Food

In the Urantia Book

Primitive man

• Early man was a cannibal; he enjoyed human flesh, and therefore he offered it as a food gift to the spirits and his primitive gods. 87:2.9 89:5.2
• the combination of the wheat, rice, and vegetable diet with the flesh of the herds marked a great forward step in the health and vigor of these ancient peoples. 81:1.8
• Food hoarding developed self-control and created the first problems of capital and labor. 69:5.1
• Two great influences which contributed to the early association of human beings were food hunger and sex love 68:2.4 68:3.4
• in primitive times, sometimes a line of hunger march would be ten miles long as it passed over the land gleaning food. 68:5.3
• Food was preserved by cooking, drying, and smoking; it thus became the earliest property. 66:5.3
• Onagar’s missionaries were the first human beings to cook meat, the first regularly to use fire in the preparation of food. 63:6.7
• Prince’s staff taught food preservation 66:5.2-3

Adamites

• Primitive man was for the most part carnivorous; Adamites do not eat meat, but their offspring within a few generations usually gravitate to the omnivorous level, although whole groups of their descendants sometimes remain nonflesh eaters. 52:3.8-9
• The eating of meat was early introduced into the second garden, but Adam and Eve never partook of flesh as a part of their regular diet. 76:3.7

Jesus

• Jesus instructed evangelists to eat and drink whatever set before them 163:1.3
• Palestinians of Jesus times ate two meals per day, and sometimes in a pause a refreshment 166:4.1

Spiritual food | bread:bread of life

• The welfare of the soul is more than food and drink; the progress in the spirit is far above the need of raiment. The Father provides food for every one who seeks 165:5.2
• Jesus’ true meat was to do will of God and accomplish His Work 143:6.1
• In our living and loving ministry we must serve spiritual food in attractive form and suited to the capacity of receptivity of each of our inquirers. 133:4.2

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Instructions to seventy 163:1.3 — Lk 10:1b-7.
• Harvest is plenteous, laborers few 163:1.3 — Mt 9:37; Jn 4:35.
• Send out as lambs among wolves 163:1.3 — Mt 7:15; Mt 10:16a.
• Take no purse or clothing 163:1.3 — Mt 10:9-10a; Mk 6:8-9; Lk 9:3.
• Stay in same place 163:1.3 — Mt 10:11-13; Mk 6:10; Lk 9:4.
• Proclaim peace, good will to men 163:1.3 — Lk 2:14b.
• Be wise as serpents, harmless 163:1.3 — Mt 10:16.
• Be not anxious about things 165:5.2 — Mt 6:31.
• God provides 165:5.2 — Mt 6:25-27; Lk 12:22-26.
• Jesus asked to eat 143:6.1 — Jn 4:31.
• Jesus had “meat” no one knows 143:6.1 — Jn 4:32-38.
• Milk of spiritual truth 133:4.2 — 1 Co 3:1-2; 1 P 2:2.

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Food is linked in 5 paragraphs of the text.

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