A Biblical Cookbook: 'To Serve Man'

Suppose you had a food that you liked very much, but your food was very smart. Your food can read and write and have a mind of their own. So you create a book for planting, growing, cultivating, harvesting and preparing this food, your prey can read this book; so you write this book in such a way to trick your food into willingly allow you to eat it, and that your farm becomes automated. You liked your food grown and prepared a certain way. It must be grown organically without pesticides, and remain pure without defilement and be cleansed and washed before preparation. You like your food with its blood drained out, not alive! Lets face it; You wouldn't want something to eat you in this manner, the Bible says: 'do onto others as you would have them do unto you'. Lastly it must be served hot or cold or you will spit it out, food stored at a room temperature cultures germs and bacteria.

Mark 1:16-20.


King James Version (KJV)


¹⁶Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.


¹⁷And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.


¹⁸And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.


¹⁹And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.


²⁰And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Matthew 13:3-32.


King James Version (KJV)


³And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;


⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:


⁵Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:


⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.


⁷And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:


⁸But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.


⁹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.


¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?


¹¹He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.


¹²For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.


¹³Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.


¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:


¹⁵For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.


¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.


¹⁷For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.


¹⁸Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.


¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.


²⁰But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;


²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.


²²He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.


²³But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.


²⁴Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:


²⁵But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.


²⁶But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.


²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?


²⁸He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?


²⁹But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.


³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.


³¹Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:


³²Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Revelation 3:15,16.


King James Version (KJV)




¹⁵I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

¹⁶So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Revelation 14:14-20.


King James Version (KJV)




¹⁴And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.


¹⁶And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.


¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.


¹⁸And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.


¹⁹And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


²⁰And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

To Serve Man

from a 1962 story by

Lloyd Bochner, Richard Kiel, Susan Cummings

adapted by Rick Shur

Jimmy Johnson was one of Homestead High School’s whiz kids. Even though he was a farm boy, who lived alone with his parents on their small piece of land far from town, he knew everything there was to know about astronomy, and his junior year science project won first prize in the science fair at the school.

The project was a satellite dish that Jimmy created to send signals into outer space. He programmed his computer to send an electronic message, “Earth people want to meet you,” in seventy-five different languages, including Morse code, towards various points in the night sky. It was Jimmy’s hope that the message would eventually be received by a superior race of alien beings somewhere in outer space. People didn’t really believe that the dish would accomplish anything, but Jimmy had put so much work into it that the judges were convinced that he should get the prize for energy and sincerity. The prize was Jimmy’s pride and joy. It was a silver ring with a large, blue sapphire. The inside was engraved with the words Homestead’s Brightest Star. He never took off the ring, not even to shower or wash his hands.

His dish shot his friendly message out night after night throughout the school year. Then, one warm, quiet Saturday night in May, the impossible thing happened. A space ship appeared, first as a speck of light, then as a silver dish in the night sky over Jimmy’s house. It came nearer and nearer, growing larger and larger until Jimmy could see the outline of a space craft. There were thousands of lights blinking on the metal frame of the ship which slowly but steadily descended toward earth and finally landed in Jimmy’s back yard.

It happened on a night when Jimmy’s parents were away for the weekend visiting relatives downstate. Jimmy was completely alone. There he was, all by himself, facing the most momentous event in earth’s history. A space ship had landed at his door because of his science project. At the same time thrilled and terrified, Jimmy watched as two small creatures emerged from the ship and walked down a ramp that came out of a door that slid open.

The creatures were childlike and wispy, with large eyes, much like many of the pictures that Jimmy had seen in alien encounter books. His body was filled with a warm glowing feeling of comfort and safety as the two blue creatures walked toward his kitchen door. Jimmy didn’t move, but he didn’t have to. The door of the kitchen opened magically. It was obvious that these creatures had telekinetic powers.

Jimmy was trembling in anticipation as the creatures went into his kitchen and found their way to his bedroom, where he was wearing only his light blue cotton boxer shorts. However, Jimmy wasn’t embarrassed that he was almost completely undressed. He was face to face with two aliens who seemed to be the kindest and most loving beings he had ever encountered and he was filled with joy. One of them opened its mouth and words like music came out that Jimmy could understand as English.

