Milk And Other Dairy Foods

     Exodus 3:8:

     And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them

     up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;

     Leviticus 20:24:

     But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess

     it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have

     separated you from other people.

     Deuteronomy 6:3:

     Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may

     increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that

     floweth with milk and honey.

In a figure using “wine and milk,” Isaiah calls people to come and partake of the free goodness

of God.

     Isaiah 55:1:

     Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye,

     buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

God designed milk to be a blessing. It is interesting that from the very beginning of creation that

cattle are listed separate and distinct from all other beasts. (Genesis 1:24) Cattle and sheep, the

most abundant milk producing animals, have been herded in flocks by man since the first

generation outside the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 4:2) Without milk there would be no butter, no

cheese, no ice cream. These are foods that were designed to bless mankind.

     2 Samuel 17:29:

     And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine [cattle], for David, and for the

     people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and

     thirsty, in the wilderness.

God’s best provision for His people was “a land flowing with milk and honey” in such

abundance that they would enjoy butter and cheese. Butterfat is one of the best sources of fat

soluble vitamins A, D, K and E, which are needed for calcium and phosphorus absorption to

make strong bones, healthy teeth, and repair tissue.206 Raw butter contains the perfect ratio of

omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, anti-tumor and antimicrobial short and medium chain fatty

acids, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), lecithin, cholesterol, and trace minerals. It is very healing

to the intestinal tract. Pasteurized butter from grass-fed pastured cows can still be a good source

of vitamins A and D. The more golden yellow color of cow’s butter is indicative of higher levels

of these vitamins unless, of course, it has had dye added which is a common practice in the

industry. Fats like butter and cream also slow the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream thus

preventing extreme fluctuations in blood sugar levels which can cause mineral depletion and

excessive fat storage in the body. There is an interesting prophecy in Isaiah regarding what Jesus

Christ was to eat in his youth.

     Isaiah 7:15:

     Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.