See the series here
Continuing to
explore perceived parallelisms between mankind’s first and likely final millennia on earth, reflect on this question:
How do you think life spans for mortals during
Christ’s Millennial Reign will get back up to several hundreds of years, as predicted in The Bible. (Isaiah 65:20)?
That will be some
feat, especially if the life span of mortals who will
survive the tribulation period are like ours, ~70-90 years. Of course, God can
do anything. But I suspect, He may just rely on the natural law He created. Which law? Well, since don’t know its
exact name, let’s call it ‘the law of
alkalinity’ for Earth beings, human and animal alike. This law may have been a significant factor (among others?) that
produced protracted life spans during our initial millennium+ on Earth, e.g.,
700-950+ years.
‘What’s
that law?!’, you ask? In sum, God created human bodies to maintain a relatively
alkalic body chemistry, to be achieved/maintained primarily via our diet.
Genesis 1:29-30 identifies the original fuel type instruction for our bodies –
herbs, tree fruits. Originally, we were all vegetarians - man and animals alike! Of course, it must
have helped that the planet was not polluted then as it clearly is today. This
dietary instruction was in place for mankind’s first 1,700 plus years,
and was presumably obeyed, though with a possible major challenge!
(Noted below) How? The worldwide
flood reportedly occurred in 1656 A.C. (after creation), and only afterward did God instruct Noah of a
major dietary change, which apparently applied to animals as well as humans.
(See: Genesis 9:3 and Life span
– How Long?) That
change was mankind could become omnivores (adding meat to our diets). As a result of this
dietary change (among other factors?), human life spans quickly plummeted
following the flood.*
In fact, this one
change continues to have the same impact today! Compare the
significantly reduced life spans post-flood
to ours of today. Then ask
yourself, ‘What role have poor, highly acidic diets played in cheating us out
of the longer 120 year life span mentioned in Genesis 6:3?’ Modern diets have
gotten soooo far away from being
mostly alkalic that it isn’t funny. They have made us extremely acidic,
and science now affirms this undoubtedly negatively affects both the quality
and duration of our lives. As a result, our bodies and organs attack
themselves! Not a believer? Read about the pH scale and research the effects of
a highly acidic body chemistry. You’ll see. Also, note how we typically name and
size
our meals - a ‘chicken, steak, seafood, pizza’ lunch or dinner; and
typically, the meat and bread are the BIGGEST parts of the meal! Thus, we
effectively ‘lead’ all things diet
with the most acidic part of our meals! wOw!!!
So, looking
futuristically to the likely final millennium of mortals on Earth (during
Christ’s promised thousand year reign with the then redeemed and immortal saints from the previous four ages of history),
will a return to The Lord's creation diet for us be a major factor in helping to trigger long
livers, per Isaiah 65:20? I suspect the answer is a clear YES, especially if you
(like me) are unable to discern/perceive any other significant factor(s)
noted in The Bible that may have contributed to our dramatic decline in
post-flood life spans.
Still a dis-believer? Consider this. Genesis 9:3 specifically
mentions only one side of the equation – a diet change for mankind,
and omits
any reference to animals. Yet, irrespective of the timeline, many animals also
became carnivorous! Well, Isaiah 65:25 essentially flips this coin in this style of communication in that it specifically
mentions only one side of the equation – a diet change for
animals, and omits any reference to mortal mankind (not us immortal saints)! Go figure!
Above, I noted a
possible major challenge mankind may have had in their efforts to obey God’s Genesis 1
dietary instructions. At least it would be a MAJOR challenge for us today. From
the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, we learn that God had evidently communicated
His requirement for blood sacrifice as sin offerings. (Can you perceive where I’m going?) This was pending the arrival,
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as God’s final solution to
the sin problem. [When we accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior, we
embrace His death and new life resurrection as being our substitute.] Well,
Abel not only ‘got the memo’, but he also followed God’s instructions. Cain
didn’t. He got mad when God rejected his paltry sacrifice, then in a jealous rage,
he killed his brother, Abel. Since their dad, Adam, lived 930 years, he undoubtedly shared
with his rapidly growing family (all mankind!) the details of mankind’s first physical death
experience, and also about his and Eve’s experiences
walking/talking with God in the very real
Garden of Eden. Thus, for well over our first thousand years on earth, it is
reasonable to conclude mankind well knew about blood sacrifices. From the
Mosaic laws, we learn that God appreciated the ‘soothing/sweet aroma’ (Genesis
8:21, Exodus 29:18, 25,41, Psalm 66:, etc., etc.) of burnt offerings, including
animal offerings. Since plants and trees don’t bleed (!), this means our
vegetarian predecessors in the first millennium, who made animal sacrifices, also
smelled
the aroma of barbequed meat! (Yum~) Like me, does that smell make you
just salivate, big time?! Yes, we are
used to eating meat. They were not. Do you think the smell of barbeque had a
different effect on them, back then, compared to us, today?? Hence I say ‘possible
major challenge’ – smelling, but prohibited
from eating barbeque!
Since Christ’s
sacrifice put an end to blood sacrifices for sin, some might speculate there might be no need for such. Consider this: If there might be no salvation as we know it in The Millennial Reign age, there could be a role for animal sacrifices, especially for many mortal Jews strewn across a much bigger nation of Israel. (See: Salvation in The Millennium (Series)) Also, The Temple in Ezekiel's vision clearly indicates sacrificial rituals will be happening during this age. Whether non-blood sacrifices/offerings will
be required is open to speculation. Ezekiel's vision should put an end to
questions about whether there will be a THIRD Jewish temple, and if so, whether the practice of animal sacrifices will be reinstated.
Millennial Parallelism #3:
Creation Diets Restored
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* There may be other reasons for expanding human diets to include meat. For example, what if the global flood significantly diminished (washed away) soil nutrients such that the original diet would be nutrient diminished?