“We want to serve man.” As soon as it said those words, out of thin air, a small golden book materialized in the creature’s left hand. It had strange writing on the cover, symbols Jimmy had never seen before. “This book,” said the alien, “is our instruction book. In your language, it is called How to Serve Man.”

“Oh, my God. This is such a great night,” Jimmy cried.

“With this book, we can serve man…if you will come with us to our home.”

“You want me…to…to go with you?” Jimmy whispered with amazement.

“Yes. We want you to come with us to our planet. We want to take you to our leader. It is our wish to serve man.”

“My God!” Jimmy cried! “This is the answer to all our prayers! People from another planet have come to earth to help us! All the wars and poverty and hunger and diseases that we can’t do anything about….do you have the answers to our problems?”

“We have knowledge far beyond human understanding and our only wish is to serve man!”

“But how can I help?”

“You will see. If we are to serve man, you must come with us to our home!”

“Okay. I will! I will go with you! This is wonderful! But I have to write a note to my parents. What should I tell them?”

“You can tell them that we will deliver you back to your home very soon. We will present you to our leader.”

So Jimmy ran to his desk, took a pad of paper and scribbled that very message to his parents. He didn’t even bother to get dressed. After all, why would he need clothes on an alien planet? Anyway, these beings weren’t even wearing clothes themselves. He followed the creatures into their ship.

The inside of the ship was dazzling. Panels of electronic boards and lights were everywhere. Clearly, these beings had a technology far beyond anything humans had developed so far in their puny history.

One creature showed Jimmy to a seat in the space ship. Next to the seat, Jimmy was amazed to see a table with a plate of food that any American teenager would recognize: a hamburger, French fries, and a glass of chocolate milk.

“Is this for me?” Jimmy asked, amazed.

“Yes, eat. We want to serve you.”

Suddenly, the space ship vibrated and Jimmy’s body felt heavier as the craft rose quickly, straight up into the sky. Soon, they were speeding through space, past the stars, at warp speed. Jimmy was hungry even though he had made himself some spaghetti for dinner earlier that night, so he grabbed a hamburger, still trembling with excitement and joy.

Then he noticed the strange golden book on another table next to his seat. Jimmy picked it up as the smaller alien, the one who wasn’t piloting the craft, looked on. “What is in this book?” Jimmy asked.

“You may now look at the book called How to Serve Man” said the alien, quietly, sweetly.

Excited and curious, Jimmy turned to the first pages, he was amazed to see things he recognized as part of human culture. Even though he couldn’t understand the strange alien writing, he recognized the pictures. There was a picture of a kitchen, a picture of a table, a picture of a refrigerator, a picture of a stove. There was a picture of various utensils, including a long fork, and some stirring spoons. The next page had a picture of some knives. Then there was a picture of a large butcher’s cleaver. At this point, Jimmy was a little bit confused about why a book by a superior race of beings would have such mundane human things in it. Then he turned another page and he saw a picture of a hand. It was a sawed-off human hand with blood dripping out of the wrist. Then there was the next page, with a picture of a human leg, a sawed-off human leg, with blood dripping out of the thigh. Suddenly, Jimmy started to sweat and his skin became cold as he asked the little being sitting next to him his question.

“What are these pictures?”

The alien answered quietly, “This book tells us how to serve man. It is our cook book.” Before Jimmy could say anything, he smelled a sweet gas, and in moments, he was unconscious.

A month later, one afternoon, coming home from another meeting with the police chief, after weeks of fruitless searching for their lost son, the Johnsons found a large carton at their door. It had strange writing on the outside, symbols the Johnsons didn’t understand . Mr. Johnson quickly brought the box into the kitchen and put it on the table. He opened it. There was a small note card on top of a piece of greenish wax paper, which was covering the contents of the box. Mr. Johnson picked up the note card. It had writing in English. He read it out loud:

Your son was wonderful. We wanted to serve man to our leader. Our leader was delighted. Jimmy was delicious. We are returning what we didn’t need.








Mr. Johnson lifted up the piece of wax paper that covered the contents of the box. Frozen with horror, the Johnsons looked down at their son’s blue boxer shorts, neatly cleaned and pressed. They picked up the boxer shorts to see the rest of the box’s contents: a skull, and many bones, including one finger bone, which had around it, a silver ring with a large blue sapphire.

 

Don't Forget, You Are What You Eat!

 

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