Getting Preachy

I spend a lot of time looking at herbal/dietary remedies for ailments in my animals and my people.  After doing a little research the other day on vitamin D  I had this thought and decided to share it here since it directly reflects the main reason I decided to start a hobby farm/homesteading.

Unforeseen Effects of the Sin Curse

We have all heard the story of the fall of man.  We have all been cursed.   Now, I absolutely take the sin curse seriously, but we have heard it so many times that it sometimes becomes redundant.  I am not here to talk about the curse itself but rather some lesser effects people may not be seeing or recognizing.  Our diet.

It is generally believed that prior to the flood man was vegetarian.  Animals did not fear man until after the flood and, aside from sacrifice, had no reason to.  My whole supposition relies on this being true.  We know that in the garden Adam and Eve were given every tree and herb yielding fruit for “meat” which can only be interpreted as sustenance.  So there we have it, pre-flood vegetarians.  I rather believe vegan.

It is reasonable then, to believe man worked hand-in-hand with many of the animals.  Imagine plowing your garden with say, an elephant.  What about dinosaurs?  Well, they would’ve been there eating veggies with us since not just man, but animals were vegetarians too.  It was not intended to be a dog eat dog world but rather a dog eat apples world. 

The Bible mention how all of Earth moans under the curse.  One example of the moaning comes in the form of diet.  Nutritionists are forever telling us we need to take these supplements with 1000% the daily recommended allowance/amounts of nutrients because our diets fall so short of what our bodies actually need.  Could it be that, possibly, the nutrition in our food (assuming it’s organic, home grown or one of those fresh, non-GMO sources) is losing the nutrition it had a Creation due to the curse the Earth is enduring on our behalf?  Could it be we can’t get enough nutrition because the beautifully stable environment God created for us to live in was destroyed in the flood and the breaking during the days of Pelag?

What am I saying?  Should we just give up and eat whatever we want?  No.  But when you eat, remember that you should be a good steward of the temple God has provided you with.  You should also remember that, while we should try to eat healthy, nothing we eat will fully provide for us nutritionally and our bodies will decay.  That sounds so hopeless.  We can live long, full lives.  Eating, drinking and enjoying ourselves but decay happens and it happens faster when you don’t try to avoid it.

Sun, another source of vitamins, yet we are forced to block it out due to modesty.  We were supposed to be nekkid (yes, I’m spelling it wrong on purpose) folks!  Our bodies would’ve been protected by the extra layers in our atmosphere that were lost.  We could’ve run around without getting skin cancer and yet retaining all the wonderful vitamin D.  Because of the curse we now must dress modestly and protect our skin from the sun’s unfiltered rays.  How many of us didn’t see that coming?  When you read the story of the fall of man you never thought, “Great, now I’m going to get skin cancer,” or, “Now my body will ache, my bones will be brittle and I’ll get migraines because of this.” 

The truth is, these are over looked issues that are direct, or indirect results of the sin curse.  Were we still unaware we would be able to walk around nekkid.  We would be eating fruits and vegetables grown in the perfect atmosphere, full of the nutrition God intended them to have instead of the ones grown today that have gradually lost some of their nutritional value over time. 

In conclusion, eat.  Continue to drink.  Continue to go outside in the sun and absorb as much of its warmth as possible.  Aim for that perfection and though we fall short, we tried.