The danger of Flesh Food.

Revelation 14:6-7 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having THE
EVERLASTING
GOSPEL TO PREACH UNTO THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH, and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, FEAR GOD AND GIVE GLORY TO
HIM; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea,and the fountains of waters.
1Corinthians 10:31 "WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE
DO, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD."
Isaiah 55:2 "...EAT YE THAT WHICH IS GOOD..."
Romans 12:1 "...Present your bodies a LIVING SACRIFICE..."
The Dangers of Flesh foods in the last days:
Hosea 3:5-4:3 "...IN THE LATTER DAYS... SHALL THE LAND MOURN, AND EVERY ONE
THAT DWELLETH THEREIN SHALL LANGUISH, WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, AND
WITH THE FOWLS OF HEAVEN; YEA, THE FISHES OF THE SEA ALSO SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY."
***TAKEN AWAY = To Die of Sickness and Disease
In 2010:
Chickens have the Flu Cows are mad and Fish are full of Mercury
Deuteronomy 14:20-21 "But of all clean fowls ye may eat. YE SHALL NOT EAT OF ANY
THING THAT DIETH OF ITSELF."
The Dangers of Flesh Food:
"FLESH WAS NEVER THE BEST FOOD; BUT ITS USE IS NOW DOUBLY
OBJECTIONABLE, SINCE DISEASE IN ANIMALS IS RAPIDLY INCREASING...PEOPLE ARE
CONTINUALLY EATING FLESH THAT IS FILLED WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND CANCEROUS GERMS.  TUBERCULOSIS, CANCER, AND OTHER FATAL DISEASES ARE THUS COMMUNICATED."{MH 313.2}
"THE LIABILITY TO TAKE DISEASE IS INCREASED TENFOLD BY MEAT
EATING...YOUR SAFEST COURSE IS TO LET MEAT ALONE." {2T 63.3}
"THE EFFECTS OF A FLESH DIET MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY REALIZED; BUT THIS
IS NOEVIDENCE THAT IT IS NOT HARMFUL. Few can be made to believe that IT IS THE MEAT THEY HAVE EATEN WHICH HAS POISONED THEIR BLOOD AND CAUSED THEIR
SUFFERING. MANY DIE OF DISEASES WHOLLY DUE TO MEAT EATING, while the real cause is not suspected by themselves or by others. {MH 315.1}

