The texts of the Bible emerged over the course of centuries. People wrote down what was passed on to them and what corresponded to their own ideas, which often were not compatible with God. This was true, for example, of the bloodthirsty ripping apart of animal carcasses that Moses supposedly had held before the sacrificial altars. The same holds true for the many “instructions of God” for child murder, robbing and killing and even genocide in the Old Testament, so that even the Nazis were able to easily cite the Bible to justify their deeds as did Luther for his maxims – and as a Yugoslavian warmonger did a few years ago.

The New Testament is also the work of humans, a collection of texts, the compilation of which as the “Holy Scripture” took place by church decree. Much of what would have been just as “holy” was not included. Much of what was taught by Jesus of Nazareth remained hidden in the apocryphal scriptures and was not included in the collection of scripts we get placed before us today as the Gospel.

About 1600 years ago, Hieronymus was commissioned by the pope to do the first extensive Bible translation into Latin and came under great pressure from political forces and the emerging church power. Topics such as reincarnation, the law of sowing and reaping and the teachings of the Nazarene about people treating animals peaceably did not find a place in the church Bible. However, the fact that Hieronymus knew about Jesus’ love for animals is clearly substantiated by the quote below.

Even though much was concealed in the official Bible, the truth nevertheless comes to light. Our task with this booklet is to contribute to this.

With this collection of citations, we want to make the connection with Original Christianity and rehabilitate Jesus as a friend of animals. Who will help to spread this truth?

For whole pages Bible readers of Moses are led to believe that God wanted animals to be tortured and killed for Him. These texts were cleverly manipulated, so that the faithful believe that God is a perverse, brutal, unloving and wrathful being, which has joy in the brutal and senseless carnage of animals. The one who believes this is the word of God, as the great institutions would have one believe, has fallen for the darkening of the truth. However, the one who explores the prophets can still find, even in the Bible, many a true word of God, which apparently slipped by the “correctors” and falsifiers of the scriptures.

Hosea

“Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins ...”

“Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering, like one who offers swine’s blood; whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways and in their abominations they take delight.”

“I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

“Of what use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.”

“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? Says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand?”

“With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”

“When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed ...”

“For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”

“For in the day that I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that is in it is mine. Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?”

“I came to end the animal sacrifices, and if you do not stop making sacrifices, the wrath of God (the law of cause and effect) will not leave you alone.”

„Geht aber hin und lernt, was das heißt (Hosea 6,6): “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”

“Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nation? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

„Weh euch, die ihr nicht hört, wie es [das geschlagene Tier] zum Schöpfer im Himmel klagt und um Erbarmen schreit! Dreimal wehe aber über den, über welchen es in seinem Schmerz schreit und klagt“.
Petrusakten 38, zit. nach Skriver,
Die Lebensweise Jesu und der ersten Christen, S. 128

„Ich schließe für Israel an jenem Tag einen Bund
mit den Tieren des Feldes und den Vögeln des Himmels
und mit allem, was auf dem Erdboden kriecht.
Ich zerbreche Bogen und Schwert; es gibt keinen Krieg mehr
im Land, ich lasse sie Ruhe und Sicherheit finden.“
Hosea 2, 20 (Einheitsübersetzung)

In order to know what Jesus taught concerning love for animals and having a meatless diet, it is useful to know how his apostles and disciples lived. Ancient texts, which, typically enough, were not included in the canons of the Bible state the following:

“Jesus instructed me to eat no meat and drink no wine, but only bread, water and fruit, so that I be found pure when he wants to talk with me.”

“Jacob, the brother of the Lord, lived on seeds and plants and touched neither meat nor wine.”

In old scriptures, there are also indications that other apostles and disciples nourished themselves as vegetarians or vegans.

Der Religionswissenschaftler Carl Anders Skriver belegt, dass nach dem Zeugnis der Schriftsteller des 2. Jahrhunderts auch die Apostel Andreas, Philippus und Thomas sowie die Evangelisten Markus und Lukas und der Jünger Matthias, der nach dem Tod von Judas in den Kreis der zwölf Jünger hineingewählt wurde, Vegetarier waren.

„Doch frag nur die Tiere, sie lehren es dich;
die Vögel des Himmels, sie künden es dir.
Rede zur Erde, sie wird dich lehren;
die Fische des Meeres erzählen es dir.
Wer wüsste nicht bei alledem,
dass die Hand des Herrn dies gemacht hat?
In seiner Hand ruht die Seele allen Lebens
und jeden Menschenleibes Geist.“
Hiob 12,7-12 (Einheitsübersetzung)

The church fathers or church writers still knew the sources and earliest handwritten texts and quoted from them. At that time many of them lived as vegetarians or vegans and abstained from alcohol, or recommended this. From this one we gain knowledge about the eating habits of the first Christians.

John Chrysostomus

About a group of exemplary Christians 354-407

“No streams of blood flowed at their place; no flesh was slaughtered and cut to pieces ... One does not smell there the awful vapor of meals of meat ... one hears no racket and terrible noise. They eat only bread, which they earn through their work, and water that a pure spring offers them. When they want a lavish meal, then indulgence consists of fruits, and they find thereby higher enjoyment than at the royal tables.”

