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As a recently returned missionary 20 years ago, one day I was walking with my eldest sister and my mother. They were talking about an up coming RS social which Celestial Kingdom was the theme. As a male Mormon I think I burst out laughing seeing the extreme dichotomy between the male’s wing of the church idea of planning a social and the female’s wing of the church idea of planning a social. They continued to reveal that the RS president had planned that they would eat Gluten (a wheat based meat substitute in vogue when I was a child that really tasted nothing at all like meat) at the social, because there will not be meat in heaven. I became indignant. I knew that the only place gluten would be served in the here after was outer darkness. I also stated that Hawaiian Pizza would be in the Celestial Kingdom or you could never call it heaven. I determined right then and there that I would need to write the definitive work on food in heaven. To date I have not even started such a work other than filing away some meals in my head thinking “that will be in heaven.” I have done a lot of thinking about what specifically we really know about heaven.
I thought Joseph said that even the Telestral Kingdom was better than we could imagine. So I am thinking heaven is far above my comprehension, beyond being good. So when I eat great food I suppose that good experience goes into my concept of heaven.
Am I over simplifying heaven? Does anyone have any good ideas of what food will or will not be in heaven?
I love it! People (of the older generation) have always gotten pretty upset with me when I intimate that there will be only vegetarianism during the Millennium…what with the Lion laying down with the Lamb, the childs hand in the cocatrice den and whatnot.
Plus, it is obvious that Adam and Eve were vegetarians until the fall. Meat eating is a fallen nature thing.
I believe those are legitimate interpretations of the scriptures. I guess the biggest hurdle is where is this meat going to come from? Are the animals not resurrected, too? Do we kill them from other worlds where they are in a mortal state and bring ’em back to heaven for a roast? How would that work?
Now I do not believe that there is a physical resurrection so I guess I can’t play.
As long as it’s delicious, I don’t care. (which means no peanut butter and chocolate flavoring – or natto – don’t ask) I don’t think we will eat, but I do think we will savor. Go figure.
Just Me, Great points. Is God not all powerful? Could there not be a source of meat without killing? If your thinking is right is there no meat in any of the Kingdoms? For that matter is there free agency in the other kingdoms?
Gail wrote:Just Me,
Great points. Is God not all powerful? Could there not be a source of meat without killing? If your thinking is right is there no meat in any of the Kingdoms? For that matter is there free agency in the other kingdoms?
I just realized my comment could be taken as “that is the only legit way to interpret” the scriptures and that is TOTALLY not what I meant. Just that it is
onelegit interpretation. I hope nobody misunderstood that. Anyhoo, this is why I can’t really play. I don’t believe in literal kingdoms. I just don’t believe we will have bodies at all. No food, no sex, etc. I don’t believe there is any wanting or needing in the afterlife. I could be wrong, though.
But, you bring up a great point! Maybe heaven has replicators like the Starship Enterprise. That would be sweet! Honestly, the thought never occured to me before. That would solve the problem I perceive with meat in heaven. I’m just 100% sure that there are no slaughter houses.
There’ll be a pint ‘o Guinness waitin’ fer you there in heaven. Ole Saint Pete’ll make sure of that at the bright and pearly gates. (read with a Scots-Irish accent). 😆 😆 😆 On a more serious note, I think there will be food in heaven if we imagine it. The source would be our mind, so killing an animal for meat would not be necessary. I don’t think we will destroy (kill) for food, which we all do even as vegetarians unless we are actually Fruitarians (only eating the seeds of plants or parts of plants that don’t kill them). But like one of my daughters likes to be silly about — we are eating babies! (seeds are baby plants).
I believe in the literal resurrection, and as Jesus ate the honeycomb, our bodies still CAN eat. Because of that…I’m hoping for 3 things in heaven:
1) Creme Brulee, because it is my absolute favorite
2) Coffee cake, just to show my goofy AP, who on my mission chastised me for buying it, that he was wrong (spiteful, huh?
😈 )3) margaritas, just because I can’t have it now and it might make heaven a fun place.
Brian, you surprised me and delighted me with your obviously correct answer Probably not “Devil’s cake”…but maybe angel’s food cake. Really, it does make me wonder what the “ideal” Godly diet is. We each thrive & need to avoid certain foods, unique to our body’s blood type, medical history & hormonal dominance. I think sugar is a toxin…& I really need to stop eating it…tomorrow
Jesus ate after his resurrection (Luke 24:41-43), so I think there’s hope! I doubt there will be much call for fast food in Heaven, since there will be long enough to appreciate things. Which is good!
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