Did animals eat meat before Adam sinned in the original creation?
No. Before Adam fell, no creature ate meat, and no species killed another for its livelihood. All living things ate what grew naturally—grass, herbs, nuts, and berries. The coming Kingdom restoration will return creation to that same pre-fall condition, when corruption and the curse are removed.
Les teaches that before Adam sinned, nothing ate meat and nothing killed another species for its livelihood. Everything ate what grew naturally: grass, herbs, nuts, berries, and so forth. This pre-fall condition is the pattern for the future Kingdom, when creation will be delivered from the bondage of corruption and restored as it was before Adam fell. Wildlife will no longer fear other species or man. Les connects this restoration to the children of God gaining control, believers becoming children of God, and all creation waiting for Christ to rule as King of Kings, with believers ruling and reigning with Him in dominion over the glorious new creation brought out from underneath the curse. Creation now groans and travails in pain until that day.