Did Jesus really eat meat?

RonaSC said:

Of course i want answers. I am sorry i can not follow just "I know the truth, trust me". This question is much to important for me. Recently i have been waking up you can call it. Understanding on some deeper level that animals want to live just like us. So i feel bad for eating meat before. Have not eating it for just 2-3 months. The hard thing is i feel so guilty and that is why i look for an answer so much.

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You were given scripture to show that you can eat meat. I mentioned Jesus feeding the multitude.

We cannot show you video of Jesus eating meat. We have given you what we can. So, either believe the truth we have given you or bieve the lies the devil has fed you on that website.

pescador said:

Well, Jesus came from Galilee so the idea of nothing good coming from there is obviously nonsense.

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The gospel came out of Galilee. That's pretty good.

RonaSC said:

Hello everyone. I am new here. I have not been a Christian for very long time and now i struggle inside if i should eat meat or not.
If Jesus ate meat then ok. If not i do not want to also. Can you give me some advice what to do?

Recently i read this. It say it is a lie that Jesus ate meat. I have eating meat for many years. Now i feel a little sad. What should i do? Thank you for your help.

Did Jesus Eat Fish? (Luke 24:41-43) - By John Vujicic: Comments and Discussions - Questions and Answers

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He helped His disciples catch fish, cooked fish and offered it to them, multiplied bread and fish so that people could eat it, and ate fish Himself after the Resurrection. So, clearly, Christ has no problem with people catching and eating fish.

He did also not prohibit us from eating other animals, either. Some Christians fast from meat (or from some kinds of meat) for Lent and on certain days, and some Saints have gone 100% vegetarian, but this is either seasonal (Lent), or a personal choice as an ascetic practice (vegetarianism), and it’s ok to have a hamburger during the Summer.

RonaSC said:

Yes of course i want answers. I am sorry i can not follow just "I know the truth, trust me". This question is much to important for me. Recently i have been waking up you can call it. Understanding on some deeper level that animals want to live just like us. So i feel bad for eating meat before. Have not eating it for just 2-3 months. The hard thing is i feel so guilty and that is why i look for an answer so much.

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Animal protein good.

God gave us some animals as food. It is interesting that in the Christian west it is those animals that are the dominant meat source (with the exception of pork and some sea foods and fish).

RonaSC said:

Hello everyone. I am new here. I have not been a Christian for very long time and now i struggle inside if i should eat meat or not.
If Jesus ate meat then ok. If not i do not want to also. Can you give me some advice what to do?

Recently i read this. It say it is a lie that Jesus ate meat. I have eating meat for many years. Now i feel a little sad. What should i do? Thank you for your help.

Did Jesus Eat Fish? (Luke 24:41-43) - By John Vujicic: Comments and Discussions - Questions and Answers

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Yes he ate fish and he even ate with gentiles, so apparently kosher food wasn't something he was worried about.
He also took Passover which was lamb.

RonaSC said:

I guess it is difficult to prove.
But why would evil want us to to not kill? To me it looks more and more like the crime and wars comes from this thinking to be very honest. That we don´t have to respect life. I don´t want to hurt some feelings but this is how i feel now and it makes me cry sometimes.

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Because the devil is looking to sow confusion and discord. He has found a way to now do it in your life and that's through animals.

If you want to be vegetarian, that's fine. As an Orthodox Christian, I fast from meat for portions of the year. Just don't say "Jesus didn't eat meat".

RonaSC said:

I guess it is difficult to prove.
But why would evil want us to to not kill? To me it looks more and more like the crime and wars comes from this thinking to be very honest. That we don´t have to respect life. I don´t want to hurt some feelings but this is how i feel now and it makes me cry sometimes.

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Just don't eat meat if you feel that way. Don't look to others here for validation or support, there are plenty of other sources for that out there.

RonaSC said:

Yes of course i want answers. I am sorry i ycan not follow just "I know the truth, trust me". This question is much to important for me. Recently i have been waking up you can call it. Understanding on some deeper level that animals want to live just like us. So i feel bad for eating meat before. Have not eating it for just 2-3 months. The hard thing is i feel so guilty and that is why i look for an answer so much.

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Who made you feel guilty?

RonaSC said:

Hello everyone. I am new here. I have not been a Christian for very long time and now i struggle inside if i should eat meat or not.
If Jesus ate meat then ok. If not i do not want to also. Can you give me some advice what to do?

Recently i read this. It say it is a lie that Jesus ate meat. I have eating meat for many years. Now i feel a little sad. What should i do? Thank you for your help.

Did Jesus Eat Fish? (Luke 24:41-43) - By John Vujicic: Comments and Discussions - Questions and Answers

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Jesus did eat meat but no one is obligated to eat meat just because He did according to Romans 14.

“Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭14:1-4‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

RonaSC said:

Hello everyone. I am new here. I have not been a Christian for very long time and now i struggle inside if i should eat meat or not.
If Jesus ate meat then ok. If not i do not want to also. Can you give me some advice what to do?

