Do animals have eternal life?
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In Genesis we are told that man became a living soul... when? When the breath of life was instilled into the inert elements that comprised the physical aspects of man. That same breath animates animals. Who holds the keys to life? We should all know the answer to that rhetorical question. 
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
In Genesis we are told that man became a living soul... when? When the breath of life was instilled into the inert elements that comprised the physical aspects of man. That same breath animates animals. Who holds the keys to life? We should all know the answer to that rhetorical question.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
I agree with your assessment that erasing of memory only provides an illusion of happiness. Seems to me that is taking the easy way out for God. I believe that our memories of life on earth will be intact. God said that He would wipe all of our tears away. He did not say that He would simply blot away our tears.
Jesus is the lover of my soul. He claim to reclaim that which is His.
Do animals have eternal life?
It can only be surmised one way or another, since it is not explicitly stated one way
or the other. My view is that there is no reason to take a stance against such.
There is this, though:
The word soul in Hebrew is nephesh, meaning “an animated, breathing, conscious,
and living being.” Are animals animated? Do they breathe? Are they conscious? Alive?
Isaiah 11 (NIV)
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
Do animals have eternal life?
It can only be surmised one way or another, since it is not explicitly stated one way
or the other. My view is that there is no reason to take a stance against such.
There is this, though:
The word soul in Hebrew is nephesh, meaning “an animated, breathing, conscious,
and living being.” Are animals animated? Do they breathe? Are they conscious? Alive?
Isaiah 11 (NIV)
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
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Mosquitoes go after moist, aromatic places (where we sweat.) Most of the places we sweat we can't see. (Behind my knee, under my ankles, and behind my shoulders close to the armpits.)
I also know why they bite some, but not others. Our variety of microbes give off unique odors, as different as fingerprints. Some of them, skits like. Some they don't.
I also know why they bite some, but not others. Our variety of microbes give off unique odors, as different as fingerprints. Some of them, skits like. Some they don't.
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If nothing was created to die,, then what about crabgrass? How about anthrax? Dust mites? Ringworms? Cockroaches? Please tell me no roaches in heaven! Centipede? Silverfish? How big is the sequoia gonna get? Lip-biting spiders? Copperheads? Poison ivy? Black widows? Tasmanian devils? Wolverines? Yeesh! How many gnus will there be in heaven? And, how do trees survive if all the beavers that ever live continue to live? Yikes! The American bison! Whoa! Mammoth. Wow! T Rex makes a comeback. Brontosaurus?
(Sorry, got caught up picturing that one. lol)
(Sorry, got caught up picturing that one. lol)
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No, honest. I've studied up on it plenty to try to understand. I just don't get dividing parts of a whole well. (I also don't get why people like to divide God into parts, like love, mercy, just, etc.) And I really go nuts over trying to get the difference between soul and spirit (and body gets thrown in occasionally), so you can't simplify or over complex it enough for me. Like I said, much like .html. I just won't get it no matter how hard I try.
All of Earth was put under man's stewardship.
Genesis 1:26- 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.
Genesis 1:28 - And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26- 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.
Genesis 1:28 - And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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In Genesis we are told that man became a living soul... when? When the breath of life was instilled into the inert elements that comprised the physical aspects of man. That same breath animates animals. Who holds the keys to life? We should all know the answer to that rhetorical question.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
So, is that word soul or creature?
And the let's go Holman -
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Soul, creature, or being? I can do this all day with different verses that some translate into soul. It often gets into soul or spirit too.