Clemens of Alexandria

“For within a moderate simplicity is there not a diversity of healthy foods: vegetables, roots, olives, herbs, milk, cheese, fruit and many kinds of dried foods? – Among the foods one should favor those that can be directly eaten without the use of fire, for they are always ready for us and are the simplest. – Accordingly, the apostle Matthew lived from seeds, hard-shelled fruits and vegetables, and ate no meat. And John, who practiced modesty to the utmost degree ate the buds of leaves and wild honey. – I think that the bloody sacrifices were invented solely by those people who sought an excuse for eating meat, which they also could have had without such idolatry.”

Quintus Septimus Tertullianus

ca. 160-221

Tertullianus appeared several times for the defense of the Christians when they were accused of making human sacrifices. “How shall I describe it, that you believe we are thirsty for human blood, for you do know that we loathe the blood of animals.”

Gregory of Nazianz

Church father from Kappadozien

“But the seed of a good house father is the good wheat, from which he bakes bread ... The indulgence in meat dishes is a disgraceful wrong and I desire that you may strive to offer your soul nourishment that lasts eternally.

Hieronymus

“It is better that you eat no meat and drink no wine. For drinking wine started with eating meat, after the great flood.”

“Innocent foods are foods acquired without letting blood.” “It is better that you eat no meat and drink no wine. For drinking wine started with eating meat, after the great flood.”

“Consuming meat, drinking wine and overfilling the stomach are the cradles of greed.”

Aurelius Augustinus

354-430

Church father and greatest Latin church teacher of antiquity, Augustinius also lived solely from plant foods. He attributed the ruinous passions of man to the eating of meat. In one of his works, he quoted Paul (Rom. 14:21), where Paul recommended that one eat no meat and drink no wine.

Basilius the Great

“The body that is burdened with meat foods is plagued by illnesses; a moderate style of life makes it healthier and stronger and cuts off the root of evil. The vapors of meat foods darken the light of the spirit. It is hard for one to love virtue when one is gladdened by meat dishes and festive meals.”

“Wild animals get their name from their wild nature, not because they were created evil from the very beginning ...; instead, the sins of man made them bad. For since man was diverted from the path, they also followed him ...

If now man again raises himself to an existence fitting to his nature and no longer does evil, they, too, will return to their original gentle nature.”

“We know that the whole of creation has been groaning in labor pains until now. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. For ... creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.” Paul in Rom. 8:22,19,21

„Denn jeder Mensch unterliegt dem Geschick
und auch die Tiere unterliegen dem Geschick.
Sie haben ein und dasselbe Geschick.
Wie diese sterben, so sterben jene.
Beide haben ein und denselben Atem.
Einen Vorteil des Menschen gegenüber
dem Tier gibt es da nicht.“
Prediger 3,19 (Einheitsübersetzung)

Emperor Constantine I (285-337) gave preferential treatment to the Christian Church, gave it freedom of religion and in the year 324 finally made it de facto a state religion. For this, the church even made him a saint. However, in obsession with power, despotism and cruelty, Constantine lagged behind his predecessors in nothing. He waged many wars. Under threat of torture, the Early Christians who wanted to remain true to their pacifist ideals were now forced to go to war for the emperor. It was said that under the orders of Emperor Constantine, melted lead was poured down the throats of those who did not want to eat meat.

Thus, original Christianity was nearly dissolved. “Christians were now officially forced into military duty, into eating animals and drinking alcohol.”

At the Council of Nicösia (325) Constantine forced through his ideas of Christianity.

Now the Gospel also had to be tailored to fit the spirit of the times then. So-called “correctors” were put to work for this. Deliberate falsifications are said to have been carried out particularly in the time following the Council of Nicösia. How much was also changed by Paul is unknown and can only be conjectured, based on several citations that have been passed down

Obwohl Konstantin selbst erst auf dem Sterbebett getauft wurde, ließ er bereits ab 326 die urchristlichen Bewegungen verfolgen. Im Jahr 326 wurde von ihm das sogenannte „Häretikergesetz“ erlassen, das jede Art von Versammlungen von Christen, die vom Katholizismus abweichen, auch private, verbietet. Es galt nun z.B.: Wer Urchristen oder verwandten Gruppen einen Raum für Treffen zur Verfügung stellt, dessen Haus soll an die römisch-katholische Kirche übereignet werden. - Von Konstantin ist weiter überliefert, dass er den auf Alkohol verzichtenden und vegetarisch lebenden „Irrlehrern“ flüssiges Blei in den Hals schütten ließ. Und für viele Neubekehrte im Osten des Römischen Reiches lautet deshalb eine Passage des Glaubensbekenntnisses, das sie beim Eintritt in die katholische Kirche sprechen mussten: „Ich verfluche die Nazarener, die Sturen, die verneinen, dass das Opfergesetz von Moses gegeben wurde, die sich des Essens lebender Kreaturen enthalten und die nie Opfer darbieten“. (u.a. Carsten Strehlow, Vegetarismus / Veganismus als Bestandteil des Christentums, Berlin 2000, S. 49)
Die Anhänger des Inneren Christentums, für die eine vegetarische Ernährung selbstverständlich war, wurden von nun an verfolgt und bekämpft.

During the Middle Ages the persecution of Christians who lived as vegetarians and vegans continued.

