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Thanksgiving and Dedication
Bible Genesis 24 And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. Let us make man to our image...27 And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth. Increase and multiply..29 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: 30 And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done. 31 And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
When God created everything,
God asked grass: ’Would you like to dedicate yourself to the earth? You would be eaten by lamb. With your dedication, the earth can go well with love, happiness and peace.’
The grass answered: ‘I am willing to sacrifice to God.’
That was the reason that lambs ate grasses with thanksgiving. And grasses was eaten by lambs with happiness and peace of dedication.
God asked lamb: ‘Would you like to dedicate yourself to the eath? You would be eaten by tiger. With your dedication, the earth can go well with love, happiness and peace.’
Lamb answered: ‘I am willing to sacrifice to God.’
That was the reason that Tigers ate lambs with thanksgiving. And lambs were eaten by Tigers with happiness and peace of dedication.
God made a promise with everything, and everything made a promise with God.
When the little lamb gave his life to the earth as the dedication, it brought the earth with Love, Happiness, and Peace. It went to Heaven with happiness of Eternal peace, and joyful.
Buddhism didn't eat animals. They knew that animals had the same feelings with Human Beings. But Plants also had feelings. God allowed Human Beings to take everything on the earth as their food, because everything kept promise to God -- dedication to us as our food.
What we should do is to love, respect everything and thanksgiving for their dedication. Before we take them as our food, we need cherish them.
Because of the excessive killings and exploitation, some Species were going to extinction. We must protect them, cherish them.
When we seeing everything in the earth, we understood without their dedication, we could not see such a beautiful earth. We should thank God who give us all these beautiful things, we should thank everything who dedicating themselves to the earth.
I don't want to teach anyone about the Bible or interpret the Bible. But I think people should know about Thanksgiving and Dedication.
Without Thanksgiving and Dedication, we could not build real peace on the Earth.
