Original Diet
291
The Ministry of Healing, 311
The diet appointed man in the beginning did not include animal
food. Not till after the flood, when every green thing on the earth had
been destroyed, did man receive permission to eat flesh.
In choosing man’s food in Eden, the Lord showed what was the
best diet; in the choice made for Israel He taught the same lesson.
He brought the Israelites out of Egypt, and undertook their training,
that they might be a people for His own possession. Through them
He desired to bless and teach the world. He provided them with the
food best adapted for this purpose, not flesh, but manna, “the bread of
heaven.” It was only because of their discontent and their murmuring
for the flesh-pots of Egypt that animal food was granted them, and this
only for a short time. Its use brought disease and death to thousands.
The Facts of Faith 2:120-121
God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should
eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken.
There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden,
was the food man’s wants required. God gave man no permission to eat
animal food until after the flood. Everything had been destroyed upon
which man could subsist, and therefore, the Lord in their necessity
gave Noah permission to eat of the clean animals which he had taken
with him into the ark. But animal food was not the most healthy article
of food for man.
Unpublished Testimonies, November 11, 1896 (Healthful Living,
78)
The Lord intends to bring His people back to live upon simple
fruits, vegetables, and grains.... God provided fruit in its natural state
for our first parents.
Testimonies for the Church 7:125-126
God is working in behalf of His people. He does not desire them
to be without resources. He is bringing them back to the diet originally
given to man. Their diet is to consist of the foods made from the
materials He has provided. The materials principally used in these