Over whole centuries the Church persecuted Early Christians who were vegetarians and found no pleasure in the frills and furbelows of a pagan state church. For the most part they were stigmatized, slandered, persecuted and murdered as heretics and sectarians.

The philosophic basis for persecution during the Middle Ages was made by the church teacher, Thomas of Aquinas. According to his teaching, neither animals nor women have a soul. Free Christians “who at the time of the Inquisition refused to kill animals were forced to either publicly slaughter an animal or be hanged as a heretic. In 1051 several so-called heretics were condemned to death because they refused to kill and eat chickens.”*

“During the Middle Ages there were many groups that wanted to turn back to an Early Christian way of living.” For example, the Bogumiles or the Cathars and the Albigensers. They lived a vegetarian or vegan life. The vowed “to kill no animal, to eat no meat and to live only from fruit.” (Walter Nigg) All of them were cruelly exterminated by the Church.

Even today, many people still carry these church prejudices deep in their subconscious, even though they think they are progressive thinkers. Just to hear the word “sect” is enough to awaken ancient prejudices in them, and in most cases, without a reason.

*Carsten Strehlow, Vegetarianism/Veganism as a Component of Christianity, p. 55

“Today’s church Christendom, particularly Catholicism, has practically nothing to do with the actual Early Christianity, with Nazarenism, and thus with the true teachings of Jesus. Instead, it is primarily a self-fabricated teaching that bases itself almost exclusively on exercising and maintaining power. Alone through the Inquisition, the burning of witches, the Crusades, the hatred of Jews and women, as well as cooperation with the National Socialists in the so-called 3rd Reich, the history of the Catholic Church is red with blood. Entire seas could be filled with this blood.

The highest church holidays – Christmas and Easter – are also the greatest slaughter feasts of the year!”

* Carsten Strehlow, Vegetarianism/Veganism as a Component of Christianity, p. 58

How much those contemptuous of animals in antiquity and during the Middle Ages disregarded the teachings of the Nazarene can be drawn from the apocryphal scripture “The Gospel of Perfect Life.”

In the foreword to the first edition in English (1902) of “The Gospel of Perfect Life” (also known as “The Gospel of the Holy Twelve” or “The Gospel of Jesus) G. J. R. Ouseley writes: “This original gospel of Christian inspiration is one of the oldest and most complete early Christian fragments and is preserved in a Buddhist monastery in Tibet, where it was hidden by members of the Essene community, in order to protect it from the hands of falsifiers.”

On the following pages, we have chosen several chapters on the topic ”The love of Jesus for animals.”

6. As Jesus went with some of His disciples, He met a man who trained dogs to hunt other animals. And He said to the man, “Why do you do this?” And the man answered, “Because I live from this. What sort of use have these animals? These animals are weak, but the dogs are strong.” And Jesus said to him, “You lack wisdom and love. Behold, every creature that God has created has its meaning and purpose. And who can say what good there is in it or what use it is to you or to mankind?

7. And for your living, behold the fields, how they grow and are fertile, and the fruit-bearing trees and the herbs. What more do you want than what the honest work of your hands will give you? Woe to the strong who misuse their strength. Woe to the crafty who hurt the creatures of God! Woe to the hunters! For they themselves shall be hunted.”

8. And the man was very astonished and stopped training the dogs to hunt; and he taught them to save life, not to destroy it. And he embraced the teachings of Jesus and became His disciple. (Chap. 14)

1. And it happened one day, after Jesus had finished His speaking, that, in a place near Tiberias where there are seven wells, a young man brought Him live rabbits and doves, that He might consume them with His disciples.

2. And Jesus looked at the young man lovingly and said to him, “You have a good heart and God will enlighten you; but do you not know that in the beginning God gave man the fruits of the earth for food and by this did not make him lower than the apes, or the oxen, or the horse or the sheep, that he may kill his fellow creatures and consume their flesh and blood?

3. You believe that Moses rightfully commanded such creatures to be offered in sacrifice and consumed and so you do this in the temple; but see, One greater than Moses is here and He comes to abolish the blood sacrifices of the law and the orgies and to restore the pure offering and the bloodless sacrifice as it was in the beginning, namely, the grains and the fruits of the earth.

5. Therefore, let the creatures go free, that they may rejoice in God and bring no guilt to man.” And the young man set them free and Jesus tore apart their cages and their fetters.

6. But see, they were afraid to be taken captive once more and did not want to leave Him. But He spoke to them and sent them away and they obeyed His words and departed full of joy. (Chap. 28)

7. And on a certain day, the boy Jesus came to a place where a snare was set for birds and there were some boys there. And Jesus said to them, “Who has set this snare for the innocent creatures of God? Behold, they will likewise be caught in a snare.” And He beheld twelve sparrows that appeared to be dead.

8. And He moved His hands over them and said to them, “Fly away and, as long as you live, remember Me.” And they rose and flew away with cries. The Jews who saw this were very astonished and told it to the priests. (Chap. 6)

1. And it came to pass that the Lord departed from the city and went into the mountains with His disciples. And they came to a mountain with very steep paths. There they met a man with a beast of burden.

