Sirloin Symbolism

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” (Gen 1:29)

Genesis portrays the world as a very different place before the Fall. Neither people nor animals (v30) killed for food. After the Fall, the pattern we see is that people kill animals so they can live. The picture is one of sacrifice. God killed an animal to clothe them in skins (3:21). And later, in the sacrificial system established by the Mosaic law, the animal that was killed was also eaten. The priests and the Levites received their share, as did the person who brought it. This was foreshadowed in the Passover feast. Whenever we eat meat, it should remind us that a Sacrifice was required for our salvation.