Do animals have eternal life?
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Well said...I have not read the whole thread but the very last words in Jonah were to do with animals being in the city which is one of the reasons God said to spare Nineveh.
Jonah 4:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"
Jonah 4:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"
The reader is informed that it is the spirit (ruah) in man that provides understanding of God…
But it is a spirit in man giving them understanding, even the breath of the Almighty.(Job 32.8)
Contrasted to this, are animals which have no understanding of God (i.e. no spirit)…
Be not like the horse, like the mule, with no understanding; with bit and bridle his gear to be held in, that they do not come near you.(Psalm 32.9)
Psalm 49 brings these two concepts together...
It states that both animals and humanity perish (Psalm 49.10, 12, 14, 20) - but ONLY humanity, with understanding of God, can be redeemed (Psalm 49.15).
Since animals have no understanding of God, then they cannot possibly have redemption, and they are forever in the grave as their final resting place.
Simple Biblical Truth...
But it is a spirit in man giving them understanding, even the breath of the Almighty.(Job 32.8)
Contrasted to this, are animals which have no understanding of God (i.e. no spirit)…
Be not like the horse, like the mule, with no understanding; with bit and bridle his gear to be held in, that they do not come near you.(Psalm 32.9)
Psalm 49 brings these two concepts together...
It states that both animals and humanity perish (Psalm 49.10, 12, 14, 20) - but ONLY humanity, with understanding of God, can be redeemed (Psalm 49.15).
Since animals have no understanding of God, then they cannot possibly have redemption, and they are forever in the grave as their final resting place.
Simple Biblical Truth...
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What if I told you that just by the things you have been writing I can tell you still have sin in your heart? Would you want to deny it and try to win an argue meant with me or would you say " what if he is right and repent?" We probably will soon see. As someone who professes Christ I am only trying to help and if people never learn to accept rebuke, how can they expect to ever learn? No one ever made a 100 on every assignment in school.
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I don't know why people always try to argue with me on here for speaking the truth. Look the truth is I was trying to say that God is trying to gather all things into Christ and that just because Christ took the form of Abraham's seed doesn't mean that only humans are the only ones allowed to have eternal life because of it. I'm pretty sure I can try to explain this and still be in the presence of my Creator.