2. But the horse had collapsed, for it was overladen. The man struck it till the blood flowed. And Jesus went to him saying, “You son of cruelty, why do you strike your animal? Do you not see that it is much too weak for its burden and do you not know that it suffers?”

3. But the man retorted, “What have You to do therewith? I may strike my animal as much as it pleases me, for it belongs to me; and I bought it with a goodly sum of money. Ask those who are with You, for they are from my neighborhood and know thereof.”

4. And some of the disciples answered, saying, “Yes, Lord, it is as he said, we were there when he bought the horse.” And the Lord rejoined, “Do you not see then how it is bleeding, and do you not hear how it wails and laments?” But they answered saying, “No, Lord, we do not hear that it wails or laments.”

5. And the Lord became sad and said, “Woe to you; because of the dullness of your heart, you do not hear how it laments and cries to its heavenly Creator for pity; but thrice woe to the one against whom it cries and wails in its torment!”

6. And He went forward and touched the horse, and the animal stood up, and its wounds were healed. But He said to the man, “Go on your way now and henceforth strike it no more, if you, too, hope to find mercy.”

7. And seeing the people come to Him, Jesus said to His disciples, “Because of the sick, I Am sick; because of the hungry, I go hungry; because of the thirsty, I suffer thirst.”

8. And He also said, “I have come to put an end to the sacrifices and feasts of blood. If you do not cease to offer and consume the flesh and blood of animals, the wrath of God will not cease to come upon you, just as it came upon your ancestors in the wilderness, who indulged in the consumption of flesh and were filled with rottenness and consumed by pestilence. (Chap. 21)

12. Jesus went to Jerusalem and came upon a camel with a heavy burden of wood. The camel could not haul its load up the hill and the driver beat it and treated it cruelly, but could not get the animal to move.

13. And as Jesus saw it, He said to him, “Why do you beat your brother?” And the man retorted, “I did not know that it is my brother. Is it not a beast of burden, made to serve me?”14. And Jesus said, “Has not the same God created this animal and your children who serve you from the same material and have you not both received the same breath from God?”

15. And the man was very astonished by this talk. He stopped beating the camel and freed it from a part of its burden. And so, the camel went up the hill and Jesus went before it and it no longer stopped until the end of its day’s journey.

16. The camel recognized Jesus, for it had felt the love of God in Him. And the man wanted to know more of the teachings and Jesus taught him gladly and he became His follower. (Chap. 31)

1. Jesus taught His disciples in the outer court of the temple, and one of them said to Him, “Master, it is said by the priests that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Can then the lawful blood sacrifices take away sins?”

2. And Jesus answered, “No blood sacrifice of animal or bird or man can take away sins. For how can a guilt be paid off by shedding innocent blood? No, it will increase the guilt.

3. The priests indeed receive such offerings as an appeasement from the faithful for the violations against the law of Moses; but for the sins against the law of God, there is no forgiveness except by repentance and a change for the better. (Chap. 33)

4. Is it not written in the prophets: Take your blood sacrifices and your burnt offerings, and away with them. Stop eating meat; for I did not speak of this to your forefathers, nor have I commanded them to do so when I led them out of Egypt. But this is what I commanded them:

5. Obey My voice and walk the paths that I have commanded of you, and you will be My people and things will go well for you. And yet they were not so inclined and did not listen.

6. And what did the Eternal command you, other than to practice justice and mercy and to walk humbly with your God? Is it not written that, in the beginning, God ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the plants to be food for all flesh?

7. But they have made of the house of prayer a den of thieves and, instead of the pure offering with incense, they have stained My altars with blood and have eaten the flesh of slain animals.

8. But I say to you: Shed no innocent blood and eat no flesh. Be upright, love mercy and do right, and your days will endure in the land for a long time. (Chap. 33)

7. Jesus came into a village and saw there a stray kitten, and it suffered from hunger and cried out to Him. And He picked it up, wrapped it in His robe and let it rest at His breast.

8. And when He went through the village, He gave the cat to eat and to drink. And it ate and drank and showed Him its thanks. And He gave it to one of His disciples, a widow called Lorenza, and she took care of it.

9. And some of the people said, “This man takes care of all the animals. Are they His brothers and sisters, that He loves them so?” And He said to them, “Verily, these are your fellow brothers from the great family of God, your brothers and sisters who have the same breath of life from the Eternal.

10. And whoever cares for the least of them and gives it food and drink in its need does this to Me, and the one who deliberately allows that one of them suffer privation and does not defend it when it is ill-treated allows this evil to happen as if it were done to Me. For just as you have done in this life will it be done to you in the life to come.” (Chap. 34)

1. And some of His disciples came to Him and spoke to Him about an Egyptian, a son of Belial, who taught that it is not against the law to torment animals if their suffering brings profit to people.

2. And Jesus said to them, “Verily, I say to you, the one who derives benefit from the injustice that is inflicted on a creature of God cannot be righteous. Just as little can those whose hands are stained with blood or whose mouths are defiled with flesh deal with holy matters or teach the mysteries of heaven.

3. God gives the grains and the fruits of the earth as food; and for the righteous man, there is no other lawful nourishment for the body.

4. The robber who breaks into a house built by man is guilty; but even the least of those who break into a house built by God are the greater sinners. This is why I say to all who want to become My disciples, keep your hands free from bloodshed and let no meat touch your lips; for God is just and bountiful and has ordained that man shall live by the fruits and seeds of the earth alone.

