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.
Ecc 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ecc 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
The spirit of people go upward,but the spirit of the animal goes downward,which there will be no animals in heaven.
Isa 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
The old earth and old heaven will pass away,and there will be a new earth and new heaven,the New Jerusalem,which the former earth and heaven will not be remembered,nor come to mind.
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Out of faith,hope,and charity(love in action),charity is the greatest,for faith and hope are not needed in heaven,only on earth,but charity will go on forever,which charity is the only thing on this earth that we will have for eternity,and nothing else from this world will we remember,or come to mind,including our pets,and animals.We will remember nothing concerning earth,but love will go on forever,but we will not remember loving on earth,for in the New Jerusalem we will feel we have always been there,and nowhere else.
Mat 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
In heaven there is no gender,for the only thing that separates a man and a woman is the flesh,the soul and spirit are the same,and we will put off the flesh,and since we will not remember anything associated with earth we will not even remember being married,and we will not remember our pets,and we will not even know each other as we existed on earth,parents,sons,daughters,friends,we will not remember anyone that we knew on earth,for the former earth shall not be remembered,nor come to mind,but in the New Jerusalem we will feel as if we have always been there,and nowhere else,but we will feel like we know each other spiritually being with God,having the Spirit for eternity,that connection,and being with God,and will feel like it has always been like that.
When we are at the New Jerusalem it will be a situation like when God created the angels,poof,and they were there with no past history,so when the saints are translated to the New Jerusalem it will be,poof,and they are there with no past history,for they will remember nothing in the past,not their family,not their friends,and not their pets,for they will not know each other according to their relationship they had on earth,and the flesh is put off,and they have glorified bodies,so they will only know each other in a spiritual atmosphere where everybody is related to each other,and will not remember each other according to their relationship in the flesh on earth.
And also we do not need to have the company of pets and animals in the New Jerusalem,and an animal does not get the benefit of a spiritual life.
Some people might still argue,oh we will know each other according to the flesh on earth,but we will not,for nothing prior to the New Jerusalem will be remembered,and we are spiritual so we will only know each other on that level,and not remember who are family,and friends were on earth,which I do not believe the angels that stayed with God will remember anything prior to the New Jerusalem,but all will be fresh and start from that point,no sin,no rebellion,forever,and that is all the saints and angels will know,and nothing else,and the New Jerusalem is a place where sin has never been,and sin will never be,and rebellion will never come up again,for to remember prior to the New Jerusalem would be bringing up the sin that was associated with the earth,and the angels rebellion,so it shall not enter their mind.