which is offered can be brought to the door of the tent of meeting.

2. Since there is no temple, the Levites and the priest are not officiating, so it is improper to sacrifice unless these people recieve there portion of that which is offered.

3. On the penalty of death, it is unlawful except anyone but the Levites to offer sacrifices (Lev. 12:19,26; Num 3:9,10; 8:19; 18:4,7,23; 18:3-5).

* Unless otherwise indicated, all Bible quotations are from the Revised Standard Version.

** All the Laws of the Bible are Laws of Yahweh, whether called the "Law of Yahweh" or the "Laws of Moses"

No Law Abolished

This does not mean that any of the laws of the Bible have been abolished, however. On the contrary, this means that the sacrifices are of such great importance to the Almighty that they must not be done improperly. As to the annual festivals, however, we can observe them without the assistance of the priest and the Levites. It is possible to observe the DAY to Yahweh, therefore, we are obligated to do so. Since it pleased the Supreme Being to ordain that these days be observed FOREVER, it should be our pleasure to comply with his wishes (Lev. 23:14,21,31,41).

Now to continue with the study on animal sacrifices. Let us divide this into two parts, Gentile and Jewish.

Gentile

Yahshua the Messiah was, and is, our sacrifice for sin, and is totally adequate in every way.

"But when Messiah appeared he entered once for all into the holy place, taking... his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption" (Heb 9:11,12).

"But when Messiah had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sin, he sat down at the right hand of Yahweh,... for by a single offering he was perfected for all time those who are sanctified" (Heb. 10:12-14).

"... But as it is, he [Yahshua] has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself" (Heb. 9:26).

"... For Messiah, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed [for sin]" (1 Cor. 5:7).

"The death he died, he died to sin, once for all" (Rom. 6:10).

This being true, there is no need for other sacrifices for sin on our behalf. For Gentiles there is a parallel between animal sacrifice and circumcision. We do not need physical circumcision, but we need the circumcision made without hands in the act of baptism (Acts 15, Col. 2:11). In the same way, Yahshua Messiah became our personal sacrifice for sin when we accept the ritual water baptism (Rom. 6:1-11). For us today, Yahshua is our totally adequate sacrifice for sin!

Jewish

It is not understood why the Jewish people need offer animal sacrifices since the Messiah has come as the perfect sacrifice for sin. However, Scriptures tell us that this is to be done FOREVER, an EVERLASTING STATUTE! (Ex. 29:9, 26-28; 30:8; Lev. 6:22; 7:34; 24:8,9; Nu. 15:15; 18:18,19; 19:1,10,20,21; 25:13).

Since 135 C.E. the sacrificial offerings have been suspended, but the prophet Ezekiel says that in a future time, eventually after the Messiah returns, animal sacrifices will be once more offered (Ezek. 44:9-31). The question has been asked, "Why will this be?" One answer is: this will be a convenient means of feeding the multitudes who go up to keep the annual festivals. There surely are other reasons, but those reasons are not known to this writer. Since Scripture says that this will happen, however, we are obliged to accept it, even though we do not fully understand the reason why.

As long as the Levites were officiating in the temple at Jerusalem, it was NOT IMPROPER for the Jews to worship in this fashion. - even those who believed Yahshua to be the Messiah. We learn this from the story of Paul, the great Apostle of Yahshua the Messiah. When he returned to Jerusalem from his last missionary journey, we find that thousands of Jewish saints who believed in Yahshua continued to keep the law of Moses (Acts 21:20,21). The report was that Paul no longer kept the law, so he, with four other men, set out to prove that they, too, kept the law of Moses, including the sacrificial law.

"We have four men who are under a vow; take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Then ALL WILL KNOW that there is nothing in what they have been told, but YOU yourself will LIVE IN OBEDIENCE OF THE LAW" (Acts 21:23,24).

Please notice that these men were already under a vow. The seven days, the shaving of the head, and the offering of the animals were all part of the termination of the vow, not its beginning (Nu. 6:9,18,19). It was on the last day of purification, and the last day of the vow, that the head was to be shaved and the animals offered for each person.. For these rites, the offering required were as follows:

1 male lamb, 1 year old

1 ewe lamb, 1 year old

1 ram

1 basket of unleavened bread

Cakes of fine flour

Unleavened Wafers

A cereal offering

A drink offering

Every person was to offer these eight items at the conclusion of the nazarite vow (Nu. 6:13-20). Animal sacrifices, except for the burnt offerings, were cooked as food and eaten. They were baked in the oven, boiled in the pot, and cooked as roast, so what this amounted to was a full meal for the five men and the priest who officiated. Indeed, it was a feast - a banquet! The Apostle Paul joined in this to PROVE that he, too, observed the law of Moses as did thousands of other Jewish people who believed in Yahshua as the Messiah.

It is only fair to point out that the leaders of the Jerusalem assembly had no complaint against these rites of worship. Indeed, they were the ones who suggested this be done! Nor did they have a complaint against those thousands who continued to observe the customs of the law. Non-Biblical historical accounts also say that the early "Christians", being mostly Jewish, continued to observe the Jewish traditions (Encyc. Brit., 9th Ed., Vol. 7; Page 531).

"There is ONE LAWGIVER, who is able to save and destroy..." (James 2:12).

This ONE LAWGIVER is Yahweh the Almighty, the Supreme Being who spoke from the mountain top.

"For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us" (Isa. 33:22 KJV).

"The law of Yahweh is perfect,..." (Ps. 19:7).

"The sum of thy word is truth and every one of thy righteous ORDINANCES ENDURES FOREVER" (Ps. 119: 160).

"... the WORD OF Yahweh abides FOREVER" (1 Pet. 1:25).

Sice Yahweh's LAW is PERFECT, and his ORDIANCES ENDURE FOR EVER, why should anyone wish to change them? Since they are EVERLASTING, let us begin today and except them as they are!

Summary

+ Yahshua is our sacrifice for sin.

+ As long as the temple stood, it was not improper for believing Jews to offer animal sacrifices. Thousands did this very thing.

+ It is improper for either Gentile or Jew to offer animal sacrifices when

(1) there is no temple standing, and

(2) when there are no Levites to officiate in this worship.

"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take from it" (Deut. 12 32).