5. But if an animal suffers greatly, so that its life is a torment for it, or if it becomes dangerous to you, release it from its life quickly and with as little pain as you can. Send it to the other side in love and mercy and do not torment it, and God, your Father, will show mercy to you, just as you have shown mercy to those who were given into your hands.

6. And whatever you do to the least of My children, you do to Me. For I Am in them and they are in Me. Yes, I Am in all creatures and all creatures are in Me. In all their joys, I, too, rejoice and in all their afflictions, I, too, suffer. This is why I say to you: Be kind to one another and to all the creatures of God.” (Chap. 38)

1. And as Jesus was going to Jericho, He met a man with young doves and a cage full of birds which he had caught. And He saw their misery, as they had lost their freedom and, furthermore, were suffering hunger and thirst.

2. And He said to the man, “What are you doing with these?” And the man answered, “I earn my living by selling the birds which I have caught.”

3. And Jesus said to him, “What would you think, if someone stronger or more clever than you would capture and shackle you, or would throw your wife or your children and you into prison, in order to sell you for his own profit and to earn his living from this?

4. Are these not your fellow creatures, only weaker than you? And does not the same God, Father and Mother, care for them as for you? Let these, your little brothers and sisters, go forth into freedom and see to it that you never do such a thing again, but that you earn your bread honestly.”

5. And the man was astounded at these words and His authority, and he let the birds go free. As the birds came out, they flew to Jesus, sat upon His shoulders and sang to Him.

6. And the man asked more about His teachings and he went his way and learned basket weaving. He earned his bread from this work and broke his cages and traps and became a disciple of Jesus. (Chap. 41)

9. Verily, I say to you, I Am come into the world in order to put an end to all blood offerings and to the eating of the flesh of animals and birds that are slain by men. (Chap. 75)

[Translate to Englisch:] Heute sind wir nicht mehr darauf angewiesen, die Tierliebe Jesu in Fragmenten apokrypher Schriften zu finden, denn Jesus, der Christus, offenbart sich seit über 30 Jahren erneut durch einen Propheten. Es ist Gabriele, die Prophetin und Botschafterin Gottes. Im Wort Gottes durch Gabriele erfahren wir, dass Christus nicht nur für die Menschen auf die Erde kam, sondern auch, um die Tiere und die gesamte Natur von ihrem Leiden und ihrer Qual zu erlösen. In dem göttlichen Offenbarungswerk

„Das ist Mein Wort. Alpha und Omega.
Das Evangelium Jesu.
Die Christus-Offenbarung, welche inzwischen
die wahren Christen in aller Welt kennen“

offenbart sich Christus über Sein Leben, Denken und Wirken als Jesus von Nazareth. Christus baut in Seinem heute durch Gabriele gegebenen Offenbarungswort auf der im Buch „Das Evangelium Jesu“ - auch bekannt als „Das Evangelium des vollkommenen Lebens“ - vorhandenen Wahrheit auf und erklärt, berichtigt und vertieft diese überlieferte Schrift. An vielen Stellen Seines mächtigen Offenbarungswerkes spricht Christus von den Tieren und wie sich der Mensch ihnen gegenüber verhalten soll. Nachfolgend finden Sie einige Christusworte aus dem Buch „Das ist Mein Wort“:

Das Leben achten
„Gott, der Ewige, gab den Menschen Tiere und Pflanzen und schenkte ihnen von der Erde Obst, Gemüse und Getreide. Er gab es den Menschen und sprach zu ihnen: „Macht euch die Erde untertan“, was in seiner rechten Bedeutung besagt: Achtet und pflegt das Leben aller Lebensformen, und sie werden euch dienen...“
(Seite 248)

Die Tierliebe Jesu
„Ich, Christus, kam in Jesus zu den Menschen und wurde der Menschensohn. Ich kam, um den Menschen den Weg aus Sünde und Sklaverei zu weisen. Als Jesus von Nazareth lehrte Ich die Gesetze Gottes und lebte sie den Menschen vor. Die Menschheit jedoch erkannte Mich nicht.
Ich lehrte die Menschen, einander zu lieben, die Tiere zu lieben, die Natur zu achten, die Erde als die Mutter anzuerkennen, in deren Schoß die Menschenkinder leben und arbeiten. Ich lehrte die Menschen die Gleichheit, die Freiheit, die Einheit, die Brüderlichkeit und die Gerechtigkeit; Ich lehrte, dass sie die Erde nicht aufteilen, sondern alles brüderlich miteinander teilen sollten...
O erfasset: Ich kam als Jesus von Nazareth. Ich legte den Menschen die Gesetze aus und lebte auch das Leben im Gesetz Gottes den Menschen vor. Auf Golgatha wurde Ich der Erlöser aller Seelen und Menschen.
Euer Erlöser ist nun auch euer Führer in die Neue Zeit, in die Zeit des Christus, der Ich Bin. Immer mehr Menschen wenden sich vom Schlachten und Verzehren der Tiere ab. Immer mehr Menschen sehen die Erde als Ganzes, als ihre Ernährerin, als einen Teil ihres Lebens. Sie ernähren sich von dem, was ihnen die Erde schenkt, und bereiten es auch gesetzmäßig zu. Im Laufe der Generationen wird ganz allmählich das Menschengeschlecht entstehen, das die Gesetze Gottes kennt, sie hält und sich auch entsprechend ernährt.
Ich Bin als Jesus von Nazareth gekommen, die Gesetze zu lehren und vorzuleben, und so auch, die Blutopfer und das Verzehren von Tieren abzuschaffen und die Gelage aufzuheben. Ich Bin gekommen, ein neues Menschengeschlecht zu schaffen, das den Willen des ewigen Vaters erfüllt, welcher der eine Gott ist, von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit.“
(Seite 373-374)

