Do animals have souls? Do they go to heaven?
Brendan Mc Crossan
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We know from the book of revelations that there are horses in heaven.
4 Another horse came out. This one was red. The one who sat on it was given a long sword. He was given power to take peace from the earth so men would kill each other. 5 He broke open the third lock. Then I heard the third living being say, “Come and see!” I looked and saw a black horse. The one who sat on it had something in his hand with which to weigh things.
One thing we know for sure is that there are horses in heaven so it stands to reason that if God created animals with souls then he has a place for them when they die, just as there are horses
27 So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
2 I looked and saw a white horse. The one who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him. He went out to win and he won.
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Do animals have souls? Do they go to heaven?
8 Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death’s Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.
I have read many times over the years some people argue that animals have souls and go to heaven. I do believe that they have souls because God’s word says so.
Yes, animals have souls
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
28 God blessed them: God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Here! Throughout the whole earth I am giving you as food every seed-bearing plant and every tree with seed-bearing fruit.30 and to every wild animal, bird in the air and creature crawling on the earth, in which there is a living soul, I am giving as food every kind of green plant.” And that is how it was
Revelation 6-2-New Life Version (NLV)
Genesis 1-27
27 So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women. 28 God gave them his blessing and said:
God is a good God and he knows that we love animals and I seen him heal sick animals through prayer and I seen him protect young lambs that were born in winter time and everyone else’s lambs died because the weather changed and became severely cold and the people who owned these new born lambs prayed over there, lambs laying hands on them and all of their lambs survived. Yes God loves all animal that’s why he created them.
Before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, shining and clear. Around the throne and on each side there were four living beings that were full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living being was like a lion. The second one was like a young cow. The third one had a face like a man. The fourth one was like a very large bird with its wings spread. 8 Each one of the four living beings had six wings. They had eyes all over them, inside and out. Day and night they never stop saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the All-powerful One. He is the One who was and who is and who is to come.”
29 I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat.30 and I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes. These will be food for animals, both wild and tame, and for birds.
Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
in heaven I am sure there is a place in heaven for the animals that God created for he loved all he made.
These beings are described as living beings but are described as animals look. We as Christians know we are going to be changed into God’s likeness and that is different from what we look like now, and I believe that the animals are changed in some form different than they were on earth. So as to the question ‘are there animals in heaven,’ the answer is very clear, ‘yes there is.’ Is my cat there that died, you may ask, probably yes, I don’t think that God would differentiate between cats and dogs and horses. God said he created them with souls just like us, we differentiate in that we are spirit beings made in the divine likeness of God himself.
Genesis 1
Here in revelation 4-6- God’s word describes living beings, one looked like a lion, one like a young cow, one looked like a man’s face, and one looked like a very large bird, all had six wings, so they were not human in origin.
I know there are many people who wonder if their pet is in heaven after it died and they feel saddened when Christians tell them only humans go to heaven, but the word of God says there are animals in heaven.
Revelation 4-6-New Life Version (NLV)
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
31 God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good!
Amen
God created some animals for food and some for pets, both wild and tame, so he distinguishes here in this scripture the difference between wild animals and tame ones, {pets} and he looked at what he made and it was good. He gave the animals their own food green plants were what he intended for these animals to eat, some changed and become carnivores {an animal that eats other animals.}
Yes God loves us enough to give us animals as pets, tame animals as scripture says. God shows his love to us in these ways because he knows an animal can be a great companion for lonely people who have no friends, and can be company for them. God is not unmindful; he cares for the lonely and provides pets for those who wish to remain single. He loves us intensely extravagantly. And he has a place in heaven for them. Don’t worry about your pet that died, it is safe in heaven waiting on you. That’s how much God loves you, he cares for your pet and also for you, and he cares about every little detail in your life.