The goal for Christians is to advance into Heaven, and lead others there too. Essential to this advancement is the personal quest to be more Christlike in character. This is accomplished in stages, where transformation from childishness to maturity is the process of growth. In the Book of Hebrews 5: 12-14, the metaphor of food is referenced, as the child normally feeds off milk; in later stages of growth, humans prefer and rely on solid food: “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” The mature evolve in thinking and discernment and so preference foods like meat and potatoes, foods that responsible and mature adults can labour for and purchase with their wages. The child is dependent on adults, and so feed off the milk from mother. Childhood means dependency and a dependent is limited on what they can do, such as their service and contribution to the welfare of others. Indeed life is about progressive perfection and continual advancement until one’s character resembles Jesus Christ and until one eventually finds oneself in Heaven living among other Christian saints. Woven into the quest for being more like Jesus and the quest to enter into Heaven is the engine of personal improvement and individual advancement in order to drive the human person toward these Christian goals. In Christianity we call this holiness. And although complete and perfect holiness is achieved in Heaven, the pursuit on earth is real and prepares the believer for various stages in personal growth
From Milk to Meat