What about Fish?
"In many places FISH become so contaminated by the filth on which they feed as to be a cause
of disease. This is especially the case where the FISH come in contact with the sewage of large
cities.
The FISH that are fed on the contents of the drains may pass into distant waters and may be
caught where the water is pure and fresh. Thus when used as food they bring disease and death on those who do not suspect the danger."{MH 314.3}
It is true that:
"WE ARE NOT TO MAKE THE USE OF FLESH FOOD A TEST OF FELLOWSHIP,
BUT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE INFLUENCE THAT PROFESSED BELIEVERS WHO
USE FLESH FOODS HAVE OVER OTHERS."(9T 159.3)
BUT It shouldn't take them long to advance to a healthier diet either.
"Truths that we have been years learning must be learned in a few months by those who now
embrace the Third Angel's Message...THOSE WHO EMBRACE THE TRUTH NOW WILL
HAVE TO STEP FAST."(1 MR 33.4)
When dealing with those who still eat meat, the following should be kept in mind:
Eight Rules for Eating Flesh:
1. Must Be Clean (Leviticus 11/Deuteronomy 14)
2. No Fat (Leviticus 3:17)
3. No Blood (Leviticus 3:17)
4. No Blemish (Leviticus 3:1)
5. Not strangled (Acts 15:20)
6. Can not be cooked in it's Mother's milk (Deuteronomy 14:21)(example: No Stroganoff)
7. Not Dying of Itself (Deuteronomy 14:21)
8. Must be eaten by the third day (Leviticus 19:5-7)
Eating Flesh Causes the following:
#1. an appetite for liquor (CD 268) #2. contaminated blood (CD 384)
#3: apoplexy(a sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion)(2SM 419)
#4. blood filled with cancerous tumors and scrofulous tumors (3T 56.3)
#5. cancers (MH 313) #6. cholera (4sG-a 147) #7. convulsions (2SM 419)
#8. cramps (2SM 419) #9. fainting spells (CH 531) #10. fevers (2T 153.2)
#11. pain (CH 575-576) #12. death (CH 575-576) #13. inflammation (MM 278)
#14. unhealthy muscles (CD 387) 15. excited nerves (CH 114)
#16. passions excited (Ed 203) #17. poisons of the worst kind (2T 404-405)#18. resistance to disease is lowered(compromised immune system)(CD 386-387)
#19. scrofula(tumors in the glands of the neck, under the chin and in the armpits)(CD 388)
#20. secret vice(masturbation) encouraged in childhood (CD 399-400)
#21. injured stomach (2T 486)
#22. sudden DEATH (2SM 419)
#23. perverted taste buds (2T 486)
#24. TB(tuberculosis) (CD 388)
#24. tumors (CD 383)
#25. is harmful especially to the children (2T 362/CD 232-233)
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Something to also keep in mind:
"IT IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT MUSCULAR STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE USE
OF ANIMAL FOOD. The needs of the system can be better supplied, and more vigorous health can
be enjoyed, without its use. The grains, with fruits, nuts, and vegetables, contain all the nutritive
properties necessary to make good blood. These elements are not so well or so fully supplied by
a flesh diet. HAD THE USE OF FLESH BEEN ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH AND STRENGTH,
ANIMAL FOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DIET APPOINTED MAN IN THE
BEGINNING."MH
316.2}
A question people often ask is "If Jesus ate fish and flesh food, why can't we eat it today?"
The meat in Jesus' day was not contaminated with mercury and other diseases that we have
today.
Also, the way the meat in the market is prepared today is not according to biblical guidelines.
Proverbs 4:18 "the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day."
Acts 3:20-21 "And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom THE
HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS,
WHICH GOD
HATH SPOKEN BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD
BEGAN."
***Note: RESTITUTE = To restore as in the beginning
"Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. NOT AN OUNCE OF FLESH MEAT
SHOULD ENTER OUR STOMACHS. THE EATING OF FLESH IS UNNATURAL. WE ARE
TO RETURN TO GOD'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE IN THE CREATION OF MAN."{CD 380.2}
"THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION REGARDING THE EVILS OF THE USE
OF FLESH FOODS, tea, and coffee, and rich and unhealthful food preparations, and who are
determined to make a covenant with God by sacrifice, WILL NOT CONTINUE TO INDULGE THEIR APPETITEFOR FOOD THAT THEY KNOW TO BE UNHEALTHFUL. GOD DEMANDS THAT THE APPETITE BE CLEANSED, and that self-denial be practiced in regard to those things which are not good.
THIS IS A WORK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE HIS PEOPLE CAN STAND
BEFORE HIM A PERFECTED PEOPLE."{CD 381.2}
"THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE FITTING FOR TRANSLATION SHOULD NOT BECOME
BUTCHERS."{2T 60.3}
"What man with a human heart, who has ever cared for domestic animals, could look into their
eyes, so full of confidence and affection, and willingly give them over to the butcher's knife? How
could he devour their flesh as a sweet morsel? {MH 316.1}
"AMONG THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD, MEAT
EATING WILL EVENTUALLY BE DONE AWAY; FLESH WILL CEASE TO FORM A PART OF THEIR DIET. WE SHOULD EVER KEEP THIS END IN VIEW, AND ENDEAVOR TO WORK STEADILY TOWARD IT."(CD 380.4)

One Last Thing to keep in Mind:
"If our appetites clamor for the flesh of dead animals, it is a necessity to fast and pray for the
Lord to give His grace to deny fleshly lusts which war against the soul. {MM 283.1}
Something to ponder:
NOT EATING FLESH IS SO SERIOUS, THAT GOD CALLS IT AN EVIL THING FOR
MINISTERS TO DO AND SAYS IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE MESSAGE FOR SOME TIME AND ARE STILL EATING IT THAT GOD'S PEOPLE ARE NOT TO SIT UNDER THEM TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGES THEY PREACH.
"Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh meat..."{CD 399.3}
"Those who love the truth and appreciate the question of temperance in all its bearings SHOULD
NOT BE PLACED IN THE CHARGE OF A MINISTER WHO HAS NOT HEEDED THE
LIGHT GOD HAS GIVEN UPON HEALTH REFORM. WHAT HELP CAN A MAN BE TO A CHURCH IF HE IS NOT WALKING IN THE LIGHT?" {MM 238.3}

The truth about salt.

