Fast Food Is Anti-Covenant

In ancient times those who had made covenant celebrated a shared a ceremonial meal, usually of bread and wine. It was another way of uniting them since to this day middle-Easterners believe that sharing from the same loaf of bread or the same flask of wine binds the participants together. Melchizedek and Abraham shared such a meal.

Jesus shared a covenant meal with us and asked that we do this with each other as a memorial to Him. It is also bread and wine. Though we are many we are one body because we all share in one bread.

In Psalm 23 David said that The Lord prepares a table before him in the presence of his enemies. The lord has prepared a covenant meal for us in the presence of our enemies. When Jesus say “I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens I will eat with him and him with me.” He is saying that whoever wants to be under the New Covenant can be.

What’s this got to do with fast food?

First of all the objective of eating together is to build covenant relationship. This is why Daniel refused to eat with Nebachanezzer. Because to eat with Nebachanezzer was to make covenant with him and his gods.

The objective of eating in a fast food joint is to satisfy ones stomach.

Secondly the true happy meal isn’t a Burger, a thick shake and fries but it is the celebratory, joyful, feast of Eucharist.

At the end of a traditional Eucharist those who have partook of the bread and wine thank God for the meal and ask for permission to feed others. The dismissal is when we go out with Gods blessing to feed the world.

The Church is an eat in/take away establishment.

Fast food is for self and then at the end one leaves the establishment to do nothing for anybody.

There is another reason why fast food is anti-covenant.

Within a covenant meal the food has to be of a certain quality. Whenever we buy things we buy into something bigger. Many of us when buying clothes have bought into child labour without knowing it.

When we buy fast food we buy into other things also.

The meat:
The meat is often mass produced and for an increased amount of yield the animals are usually pumped full of hormones to make them grow bigger. The animals are the brought from the farmers at prices so low the farmers can’t make a profit. The animals are then taken to an abattoir that is often run by the cheapest labour available. The cheapest labour available is often illegal labour. As illegal workers they have no rights and no notion of what their rights should be. It is quite common for labourers to lose fingers etc.

The Thick Shake:

Fancy making a thick shake at home?

You need amyl acetate, amyl butyrate, amyl valerate, anethol,anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid,cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil,diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amyl ketone, ethylbutyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyllactate, ethyl methylphenylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethylpropionate, ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10percent solution in alcohol), a-ionone, isobutyl anthranilate,isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone,methyl anthranilate, methyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methylheptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl ketone, methyl salicylate, mintessential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate,orris butter, phenethyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, g-undecalactone,vanillin, solvent and a laboratory

The fries:
The fries are from potatoes that are massed produced making area devoid of all plants except potato’s this is not conserving the environment. In the beginning man was given authority to tend and steward the earth and certain farming methods are examples of bad stewardship. Some of the potatoes are grown in countries where fertilizers and pesticides are used that are illegal in Western countries. These chemicals are detrimental to people health. Also the potatoes are often picked, peeled, chopped etc. by the cheapest labour available.

Don’t have it your way. Have it Gods way.