“Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating.”- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Paige sent me this quote via text the other day (6/13/19). It led me to think about God's command to Noah.
Genesis 9:3-6
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. 6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image."
Animals often kill their prey BY eating it. Men are prohibited from this activity. Men are not mere animals. They are not the latest and greatest permutation on the evolutionary conveyor belt. Man is made in the image of God. Man was not meant to merely eat, but to feast. To kill dinner on purpose. To take that dead animal and prepare it for a meal. Mankind was not meant merely to eat. Food is not simply fuel. It is an opportunity to feast, to partake of providence and fill a belly that is connected to a heart already full of, "Thank You!"
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