There are dangerous animals such as pit bulls, snakes and others then there are gentle animals such as goldfishs and cats. Is there a scripture(s) in the Bible for His creatures?
2006-06-24 05:02:17 · 39 answers · asked by MarcAnthony98 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God-fearing men see in animals part of God’s generous provision for human welfare. Animals have served man as burden bearers, as sources of food and clothing, as sanitation agents, and as helpers in the vital activities of plowing and harvesting. Their variety of form and color has delighted his eye; their habits and instincts have been and still are an extensive field for inquiry into the marvels of God’s creative work. Though animals die in the same manner as man, they do not share his hope of a resurrection.—2Pe 2:12;
Animals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29) Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)
God created animals for the sake of humans. Animals can help them do their work and can serve as their companions or pets. They also serve to magnify God’s love and wisdom.
The Creator gave life to both humans and animals. But for how long were they to continue to live? Scientists report that humans seem to have the potential of endless life, so that investigators are perplexed as to why man dies. The Bible gives the reason. It says that the Creator gave the first humans the opportunity of living forever. Death came only because they rebelled. (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19; Rom. 5:12) What, though, of animals? They are not capable of conscious rebellion against God; yet they live only for a length of time and then die. Hence, it is clear that the Creator never purposed that individual animals live forever. For them death was natural.—2 Pet. 2:12.
2006-06-24 07:32:51 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not give any specific teaching on whether pets / animals have “souls” or whether pets / animals will be in heaven. However, we can take some general Scriptural principles and shed some light on the subject. The Bible states that both man (Genesis 2:7) and animals (Genesis 1:30; 6:17; 7:15,22) have the breath of life. The primary difference between human beings and animals is that man is made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). Animals are not made in the image and likeness of God. Being made in the image and likeness of God means that human being are like God, capable of spirituality, with mind, emotion, and will - and - have an aspect of being that continues after death. If pets / animals do have a “soul” or immaterial aspect, it must therefore be of a different and lesser "quality." This difference probably means that pet / animal “souls” do not carry on after death. Another factor to consider in this question is that God did create animals as a part of His creative process in Genesis. God created the animals and said they were good (Genesis 1:25). Therefore, there is no reason why there could not be animals on the new earth (Revelation 21:1). There will most definitely be animals during the millennial kingdom (Isaiah 11:6; 65:25). It is impossible to say definitively whether some of these animals might be pets we had while here on earth. We do know that God is just and that when we get to Heaven we will find ourselves in complete
2006-07-07 14:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are on the road of life. You must make choices every day of your life.
Suppose you are on a road and you cannot ever turn around and never return from whence you came. You come to a fork in that road and you must go forward and thus you must choose one of the roads. Suppose you see other people and you ask them which road you should take. Now suppose that you get different advice, but a "few" people tell you that they have "heard" from others that the left fork holds dangers and that there is a very high priced toll booth, but "nobody" knows anything about the right fork, and they are taking that one.
These are just rumors, right?
Who would you believe? Which road will you take?
Will you take the road that is rumored to be dangerous? Or the road, about which, no one knows?
2006-07-07 23:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animal heaven/hell seems to be missing from scripture. The reason that there is no afterlife mentioned for animals, is that some people think that animals don't have souls. Clearly those people never had a dog that they loved. If they had, they would KNOW that animals have souls.
2006-06-24 05:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm kinda new to this forum, but if you're cool with this answer, great. God promises us that there will be no sin in the new earth. All things will be created anew, including the nature of animals that were originally created for His (and our) pleasure. Danger, viciousness, animal on animal/human attacks will not exist, because the nature of sin that was in them on the earth as we know it will no longer exist. The animals will be as God originally designed, as we also will be without our sinful nature which wants us to wage war and atrocities against each other here on earth.
2006-07-08 05:01:05 · answer #5 · answered by A E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the garden, adam and Eve lived in harmony with all living creatures. After the fall of Adam, we were separated from both God AND His beloved creatures. None of those animals you mention are inherently evil. There is a verse in Revelations that states that we should do no harm to our environment, which I interpret to mean God's creatures as well.
2006-07-07 19:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by funigyrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are scriptures about the lion laying down with the lamb, so I think that all animals will be in heaven. And if a lion can lay down with a lamb, I think that God will take the danger out of all animals.
2006-07-06 16:50:51 · answer #7 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals weren't given Free Will like humans were, so they remain ignorant of values and morals. All they know is instinct and survival. So they are automatically given a free ticket to Heaven because they didn't eat the forbidden fruit.
2006-07-06 17:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by Songbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think mankind is different from animals in that we were given a soul. From what I understood, animals don't (I could be wrong, but anyway....) Therefor, they don't have a resting place in either heaven or hell. They just die.
It's a person's soul that is the part of him that doesn't die. It's the 'Spiritual' part of us...that's what distinguishes us from all of the rest of God's creatures.
2006-06-24 05:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by redglory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that He has something special planned for His creatures.
However, I do not believe that some animals are good and some are wicked. They all have different natures, and are here to help with Gods plan.
This is one of those things that we just aren't gonna know, til we cross over.
2006-06-24 05:11:53 · answer #10 · answered by treefrog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