Bible Handbook

Result of Eating Flesh Meat

• Genesis 9:5, 6. If man commits murder, the murderer is to be punished by man; but when the beasts are killed to be eaten, God Himself avenges their death. BHB 154.11

Over every plate of flesh meat, these words of God can truthfully be placed: “Surely your blood of your lives will I require, at the hand of every beast will I require it.” God has never forgotten to avenge the blood of animals slain for food. He uses various agencies to fulfill His word, as cancers, tumors, ulcers, consumption, etc. Testimonies for the Church 9:159; The Ministry of Healing, 313-315. A comparison of the 10 generations before the flood with the 10 generations after the flood, shows that God fulfills His word. BHB 155.1

Before Flesh Eating		After Flesh Eating
Name	Age	Age	Name
Adam	930	600	Shem
Seth	912	438	Arphaxad
Enos	905	433	Salah
Cainan	910	464	Eber
Mahalaleel	895	239	Peleg
Jared	962	239	Reu
Enoch	365	230	Serug
Methuselah	969	148	Nahor
Lamech	777	205	Terah
Noah	950	175	Abraham

Noah, the 10th generation, lived 20 years longer than Adam; the 8 th generation lived 39 years longer than Adam; Shem was brought up on a vegetarian diet and lived to a fair age; but the 2nd generation after the flood dropped to 438 years; and the 8th generation, instead of being the longest as before the flood, was the shortest,-only 148 years. Testimonies for the Church 9:156. BHB 155.2

• Genesis 9:20-23. After eating flesh Noah was drunken. Testimonies for the Church 2:352, 353. BHB 155.3

• Genesis 9:25. Curse rested upon descendants. BHB 155.4

• Proverbs 23:20, 21. Drunkenness and flesh-eating associated. BHB 155.5

• 1 Samuel 2:22. Eli’s sons, who would have the flesh with the blood, were licentious. Testimonies for the Church 2:62, 352, 362. BHB 156.1