Alles ist in Gottes Hand
„Ich, Christus, gebe dieses Mein Offenbarungswort in der mächtigen Zeitenwende [1989], um unter anderem abermals darauf aufmerksam zu machen, dass, ebenso wie das Leben der Menschen auch das Leben der Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Mineralien in Gottes Hand ist...
Erkennet: Auch was ihr den Tieren antut, das tut ihr Mir an, dem Christus - und ebenfalls euch selbst. Die Qualen und Leiden der Tiere werden einst eure Qualen und Leiden sein. Gott, der Ewige, hat dem Menschen auch die Tiere in die Hand gegeben - jedoch nicht, dass er sie quält, sondern mit ihnen lebt. Der Mensch soll für das Tier sein, dann ist das Tier auch für den Menschen. Dann wird es ihm auch freudig dienen.“
(Seite 480-481)

Der ichbezogene Herrenmensch
„Die ganze Unendlichkeit ist dienende Liebe, dienendes Leben: Auch der Mensch ist von Mir, Christus, gerufen, seinem Nächsten in selbstloser Weise zu dienen. Dazu gehört auch der Übernächste, das Tier. Denn auch das Tier ist mit den Gaben selbstlosen Dienens ausgestattet und dient gern und bereitwillig dem Menschen, der es liebt.
Wenn der Mensch seine Nächsten, seine Mitmenschen also, nicht selbstlos liebt, wird er ihnen auch nicht selbstlos dienen. Seine Selbstsucht überträgt er dann ebenfalls auf die Tier-, Pflanzen- und Mineralwelt. Das Tier kann nicht reden. Still leidet und duldet es und kann kaum seinen Schmerz und sein Weh mitteilen. Nur der vernimmt, was das Tier an Schmerz und Pein erduldet, der Menschen, Tiere, Pflanzen und Steine selbstlos liebt.
Der Ichbezogene, der Herrenmensch, erwartet, dass seine Mitmenschen ihm dienen. Er verlangt auch vom Tier, dass es über seine Möglichkeiten und Kräfte hinaus ihm dient. Er selbst bestimmt - und dient nicht. Deshalb fügt er Menschen und Tieren unsagbare Qualen zu. Wenn der Mensch seine Mitmenschen zu seinen Abhängigen - gleichsam zu Sklaven - macht, dann wird er auch die Tiere unterjochen. Wer nicht mehr auf sein Gewissen hört, der wird hartherzig gegenüber Mensch und Tier. Er sieht nur noch auf seine Belange, auf seinen Eigennutz. Er nimmt sich selbst sehr wichtig und vergisst dabei, dass seine Nächsten und Übernächsten, die Tiere, unter seiner ichbezogenen Herrschaft zu leiden haben. Er spürt dann auch nicht mehr, was sein Nächster und das Tier benötigen. Wenn die Sinne des Menschen verroht sind, dann ist der ganze Mensch gefühlsarm.“
(Seite 207-208)

„Du sollst nicht töten“
„Ich unterwies die Meinen: Der Mensch soll kein Tier mutwillig töten und auch nicht das Fleisch von Tieren verzehren, die zum Fleischverzehr getötet wurden.“
(Seite 810)

Christus über das Quälen von Tieren
„Allein schon, wenn der Mensch willentlich und wissentlich duldet, dass Menschen und Tiere gequält, missachtet und misshandelt werden, wird ihm Gleiches oder Ähnliches widerfahren.“
(Seite 452)

Christus über Ernährung
„Schlachtet nie ein Tier für euren persönlichen Gebrauch. Sehet, die Natur, das Leben der Schöpfung, sorgt für euch. Die Früchte des Feldes, der Gärten und der Wälder sollen euch genügen.“
(Seite 187)

„Was der Mensch sät, wird er ernten“
„Ich Bin die Wahrheit! Wer gegen das Leben handelt, der ist auch gegen sich selbst, da auch er das Leben ist. Denn in ihm wirken alle Kräfte des Lebens - auch das Leben der Tiere und der Pflanzen. Denn alles ist das Leben, das aus dem einen Urquell strömt, aus Gott.
Der Mensch leidet so lange, wie er seinem Nächsten Leid zufügt, ob es Menschen, Tiere oder Pflanzen sind. In den zurückliegenden zweitausend Jahren haben sich Meine Worte an die Menschen über das Gesetz von Saat und Ernte erfüllt, und sie werden sich weiterhin erfüllen - so lange, bis das Gesetz von Saat und Ernte umgewandelt ist, weil alle Menschen einander selbstlos lieben...

