It is the cross that vegans bear. We oppose oppression of the weak. We oppose the killing of innocents. We live in a world of oppression, greed, murder, war, raping and pillaging, toxicity and poison. Yet through all this vegans continue to strive to educate others as to the horrors that are attributed to the choice on their plate. Vegans know that if the world were vegan, rape and greed would end, love would replace war, toxicity and poisons would be things of the past as wo

When we help innocent creatures of God, life itself rises to help us. When we rescue animals from danger, the Lord will deliver us from evil. The more we pray for and bless animals abused by humans, the more blessed our own lives become. The more we speak out for animal rights, the more righteousness, harmony, and inner peace we encounter. The more we donate to animal sanctuaries and those who protect God’s creatures, the more abundance flows into our lives. Jesus understood

Jesus died for the sake of humans and animals, but not in place of humans. 1. Jesus Chose to Die Jesus took the initiative to die in order to align with God’s grand scheme (Matthew 26:39; Luke 22:42), to fulfil the prophecy of the Scriptures (Matt. 26:54), and to wake us up from our falsities (e.g., Matt. 23:27–28), our indifference, and our atrocities toward animals and humans, raising us to a level of love (e.g., “Blessed are the merciful” — Matt. 5:7; cf. 1 John 3:16), pur

The idea that God wanted Jesus to die as a blood sacrifice is not the earliest Christian view. It is closer to pagan sacrificial religion than to Jesus’ own teachings or to the theology of the earliest Jewish-Christian communities (Ebionites, Nazarenes). It is also by definition anti-vegan. The belief that Jesus died as a necessary blood atonement was developed later, especially by Paul and then by later Gentile Christianity. 1. Jesus Himself Rejected Blood Sacrifice Jesus tw