Why Do Seventh-day Adventist Not Eat Meat?

People have been asking, "Why do Seventh-day Adventist not eat meat?" They look at the Adventist health message and and wonder why they eat no meat. It’s a reason why Adventist have chosen to leave meat alone.

"December 10, 1871 I was again shown that health reform is one branch of the GREAT WORK which is to fit a people for the coming of the Lord. It is as closely connected with the third angel's message as the hand is with the body." (Testimonies Volume 3 p. 161)

We don't eat meat because we believe God is seeking to prepare a people to be translated to heaven without seeing death like Enoch and Elijah. Our health message is linked with preparation for the second coming of Christ.

Also the animal creation is so sick and diseased in our time that it is not safe at all to eat meat. Even the world is seeing how dangerous it is to eat the flesh of dead animals. There are many thousands of vegetarians who chose to give up meat eating due to health reasons who are not even Christians!

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." (1 Corinthians 6:19‭-‬20)

The fact that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost and we're told to GLORIFY GOD IN OUR BODIES, this puts the true believer under eternal obligation to keep his body in the best condition of health as possible.

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (1 Corinthians 3:16‭-‬17)

According to Scripture, if any person defile God's temple God will destroy them. When we understand that a certain article of food defiles and messes up our body, a true Christian will leave it alone by faith.

Bottom line is this: God must produce a people who will be ready to meet Christ in peace at His second coming. He must produce a people that NEVER DIES in order to DESTROY DEATH. Until death is destroyed God's faithful children of all ages CANNOT RESURRECT.

To accomplish the resurrection of the righteous of all ages, DEATH MUST BE DESTROYED!

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15:26)

Many Christians think that Satan is the last enemy that must be destroyed, but the Bible makes it clear that DEATH is the last enemy to be destroyed.

How do you destroy it then? God will destroy death by producing a people at the end of the world that actually escapes death and not be touched by it. Well how will He do that?

God must make sure they don't get cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or any disease that can kill them. Therefore, He must give them a health message and tell them through that message what articles of food to leave alone at the end of the world.

Meat eating causes cancer, clogged arteries, and heart attacks, therefore God through the Adventist health message removed it to preserve their health so they can beat death and be translated to heaven.

This is the answer to why Seventh-day Adventist don't eat meat.