Pilgrim,<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]I'm not so sure a case can be made for a vegetarian animal kingdom. Unless one is wanting to suggest that all the animals that are presently existent which are carnivorous were immediately morphed in their physical structure after the Fall. Did lions and tigers, dogs, cats, alligators all have flat teeth, such as do cows and horses? Were their digestive systems totally different than what they are today?</font><hr></blockquote><p>Well I see the case for a vegetarian animal kingdom being defined in Isaiah 11:6-9.<blockquote>"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, <br> The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, <br> The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; <br> And a little child shall lead them. <br> The cow and the bear shall graze; <br> Their young ones shall lie down together; <br> And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. <br> The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, <br> And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den. <br> They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, <br> For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD <br> As the waters cover the sea. (Isa.11:6-9)</blockquote>Whether their teeth or digestive systems are changed or not they seem to be capable of making that change in the picture we have here of the new earth. One has to wonder if that's exactly how it was in the garden of eden before the fall.<br><br>Another thought: What do you suppose the animals ate when they were on the ark?<br><br><br>Wes

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts