Was Jesus Vegan? Will We Be Vegan in Heaven?
If there’s no more death in heaven, does that mean we’ll all be vegans—and what do we make of Jesus eating fish and lamb on earth?
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While the Bible does record instances of Jesus eating animal products, I’ve seen people still claiming that he was vegan or vegetarian. The Bible seems pretty clear about him eating fish and lamb and other animal products, but this does make me wonder: If there is no more death in heaven, will we all be vegans there? Curious to hear your thoughts!
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It doesn’t matter, DaughterOfEve24, because we’ll do whatever God gives us the ability to do, which may not be ever eating at all. Of course, our souls won’t eat after we die when they go to heaven, but on the new earth when heaven comes down to meet it, Jesus talks about a banquet. However, just as when he says that he is the bread of life, he may be saying that he is the source of all that we need to live eternally.
Good points! There definitely is a lot of food and eating-related imagery in the Bible. It reminds me that God values our whole person: mind, soul, AND body.
True, @DaughterOfEve24, according to Paul, our resurrection bodies will be these same bodies that will be restored, protected, and full of God’s glory and Spirit:
Php 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Php 3:21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
1Co 15:35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
1Co 15:36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
1Co 15:37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
1Co 15:38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
1Co 15:39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
1Co 15:40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.
1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
1Co 15:42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
