The answer would be: "Yes, it is true that Jesus ate fish when He was here upon earth.....however, would He do the same today? Fish are contaminated with mercury, aluminum & toxic waste from industrial/chemical/sewage pollution of our waters. Eating meat was not a sin....never has been, as long as the fat and the blood are removed. However, the eating of it and the eggs and dairy products as well is just not a healthy choice....especially with all the disease in the animal kingdom, ie. mad cow, and then there's the growth hormones, antibiotics they shoot in them, etc.
Also, it is clear that God is trying to lead His people back to the original diet that He gave them at Creation as stated in Gen. 1:29." I suggest reading Isaiah 65 and 66 where it mentions God's condemnation of those that eat swine's flesh and other unclean things. (Isaiah 65:1-5) and also that those who eat swine's flesh and other unclean things will be destroyed by Him at His second coming (Isaiah 66:15-17). Then, in Isaiah 65:17-25 a description of the new heavens and the new earth is given.....and it says in Isaiah 65:25 that the animals will not hurt or destroy one another any more.....it denotes also a change in their diet. Well, if there is change in their diet how much more in ours. Then read what God says in Ezekiel 47:12 and Rev. 22:2. That is a description of what our food will be in heaven and the new earth. We will be eating from the tree of life (fruit)....there will be no flesh eating!
The only reason God allowed the eating of meat in the first place was because of the flood.....all the vegetation had been destroyed and it took some time for the earth to be replenished. The eating of flesh foods was given as a temporary measure until the vegetation could grow back again. God never meant for man to subsist on a flesh diet indefinitely, but God's people got hooked on it....probably because many were possibly disobeying and eating the blood & fat as well!! And, even though God allowed the eating of meat til the vegetation grew back, He still gave restrictions.....no fat, no blood, and no unclean animals to be eaten. See Lev. 3:17 because it mentions both the fat and the blood in the same text. Also Lev. 7:23-24 (no fat) and Lev. 17:10-14 & Act 15:20 (no blood); then a list of all the unclean beasts, fish, fowl, reptiles, creeping things, etc. that are not to be eaten are given in Lev. 11 and Deut. 14. God calls these creatures an "abomination" unto us. And, then there is the scripture in I Cor. 3:16,17.
Remember the wilderness experience of the Israelites....where they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years before entering Canaan, the Promised Land. God rained down manna for them to eat every day (and a double portion on Friday, as they were not permitted to gather it on Sabbath). If flesh food was the best food, don't you think that is what God would have provided for them? But, He didn't. And, then they murmured and complained & were not satisfied with what God had provided. They had gotten used to the "flesh pots" of Egypt and were hollering for their meat!! So, God gave them what they were hollering for....he rained down quail for them to eat. In fact, it says that God told them He wasn't going to give it to them for just one day, two days or five days.....but He would give it to them for a whole month "until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you." And, the scriptures also say that God 's wrath was kindled against them (for their murmuring & discontent) and He smote them with a very great plague!! The scripture states that they died with that stuff between their teeth!!! Read the entire chapters of Exodus 16 and Numbers 11 and you will get the picture very clearly. See also Psalms 78:25 - 31. Actually, the whole chapter of Psalms 78 gives a clear picture of God's patience, and Israel's continual sin, discontent, and rebellion. When you read these 3 chapters in context, it is clear that God's wrath and the plague that followed were due to their murmuring about what they were being provided as food.
After the flood the people ate largely of animal food. God saw that the ways of man were corrupt, and that he was disposed to exalt himself proudly against his Creator and to follow the inclinations of his own heart. And He permitted that long-lived race to eat animal food to shorten their sinful lives. Soon after the flood the race began to rapidly decrease in size, and in length of years. CD 373
The life span was drastically shortened after the flood when man was permitted to eat meat. Genesis 11:10-32, 25:7, 35:28, 47:28, and 50:2
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