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13th May 2012, 07:08 PM
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18th May 2012, 07:49 PM
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Reps: 180,549,427,303,068,448 (power: 180,549,427,303,080) | | Originally Posted by Publius  I've heard arguments on both sides and, to be honest, the ones against pets in Heaven tend to be based more in scripture, while the ones for pets in Heaven tend to be based more in sentiment. That doesn't mean they're wrong, it just means they're not very good arguments.
I have to agree with that.
I have had to put several pets down over the years. It was heartbreaking each time and I still miss them a lot. So if I wanted to go with the emotional desires in me I'd have to say yes they go to heaven. But biblically I just don't see it. Of course, as has been said, there will certainly be animals in heaven. I just can't see it being specifically our pets.
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18th May 2012, 09:17 PM
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This is one of those topics that we can believe either way and it won't be a big deal... but I do believe GOD loves the animals very much and will not only provide them back here on earth (as he did in the garden) but eternally with us... (why not?) On earth as it is in heaven? God created "heaven on earth" for Adam, and included animals--created animals--or at least hadn't named them yet... for his perfect place for mankind. I can't imagine He would remove them from the next perfect place for us.
I believe animals do have spirits as we do--and might even carry the Spirit of God within them. ( The soul is the will, personality, emotions. )
Romans 8:19-23 (NASB)
19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly 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, [a]in hope 21that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
We are familiar with the white horse from heaven, yes?
Rev. 19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True
Consider what this writer says: Most of us have heard all our life that animals do not have souls. Yet the first chapter of Genesis indisputably contradicts that position. The Hebrew word for soul is nephish and refers to the part of our being which lives on after physical death. The first chapter of Genesis not only proves that animals have a soul, but it also proves that plant life does not! Here are the verses: Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers {fish} having a living soul and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens. Genesis 1:21 And God created the great sea animals and the creeping things all having a living soul...
Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth souls of life according to its kind, the cattle, the beasts of the field, and creeping things according to its kind. Genesis 1:30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green plant is given for food. In all four of the above verses the Hebrew word nephish is used which is the exact same word used of man in Genesis 2:7. What does the bible say about animals/pets in Heaven
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