@ChristianForCats I won't attack your posts but I will post my own. Here is some new material.
Some people are saying because animals were created first that somehow they have a special blessing with God,well I have three points of disagreement with that:
1)God also created the heavens and the earth and the stars and the firmament,light,waters,sea,sun,moon,trees............these things came before mankind in existence but are all these things more important to the creator than the one created in his own image?
2)It was already decided by God before Mankind was created that we would rule over animals and nature:
Genesis 1
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
3)Things changed after the flood. Man and beast exited under a different set of circumstances:
Genesis 8
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
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And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
-God told Noah to take control of the animals as they left the man-made Ark.
-God made a covenant with Noah,not the animals.
-The animals were just offered up on a alter for an offering to God,they played not intimate role with God after this significant milestone of history.
Genesis 9
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
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Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
So God is not showing animals love here but putting ''dread'' into them,because he loves man,women and children and strives for our redemption and love. The animals are for our sustenance and survival as well as the other parts of the natural creation.
john 15 (Jesus said)
''This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.''