Can animals go to heaven?

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Magenta

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That mosquito I just swatted, did it go to heaven?

So we're allowed to eat the meat of these animals who have souls and can go to heaven?
Yeah, you consume creatures and other items that were created to give God glory. What of it? After the flood, animals were given as food. Some people do not like eating animals, though, or even animal by-products. Their conscience will not allow it. And since the lion and wolf and cobra etc will not be problematic in the new earth, why would mosquitoes? You really need to work on your sarcasm skills :p Asking irrelevant questions is not the way to go :D
 
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BeyondET

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Animals go by instincts not by spiritual physical consciousness, a example is in the dark side of social behaviors, a person that abuses a animal badly, the animal will fear that person and not trust that person but the animal doesn't have a spiritual physical conscious to forgive that person the animal will just hate to be around that person the animal isn't going to hell for not forgiving the trespassing and harboring hatred, wouldn't that be implying God makes exceptions to the law or has two separate sets of laws one for humans and one set of laws for animals..
 

maxwel

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That mosquito I just swatted, did it go to heaven?

So we're allowed to eat the meat of these animals who have souls and can go to heaven?
Well... if all animals go to heaven, then... YES!

Heaven must be full of mosquitoes!

How cool is THAT!!!!
 

John146

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Well... if all animals go to heaven, then... YES!

Heaven must be full of mosquitoes!

How cool is THAT!!!!
Then heaven is full of every animal, bug, reptile, fish etc...that ever lived.
 

maxwel

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Then heaven is full of every animal, bug, reptile, fish etc...that ever lived.
THAT is the coolest thing ever.

If all animals go to heaven, then heaven is going to be brimming over with snakes, spiders, worms, mosquitoes, fire ants, ticks, lice, bed bugs...

and THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS!!!!
 
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renewed_hope

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Well... if all animals go to heaven, then... YES!

Heaven must be full of mosquitoes!

How cool is THAT!!!!
We just to remember a flyswatter
 

Magenta

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Then heaven is full of every animal, bug, reptile, fish etc...that ever lived.
Perhaps Scripture would be helpful to you.

Try 2 Peter 3:10, and Rev 21:1, and Rev 21:4. Those should assist your understanding :)

 

breno785au

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Well... if all animals go to heaven, then... YES!

Heaven must be full of mosquitoes!

How cool is THAT!!!!
I am currently reading this under the protection of a mosquito net and I can hear them buzzing around trying to find a way in. No mozzies in heaven please.
 
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kaylagrl

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THAT is the coolest thing ever.

If all animals go to heaven, then heaven is going to be brimming over with snakes, spiders, worms, mosquitoes, fire ants, ticks, lice, bed bugs...

and THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS!!!!

I hope I can get a can of Raid in heaven! I hate bugs,especially those centipedes.
 
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renewed_hope

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I hope I can get a can of Raid in heaven! I hate bugs,especially those centipedes.
Some of fine....my personal favorite are frogs....they are adorable but then again they aren't bugs
 
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BeyondET

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I hope I can get a can of Raid in heaven! I hate bugs,especially those centipedes.
Nope no can of raid you are going to have to forgive that centipede for being a centipede.. Lol..jk..
 

Magenta

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We will not need protection from lions, wolves, cobras, etc, in the new earth, but you think you will need protection from insects? Haha. It is interesting to see how people think on this. Or rather, how they don't think. God's Word invites us to reason with Him. His Word tells us one thing and here many of you are promoting another. It is sad.
 
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Galatea

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I'd like to think they are. God must delight in them since He created them. I think instead of being weirded out by insects or vermin, we'll be able to see the beauty of them since they won't be dangerous. I think our pets are there. God knows we love them and He loves us. He's our Father. What kind of loving Father would separate us from our pets? All speculation on my part, of course. Whatever the answer is, Heaven will be so wonderful beyond our conception, it won't matter what we speculated here.
 

Desdichado

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How animals factor into eternity is something scripture appears to be silent on. Some animals resemble angels. Descriptions of heaven appear to include animal life either symbolically or literally.

How our earthly pets and the like fit in is something we usually fight on extrabiblical grounds. I like to think that our pets do reunite with us in the great beyond, but there is no way for me to prove this.
 

G00WZ

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I believe animals can go to heaven, although I have found most Christians disagree. I actually heard on TV that it was a basic Christian belief that animals don't have a soul and can't enter into heaven. Just wanted to hear your thoughts.
Animals can go to heaven, however they are not children of God, so they will not be directly in his presence, They have their own special place in the Kingdom. Your not going to see Fluff the pomeranian yip yapping while seated on a small ottoman next to Jesus
 
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BeyondET

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How animals factor into eternity is something scripture appears to be silent on. Some animals resemble angels. Descriptions of heaven appear to include animal life either symbolically or literally.

How our earthly pets and the like fit in is something we usually fight on extrabiblical grounds. I like to think that our pets do reunite with us in the great beyond, but there is no way for me to prove this.
Good point I think it was symbolic those mentioning of animals I mean would God show a person something in heaven something the person doesn't already have knowledge of something similar, so the person could relate to what was seen.. If someone showed you something you never seen before and your going to have to explain what you have seen by using something you already have seen.. Have you ever said wow I don't know what that is but it looked like a basketball with ten horns...
 
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EvanWood

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I have 2 verses I think pertain.
The first is fail well known Mark 16:15 "and he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." I have also seen this translated as "to all creation."

Next comes out of Jeremiah 31:27 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
 
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EvanWood

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I have 2 verses I think pertain 16:15 and Jeremiah 31:27 I don't have time to type the out right this minute or I would sorry.
 
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BeyondET

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I have 2 verses I think pertain.
The first is fail well known Mark 16:15 "and he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." I have also seen this translated as "to all creation."

Next comes out of Jeremiah 31:27 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
That is where the confusion comes in, to many bible translation in the world, so logically thinking is needed. Can a piece of grass be preached too and understand what your saying, some may think so lol.. But I don't so..lol


New International Version
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

New Living Translation
And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Berean Study Bible
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "Having gone into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation.

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

King James Bible
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

International Standard Version
Then he told them, "As you go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.

NET Bible
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to the whole creation.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to them, “Go to the entire world and preach my Good News in all creation.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Jesus said to them, "So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News.

New American Standard 1977
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Jubilee Bible 2000
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

American King James Version
And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Weymouth New Testament
Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.

World English Bible
He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said to them, 'Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;