Many people only like to eat what appeals to their taste buds, even if it isn’t always healthy. And how are you eating?
Bad eating habits and customs lead to serious health problems and can even shorten your life.

When God led the people of Israel out of Egypt, He took them into the desert and deprived them of two things they were accustomed to eating in abundance while under Pharaoh’s rule. In addition to meat and fish, they also ate onions and garlic. Exodus 16.

However, God gave them an excellent food, the bread of angels, which the people came to call manna. This, however, was not well received by the people, who called it “bland bread,” “vile bread,” or “miserable bread,” depending on the translation. Because the people were accustomed to a different taste. The people’s palate had been corrupted by their eating habits during their time in Egypt. This was not good, for the people’s greed—their desire to eat the food they were accustomed to—led God to punish them for it. Numbers 11; 21:5.

The same thing happens today. When someone becomes interested in becoming a Christian, they also learn that it is not appropriate to eat much of what the Gentiles eat. And this is a reality check. Because people’s palates are corrupted by the wrong practice of eating things that are not fitting for saints. So, when we say, “Eat this,” they say, “I don’t like it!”
God has provided countless healthy foods for His people, but the people’s bad habit of eating without wisdom leads them to reject good food in favor of poor-quality food, which causes many of the diseases found among the Gentiles. And this stems from biblical ignorance as well as from tradition and even teachings transmitted by men regarded as teachers and doctors among the Gentiles.

Proof of what we are saying is evident in what is happening to the health of people considered Christian, who are suffering from the same ailments that afflict the Gentiles, as well as from causes of death similar to theirs.

God is so careful with His people that He instructed the prophet Ezekiel on what to eat during the siege of Jerusalem. And this was not an isolated case, but a discreet way of telling His people in general how to proceed regarding their diet. For a biblical text says that EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE WAS WRITTEN FOR OUR INSTRUCTION. Ezekiel 4:9 and 10! Romans 15:4.

But even evangelical religious leaders do not understand and misinterpret the Scriptures, failing to teach the people the correct way to eat, because they do not know or understand the Scriptures—which is why they, too, are dying in the same way and with the same ailments as the Gentiles.

Therefore, reevaluate your concepts and prejudices regarding food if you want to live a healthy life and do not wish to suffer and die like other mortals deprived of the knowledge of God.

Guarulhos-Sp, June 4, 2026

Oli Prestes
Missionary

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