Greetings: May you have Peace!
I was having this conversation today with someone about the neutering of pets. They were for it, I was against it. For the longest time now, I have been against the neutering of pets. It never felt right to me. Some, but not all, on the opposite side of this argument, however, can be very vehement, argumentative, even downright nasty about it and say that people like me are being irresponsible and reckless, etc. I have been called some very mean and unkind, nasty things by those holding a view opposite to mine.
In this conversation, I presented the argument to this person that his current pet had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, and their parents had parents, back to the creation. . . . In neutering your pet, you have just deliberately broken the line of descent, stopped the line of descent for generations and for generations to come. I made it clear to this person that I wasn’t talking about physical defects in a person and/or pets such as bad health, nor was I talking about such things as barrenness in a woman (for whatever physical reason) nor sterility in men (for whatever physical reason). I was talking about the deliberate choosing so as not to allow the continued procreation of our pets. And the thought/question occurred to me: “What is God’s view of this issue?” IMMEDIATELY (faster than immediately) the Master responded (with crystal clarity) and directed me to the very first chapter of Genesis, as follows:
On the fifth and sixth days:
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds [b][b]increase [/b]on the earth.” [/b]23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
And then in Genesis 9:
Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
And then what is recorded at Leviticus 22:17-25:
17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘If any of you—whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel—presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, 19 you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf. 20 Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. 21 When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable. 22 Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 23 You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. 24 [b]You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land, 25 and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.’”
I realize that what is written in Leviticus is Old Law and that Christians are not under the Old Law. I get that. But I asked a question and all the above was the crystal clear response I received. I am not telling anyone to do or to think anything or anyway. I am just writing about what occurred in my conversation that I was having today with a particular individual and the response I received from my Lord. And I’m sharing it. That’s it, that’s all.
To One and All: Come! Take Life’s Water—Free!
May you have Peace, as our Lord provides it.
--Armand
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