Recently i read this. It say it is a lie that Jesus ate meat. I have eating meat for many years. Now i feel a little sad. What should i do? Thank you for your help.

Did Jesus Eat Fish? (Luke 24:41-43) - By John Vujicic: Comments and Discussions - Questions and Answers

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Jesus ate meat.

He lived in a culture where meat was part of the staple diet. Those in that culture did not have the option of not eating meat ... if they wanted to survive.

Jesus fed 5,000 men plus accompanying women and children ... with five fish and two loaves.

Jesus met His disciples after His resurrection... and they shared a meal consisting of fish.

In the Old Yestsment, God explicitly states that the flesh of some animals was for food for mankind.

RonaSC said:

Yes of course i want answers.

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...and you've been answered by people who've given several different examples from Scripture of Jesus eating meat. Are they all "forgeries?" And if so, how did the Bible experts involved with translating all the well-known Bible translations miss that?

Isilwen said:

You were given scripture to show that you can eat meat. I mentioned Jesus feeding the multitude.

We cannot show you video of Jesus eating meat. We have given you what we can. So, either believe the truth we have given you or bieve the lies the devil has fed you on that website.

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There are times when God commanded His people to eat, such as to eat of the Passover lamb, and Jesus lived in sinless obedience to God's commands, so he ate meat. I've see some argue that meat was reserved for special occasions and not a staple part of our diet, but in any case, Jesus certainly ate meat.

RonaSC said:

Yes of course i want answers. I am sorry i can not follow just "I know the truth, trust me". This question is much to important for me. Recently i have been waking up you can call it. Understanding on some deeper level that animals want to live just like us. So i feel bad for eating meat before. Have not eating it for just 2-3 months. The hard thing is i feel so guilty and that is why i look for an answer so much.

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I hear you Rona. I'm vegan. Christ ate fish and meat. It makes no sense to say that those passages are forgeries. At any rate, you don't need to do so in order to make a Christian defense of veganism/vegetarianism.

My take on it is that he did what was necessary to survive while He was alive. After the resurrection, he ate fish because that was what was available. He needed to demonstrate that he was flesh and blood.

For me, my veganism isn't really borne out of a huge emotional weight, it's really just moral calculus:
1)Needlessly inflicting pain on animals is clearly ethically wrong.
2)Eating meat will inevitably subject animals to pain.
3)I can't justify doing so because I have to - I don't. Jesus had this justification. I no longer have it as a modern man.
4)I am thus wantonly inflicting pain on animals by eating them

I didn't become vegan after watching a doc on animal cruelty. A sort of moral clarity descended, and I have been unable to deny it since.

The other argument is that veganism is a return to the original order. We live in a unique time where it's possible to do so. I want to take hold of the opportunity to live in closer affinity with the original design.

I live in a world where veganism is possible, so I'm vegan. We're all on a spectrum though. For some people it just isn't practical - such people should aim to eat as ethically as possible. Do what you can to live and eat ethically. Try to eliminate suffering from your plate as much as you can. That's what veganism is about, reducing suffering as much as practically possible.

Eftsoon said:

I hear you Rona. I'm vegan. Christ ate fish and meat. It makes no sense to say that those passages are forgeries. At any rate, you don't need to do so in order to make a Christian defense of veganism/vegetarianism.

My take on it is that he did what was necessary to survive while He was alive. After the resurrection, he ate fish because that was what was available. He needed to demonstrate that he was flesh and blood.

For me, my veganism isn't really borne out of a huge emotional weight, it's really just moral calculus:
1)Needlessly inflicting pain on animals is clearly ethically wrong.
2)Eating meat will inevitably subject animals to pain.
3)I can't justify doing so because I have to - I don't. Jesus had this justification. I no longer have it as a modern man.
4)I am thus wantonly inflicting pain on animals by eating them

I didn't become vegan after watching a doc on animal cruelty. A sort of moral clarity descended, and I have been unable to deny it since.

The other argument is that veganism is a return to the original order. We live in a unique time where it's possible to do so. I want to take hold of the opportunity to live in closer affinity with the original design.

I live in a world where veganism is possible, so I'm vegan. We're all on a spectrum though. For some people it just isn't practical - such people should aim to eat as ethically as possible. Do what you can to live and eat ethically. Try to eliminate suffering from your plate as much as you can. That's what veganism is about, reducing suffering as much as practically possible.

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What happens when you eat a salad? Everything on your plate was living at some time or other: lettuce, tomatoes, onions, carrots, etc. Also fruits and their products, such as wine. They weren't warm-blooded animals but they were part of God's living creation. IMHO it is wrong to identify with warm-blooded animals and therefore not eat them while saying it's permissible to eat other living things.

Jesus ate things with faces too.

RonaSC said:

You mean be at 2 places at the same time? I believe it is possible. But why eat meat? Then you do no longer depend on a physical body. People in heaven do not have to eat food. Looks suspicious in my eyes.

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God and the angels ate the meat and cultured milk that Abraham served to them in Genesis 18.