Wehe den Jägern, und wehe jenen, die nach der Fleischnahrung verlangen! Sowohl die Jäger als auch jene, die ähnlich wie Kannibalen gierig das Fleisch der Tiere verzehren, werden von dem Weh, dem Leid und dem Schmerz der Tiere gepeinigt und gejagt werden. Das gleiche gilt für jene, welche die Pflanzen- und die Mineralreiche schänden. Auch sie werden wegen ihrer Missetaten leiden. Was der Mensch sät, wird er ernten - entweder im irdischen Leben oder als Seele in den Stätten der Reinigung. Daher achtet auf eure Gedanken, Worte und Handlungen, denn sie können euch zum Verhängnis werden.
Mein Reich auf Erden wird ein Reich der Einheit und des Friedens sein, so wie es offenbart ist: Mensch und Tier werden in Frieden miteinander leben, weil die Seelen der Menschen weitgehend rein sind.“
(Seite 146-148)

In dem göttlichen Offenbarungswerk „Das ist Mein Wort“ erklärt Christus durch Gabriele auch jene Passagen im Neuen Testament, die heute von den Kirchen immer wieder angeführt werden, um zu beweisen, dass Jesus doch kein Vegetarier war. Eine davon ist die allseits bekannte Begebenheit von der Fischvermehrung bei der Speisung der Fünftausend. Lesen Sie die Worte, in denen Christus die knappe Schilderung im „Evangelium Jesu“ erklärt, berichtigt und vertieft:

Die Fischvermehrung
„...Meine Jünger brachten Mir Brote und Trauben zur Vermehrung. An diesem Tage wurden Mir auch tote Fische zur Vermehrung gereicht. Als Ich diese tote Substanz in Meine Hände nahm, klärte Ich die Menschen auf, dass aus ihr das Kräftepotential des Vaters, die hohe Lebenskraft, weitgehend gewichen war und Ich nicht lebende Fische schaffe, damit sie wieder getötet werden.
Ich klärte die Menschen auf, dass das Leben in allen Lebensformen ist und der Mensch diese nicht mutwillig töten soll. Die Menschen, insbesondere die Kinder, schauten Mich traurig an. Sie konnten Mich nicht verstehen, denn sie lebten zum größten Teil von Fisch, Brot und wenig anderem. Da sprach Ich sinngemäß zu ihnen: Die Energien der Erde halten die toten Fische noch zusammen. So werde Ich euch aus des Vaters Geist keine lebenden Fische schenken, sondern aus der Energie der Erde euch Fische, die tot, also schwingungsarm, sind, erschaffen. Sie werden nie Leben tragen und können nicht getötet werden. Ich will euch zeigen, wie Lebendiges - Brot und Früchte - schmeckt, und im Vergleich dazu tote Nahrung.
Und Ich schuf für sie Fische aus den Energien der Erde, die wenig Geistsubstanz trugen. Ich gab ihnen die toten Fische und gebot ihnen, zugleich auch Brot und Früchte zu essen, damit sie den Unterschied erkennen zwischen lebender und toter Nahrung, zwischen hochschwingender und niedrigschwingender Kost.
Auf diese und ähnliche Weise belehrte Ich die Menschen. Weiter zeigte Ich ihnen - und zeige damit auch euch, die ihr Meine Worte lest -, dass jegliches Abbrechen alter Gewohnheiten Fanatismus ist. Wer Altgewohntes von einer Minute zur anderen lässt, in dem erfolgt ein Abbrechen und keine Wandlung. Im Abbrechen liegt der Keim zum Wiederaufbrechen der alten, verdrängten Gewohnheiten, die dann unter Umständen hartnäckiger auftreten und schwerer abzulegen sind als vor der Zeit der Kasteiung.
Das Altgewohnte soll also nicht abgebrochen werden, sondern es soll ein allmähliches Seinlassen zur Wandlung führen, indem der Mensch sich höheren Zielen und Werten zuwendet. Dies ist ein geistiger Aufbruch zu neuen Ufern.
In jeder Kasteiung liegt Fanatismus. Ein Fanatiker verurteilt in Empfindungen und Gedanken seine Nächsten, die noch Ähnliches oder Gleiches haben wie das, was er verdrängt hat. Dadurch nährt er das Verdrängte.
Erkennet: Dem Gewohnheitsmenschen muss oft manches Menschliche noch zugestanden werden, bis er seine Fehler selbst erkennt und durch Selbsterkenntnis und Selbsterfahrung - oder durch Leid - das Alte lässt, um geistig zu reifen. Das ist dann rechtes Verstehen und gesetzmäßige Führung.“
(Seite 383-385)

Das „Passahlamm“
Das in Verbindung mit dem Passahmahl Jesu und Seiner Jünger erwähnte Passahlamm (Mk. 14, 14) wird kirchlicherseits ebenfalls als Beweis dafür ins Feld geführt, dass Jesus Fleisch gegessen habe. In „Das ist Mein Wort“ stellt Christus klar:

