Satan, the Fall, and a Look at Good and Evil  A web-only series
carefully considering what the Bible says about Satan, evil in
the world, and suffering.  Was Abel eating meat soon after the
Curse even though he wasn’t supposed to (Genesis 1:29)? After
all, he kept the flocks and sacrificed an animal in Genesis
4:2–4, and it wasn’t until Genesis 9:3 that humanity was
permitted to eat meat.  Matthew indicates that Abel was
righteous and therefore was not being disobedient to God’s
command to be vegetarian in Genesis 1:29.   So, as to why Abel
was tending flocks, we need to consider that flocks can yield
many other things besides food—such as wool, milk, leather, etc.
A fattened lamb, for example, would produce a great deal of
wool, had the most life ahead of it, and so on; hence, it was
the most valuable.  So, when Abel sacrificed the fattened ones,
he was offering his best—a true blood sacrifice. This sacrifice
was acceptable to the Lord, as it mimicked what God did in
making a blood sacrifice to cover Adam an