Today we will be discussing the facts and fictions about Salt:
"SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS are handling momentous truths...IT IS OUR DUTY TO
UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH REFORM. ON THE
SUBJECT OF TEMPERANCE WE SHOULD BE IN ADVANCE OF ALL OTHER PEOPLE."{9T 158.1}
"THOSE WHO PLACE THEMSELVES UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT
MEDICAL MISSIONARY, to be workers together with Him, WILL HAVE A KNOWLEDGE THAT THE WORLD, WITH ALL ITS TRADITIONARY LORE, CANNOT SUPPLY."{CH 371.3}
"He would have us understand that IT IS A MISTAKE TO REGARD AS MOST ESSENTIAL
THE EDUCATION GIVEN BY PHYSICIANS WHO REJECT THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST, the greatest Physician who ever lived upon the earth. WE ARE NOT TO ACCEPT AND FOLLOW THE VIEW OF MEN WHO REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE GOD AS THEIR TEACHER, BUT WHO LEARN OF MEN, AND ARE GUIDED BY MAN-MADE LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS."{MedEv, April 1, 1910 par. 2}
Why not?
"THE WORLD SHOULD BE NO CRITERION FOR US."(4T 35.3} WHY NOT?
"THE LIGHT GOD HAS GIVEN IN MEDICAL MISSIONARY LINES will not cause His
people to be regarded as inferior in scientific medical knowledge, but WILL FIT THEM TO STAND UPON THE HIGHEST EMINENCE. GOD WOULD HAVE THEM STAND AS A WISE AND
UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE."{CT 476.2}
Things to keep in mind:
" IT IS ESSENTIAL BOTH TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE
TREATMENT OF THE SICK AND TO HAVE A PRACTICAL TRAINING THAT WILL ENABLE ONE RIGHTLY TO USE THIS KNOWLEDGE."{MH 127.2}
"EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE'S REMEDIAL
AGENCIES AND HOW TO APPLY THEM."{MH 127.2}
Some essential things to know about salt:"SALT IS GOOD:.."(Mark 9:50)
"Let your speech be always with grace, SEASONED WITH SALT..."(Even the bible uses
analogies about Seasoning with salt, showing the importance of its use)(Colossians 4:6)
"DO NOT EAT LARGELY OF SALT."(MH 305.1}

***Note....Only about 500 mg (1/5 tsp.) is all that is needed per day....
" Food...SHOULD NOT BE ROBBED OF THAT WHICH THE SYSTEM NEEDS. I USE
SOME SALT, AND ALWAYS HAVE, BECAUSE SALT, INSTEAD OF BEING DELETERIOUS, IS ACTUALLY ESSENTIAL FOR THE BLOOD."{CD 344.2}
***Note: It is a mistake and a very dangerous thing to teach that people that they should not eat
salt....A lack of salt(iodine) can cause many serious medical conditions such as:
a. THYROID GOITER; b. FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; c. DRY SKIN; d.
DECREASED ABILITY TO SWEAT; e. LACK OF DIGESTIVE PRODUCTION; f. STOMACH CANCER; g. DRY EYES; h. DRY MOUTH; i. CYSTS IN THE OVARIES AND MANY OTHER
DISEASES....Also, MOST ALZHEIMERS AND MENTAL DISEASES COME FROM A LACK OF IODINE More things to know about salt:
TABLE SALT HAS BEEN ROBBED OF THE ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE GOOD
BLOOD...All that it has are Sodium, Chloride and Iodine...The Sodium and Chloride without the
other minerals like Potassium and Magnesium causes there to be an imbalance in the body leading to
unhealthful conditions such as High Blood Pressure and Edema (swelling of the extremities)
EVEN SEA SALT, UNLESS IT SAYS WITH IODINE, IS UNHEALTHY. IT TOO HAS BEEN
PROCESSED, REFINED, BLEACHED AND ROBBED OF ELEMENTS TO MAKE GOOD
BLOOD...IT'S USE CAN LEAD TO IODINE DEFICIENCIES SUCH AS
HYPOTHYROIDISM. REAL SALT is a WONDERFUL SALT. IT CONTAINS OVER 80+ MINERALS, INCLUDING THE IODINE NECESSARY FOR THE BODY...You can purchase this online or in any health-food store (Azure Standard sells this as well)...It is a bit more costly than sea salt in the stores, but you don't need as much because of it's high mineral content....
Go to the following link to learn more about Iodine Deficiencies and what Doctors have to say about
it's much needed use...
 http://www.communicationagents.com/chris/2007/01/31/consequences_of_iodine_deficiency.htm
Keep in mind that "DISEASE NEVER COMES WITHOUT A CAUSE."{MH 234.1}
SALT REMEDIES:
" If the EYES ARE WEAK, if there is PAIN IN THE EYES, or INFLAMMATION, SOFT
FLANNELCLOTHS WET IN HOT WATER AND SALT, WILL BRING RELIEF QUICKLY." {2SM 297.6}
APPLY HEATED SALT PACKS TO BACK, SHOULDER, HIP AND OTHER PAINFUL
AREAS...
9T = Testimonies to the Church, Volume 9
CH = Counsels on Health
4T = Testimonies to the Church, Volume 4
CT = Counsels to Teachers, Parents and Students
MH = Ministry of Healing
CD = Counsels on Diets and Foods
2SM = Selected Messages, Book 2