„...Weder von den Aposteln noch von den Jüngern wurde angeordnet, ein Lamm zu schlachten. Doch sowohl Mir als auch den Aposteln und Jüngern wurden Teile eines zubereiteten Lammes als Gabe der Liebe gereicht. Unsere Nächsten wollten uns damit beschenken, da sie es nicht besser wussten. Ich segnete die Gabe und begann, das Fleisch zu Mir zu nehmen. Meine Apostel und Jünger taten es Mir gleich. Anschließend stellten sie Mir sinngemäß die Frage: Wir sollen doch vom Fleischverzehr Abstand nehmen. So hast du uns befohlen. Nun hast Du selbst Fleisch verzehrt.
Ich unterwies die Meinen: Der Mensch soll kein Tier mutwillig töten und auch nicht das Fleisch von Tieren verzehren, die zum Fleischverzehr getötet wurden. Doch wenn Menschen, die noch unwissend sind, Fleisch als Nahrung zubereitet haben und es dem Gast zum Geschenk machen und ihm zum Gastmahl reichen, dann sollte der Gast die Gabe nicht ablehnen. Denn es ist ein Unterschied, ob der Mensch aus Gier nach Fleisch dieses verzehrt oder als Dank an den Gastgeber für seine Mühe.“
(Seite 809-810)

„Das Niedere, das Satanische geht zu Ende. Das Leben in und mit Gott wird immer mehr Menschen zum Bedürfnis. Daher wird sich auch die Erde reinigen und die Kinder Gottes so ernähren, wie es zu Beginn des Menschengeschlechtes war: Die Mutter Erde schenkt den Bewohnern der Erde wieder das in Fülle, was diese für den irdischen Körper benötigen. Das ist dann wieder das Reine für die weitgehend reinen Körper.“

“The wolf shall
live with the lamb,
the leopard shall
lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion
and the fatling together,
and a little child
shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall
graze, their young shall
lie down together;
and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall
play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall
put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain...”

The Hidden Love
of Jesus for Animals

Table of Contents:

Setting the Tone - Genesis 1:29-31

Foreword

Prophetic Words Against Biblical Sacrifices of Animals and Against Eating Meat

Hosea

“Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins ...”

Jesus of Nazareth Spoke Against Animal Sacrifices

The Apostles Were Vegetarians

The Church Fathers Also Warned Against Eating Meat

John Chrysostomus

About a group of exemplary Christians 354-407

Clemens of Alexandria

Quintus Septimus Tertullianus

ca. 160-221

Tertullianus appeared several times for the defense of the Christians when they were accused of making human sacrifices. “How shall I describe it, that you believe we are thirsty for human blood, for you do know that we loathe the blood of animals.”

Gregory of Nazianz

Church father from Kappadozien

“But the seed of a good house father is the good wheat, from which he bakes bread ... The indulgence in meat dishes is a disgraceful wrong and I desire that you may strive to offer your soul nourishment that lasts eternally.

Hieronymus

“It is better that you eat no meat and drink no wine. For drinking wine started with eating meat, after the great flood.”

Aurelius Augustinus

354-430

Church father and greatest Latin church teacher of antiquity, Augustinius also lived solely from plant foods. He attributed the ruinous passions of man to the eating of meat. In one of his works, he quoted Paul (Rom. 14:21), where Paul recommended that one eat no meat and drink no wine.

Basilius the Great

It Was Solely the Sins of Mankind
That Made Animals “Evil”!

The End of Inner Christianity

The Gospel of the Perfect Life

[Translate to Englisch:] "Das ist Mein Wort" –
Christusworte für die Tiere

Vision of Isaiah

The Hidden Love of Jesus for Animals

Table of Contents:

Setting the Tone - Genesis 1:29-31

Foreword

Prophetic Words Against Biblical Sacrifices of Animals and Against Eating Meat

Hosea

“Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins ...”

Jesus of Nazareth Spoke Against Animal Sacrifices

The Apostles Were Vegetarians

The Church Fathers Also Warned Against Eating Meat

John Chrysostomus

About a group of exemplary Christians 354-407

Clemens of Alexandria

Quintus Septimus Tertullianus

ca. 160-221

Tertullianus appeared several times for the defense of the Christians when they were accused of making human sacrifices. “How shall I describe it, that you believe we are thirsty for human blood, for you do know that we loathe the blood of animals.”

Gregory of Nazianz

Church father from Kappadozien

“But the seed of a good house father is the good wheat, from which he bakes bread ... The indulgence in meat dishes is a disgraceful wrong and I desire that you may strive to offer your soul nourishment that lasts eternally.

Hieronymus

“It is better that you eat no meat and drink no wine. For drinking wine started with eating meat, after the great flood.”

Aurelius Augustinus

354-430

Church father and greatest Latin church teacher of antiquity, Augustinius also lived solely from plant foods. He attributed the ruinous passions of man to the eating of meat. In one of his works, he quoted Paul (Rom. 14:21), where Paul recommended that one eat no meat and drink no wine.

Basilius the Great

It Was Solely the Sins of Mankind That Made Animals “Evil”!

The End of Inner Christianity

The Gospel of the Perfect Life

[Translate to Englisch:] "Das ist Mein Wort" –Christusworte für die Tiere

Vision of Isaiah

The Hidden Love
of Jesus for Animals

It Was Solely the Sins of Mankind
That Made Animals “Evil”!

[Translate to Englisch:] "Das ist Mein Wort" –
Christusworte für die Tiere