God will not listen to your prayers as long as your hands are tainted with the blood of His beloved creatures. God will ignore your appeals when you fail to show mercy and compassion to your animal neighbours. God will not heed your petitions when you murder and steal sentient beings. He will despise the songs of your feasts if they are filled with burnt bodies of His creation.
“When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!” (Isaiah 1:15 NIV).
“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion…“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry. “‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah 7:13NIV)
"'Will you steal and murder…and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, ‘We are safe’—safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching!' declares the Lord…“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you" (Jeremiah 7:9-11NIV)
"I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings… I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" (Amos 5:21-24NIV)
All of these verses reflect the same theme: God's rejection of prayers offered by those whose hands are sinfully stained with the blood of innocent creatures. Therefore, go vegan if you wish for God to listen to your prayers.
Article link: https://www.vegantheology.net/post/god-won-t-heed-your-prayers-if-your-hands-are-full-of-blood-go-vegan-by-dr-chapman
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