2007-01-20 07:07:04 · 14 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I do. Basically, I think the Noah's Ark story is also an indication of what will happen in the future.
A very understandable site on this topic:
http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/animals-heaven.html
A good book on the topic of animal loss and Heaven:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966611705/woodhavenlabr-20
Supporters of the animals in Heaven belief? Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, St. Francis of Assisi, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Pope John Paul II. See: http://www.ourchurch.com/view/?pageID=119891
2007-01-20 07:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere does Scripture explicitly state that animals do not have souls...There is nothing in Scripture I know of that would preclude the possibility of animals' continued existence...The Bible does give us some reason to hope that departed animals will be restored. We read in the Bible that redemption is a cosmic matter. The whole creation is destined to be redeemed through the work of Christ (Romans 8:21), and we see the images of what heaven will be like; beautiful passages of Scripture tell us about the lion and lamb and other animals being at peace with one another.(Isaiah 11:6-8). Whenever heaven is described, though it may be in highly imaginative language, it is a place where animals seem to be present. Whether these are animals newly created for the new heavens and the new earth, or they are the redeemed souls of our pets that have perished, we can't know for sure.
2007-01-20 16:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God cares about animals. God created animals on earth and said that it was good, and there is every reason to believe that there will be animals on the new earth as well, though like the people there, they will be restored to perfection and therefore not harmful to each other or to people:
Ecclesiastes 9:
2 It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; {Or spirit} man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"
Jonah 4:11 And should not I care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not yet know their right hand from their left, and many beasts as well?!"
Genesis 1:30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Hosea 2:18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more..... 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Isaiah 65:17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.... 25 The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox (see Genesis 1:30 above), and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD.
Isaiah 11:6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. 9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
2007-01-20 10:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by Beng T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Animals will always be under the new heavens and in the new earth, past animals are past animals Eccl.3:19-21;
2007-01-20 07:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by jeni 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yep.. I don't think it would be heaven without animals. And yes, animals have souls. Everything that breaths has a soul. And, since they have a soul, it would make sense that they go to heaven too.
2007-01-20 07:21:12 · answer #5 · answered by odd duck 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, since animals have souls, or blood, just like humans, and people don't follow the Bible teaching that the soul dies with the body, than I guess it depends on your point of view. If the soul is eternal, where does the souls of animals go?
On this matter, when the High Priest were to sacrifice the lamb for the forgiveness of the sins of Israel, they were to first slit its throat and allow its soul to drain out on the ground.
Currently, whenever there is a terrorist bombing in Israel, there is a special cleanup group of clerics who first go out to collect the pieces of souls splattered on everything. They even chip up the roads.
When Christ died, he laid in the grave, unable to do anything until his Father resurrected him. If his soul had been eternal and separate from his body, he would have been able to move around.
2007-01-20 09:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are no animals in Heaven. Animals were created for the Earth and for man.
2007-01-20 07:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by Erica R 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Of course there is. How could it be heaven otherwise?
2007-01-20 07:17:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
have you ever read the poem Rainbow Bridge?
2007-01-20 07:22:01 · answer #9 · answered by ! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes; because they were in the garden of eden in the beginning
2007-01-20 07:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