Do animals go to heaven?

Question

If no why not got "created" them to didn't he?

Answer 1

Only souls go to Heaven, which means only people go to Heaven. Animals may be wonderful creatures that enhance our lives, but they are just creatures. Sorry. But don't worry, you won't miss your pets in heaven.

Answer 2

Revelation 5:
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

You may interpret this passage differently, but it sure seems that EVERY creature will praise God. Also, there are beasts (animals) in Heaven, near God's throne.

I believe that everything that is alive has a spirit. If it has a spirit, that spirit will continue to live on after death. Should we think that animals will go to Hell? No, why should they? I believe that animals go to Heaven.

Answer 3

There r a lot we can learn from the animal kingdoms.They just like us but the only difference is, there were no prophets sent among them. Bcoz they never evolved much like us n they don't create chaos in this world. This world belong2 them b4 man was sent here, its their heaven. So they don't need heavenly kingdom. The earth does not belong 2 us we r just travellers, like the Jewish people once, who were sent2 Jerusalem. But we, men learn a lot from them ever since we share this earth with them. They hold the secrets 2our survival on earth. So man must learn2 respect their existence n space. When/if they got wiped out, so we will 2 not 4 long.

Answer 4

I'm not sure becuase I'm not God. But i believe God created them to balance the exsistance of life. The seeds grow into flowers, the bees pollunate the flowers, the bees get trapped in spiderwebs, the spiders eat the bees, the birds eat the spiders, the bird gets shot down and is eaten for protein by people. But to answers the other question they probably go to the garden of eden where adam and eve used to live when they are no longer living. I'm not sure if the Garden of Eden is apart of Heaven, but then again no living human does.

Answer 5

Sorry animals don't have souls. God created them for human enjoyment and as a food source. I don't think they will be in heaven.

Answer 6

I think people have the idea of heaven all wrong in general, like they are going to go there to live forever. Most people can't live on EARTH in a conscious way, why would they think they could go to someplace far purer and more sophisticated and take their unconscious, undeveloped souls there? They would be as disoriented and uncomfortable as they are in their dreamworlds.

What happens with most souls is they are in a dreamlike state after death and get healed and cleansed of their painful memories, then get reborn when the best fit for their development arises. :-)

Answer 7

no. among the living things created by God, only man have the privilege to go to heaven. why is that so? because only man was given the capacity to seek the truth.
in this life, we are given the gift of knowledge and the gift of free will. knowledge for us to know what is right from wrong, and free will to choose from right or wrong. doing right things will send us to heaven.
unfortunately, animals and plants are not given these gifts..

Answer 8

yes, they do go to Heaven. God did create all living creatures and I do not believe when an animal dies, it is just gone. God wouldn't throw away His creations.
There are 9 passages in the Bible about animals in Heaven. Our pets love us so much and we love them, therefore I believe we will be reunited in Heaven.

Answer 9

I believe our family pets will have a special place in heaven

GENESIS 9: 14-17

When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I shall recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature, in a word all living things, and never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all living things. When the bow is in the clouds I shall see it and call to mind the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth, that is, all living things. `That' God told Noah, `is the sign of the covenant I have established between myself and all living things on earth.'

ISAIAH 11:6-9

And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed, their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den. 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.

JOB 12:7-10

You have only to ask the cattle, for them to instruct you, and the birds of the sky, for them to inform you. The creeping things of earth will give you lessons, and the fish of the sea provide you an explanation: there is not one such creature but will know that the hand of God has arranged things like this! In his hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of every human being!

PSALM 50:9-11

I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.

PSALMS 50:10-11

For all forest creatures are mine already, the animals on the mountains in their thousands. I know every bird in the air, whatever moves in the fields is mine.

PSALM 136:25

...And who gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.

PROVERBS 12:10

A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal

ECCLESIASTES 3:19-21

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, man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust and to dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?


LUKE 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before god.

Answer 10

as for everyday animals that people may or may not see i am not sure, however i would tend to think any pet or creature you cared about would be in heaven being that all the things you love and care for are supposed to be there