Daniel 1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore, stood they before the king. 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Thus, the resulting data from this research revealed a few startling facts which probably had the Chef scratching his head for many days. [1] The test proved that the Chef had inadvertently been feeding the king inferior food all these years. [2] The diet proposed by the Hebrew boys actually caused them to perform ten times better academically. [3] They were in a much healthier condition than those who in error, had subscribed to conventional wisdom on the matter in question.
This reminds us of a type of unconventional wisdom on diets and foods which Daniel and his companions had probably researched and had practiced in their earlier years: [Counsels On health pp 229] Flesh was never the best food; but its use is now doubly objectionable, since disease in animals is so rapidly increasing.
Tuberculosis, cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated. The liability to take disease is increased tenfold by meat eating. The animals are diseased, and by partaking of their flesh, we plant the seeds of disease in our own tissue and blood. Then, when we are exposed to prevailing epidemics and contagious diseases, the system is not in a condition to resist the disease.
Psalms 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!