Animals and the new creation

[Look Homeward Anglican]

What becomes of the souls of other creatures God has made after Jesus comes again? When the new Heaven and the new Earth are made, might the lost souls of God's first creatures of Earth also be redeemed and included in the new creation?

 

[heymikey80]

What becomes of the souls of other creatures God has made after Jesus comes again? When the new Heaven and the new Earth are made, might the lost souls of God's first creatures of Earth also be redeemed and included in the new creation?

"Creation groans for its redemption," says Paul in Romans. We don't know enough details to know how that will look. But I see no problem with asserting that, if cities and nations carry over from Old Creation to New, the good of the souls of animals will also carry over form Old Creation to New.

 

[Look Homeward Anglican]

"Creation groans for its redemption," says Paul in Romans. We don't know enough details to know how that will look. But I see no problem with asserting that, if cities and nations carry over from Old Creation to New, the good of the souls of animals will also carry over form Old Creation to New.

Thank you for your answer. I feel this way as well. There is nothing in scripture, really, aside from that we know the souls of animals "go down into the earth" when they die -- and yet, even the earth will be born anew, so therein lies hope.