yes certainly - but not all of them. after all, Noah didn't bring fish on the ark with him
it's interesting too that animals are killed at all - there is no indication that any animal other than man has sin.
so innocent blood is being shed -- atonement? or will those wicked people pre-flood be held accountable for the blood of the other living souls, as having brought about their murder? certainly God is no murderer - tho He gave all things breath and life, and is just to take it away if He pleases.
but the animals are called "living souls" ((in Hebrew, despite English translations deciding to put 'creature' for nephesh whenever it's anything but a human)) just like man is throughout Genesis 1-9, and have the same breath of life. a remnant of them is preserved in the ark, just like Noah, which is a picture of salvation - the ark being a figure of Christ.
sorry that's a little off track from the topic of Cain, but in my mind Genesis 7:23 settles the question of Cain surviving the flood. if he was even still alive at that point, he died with everyone else that wasn't in the ark. we can see that again in Genesis 6:13 -
And God said to Noah,
“The end of all flesh has come before Me,
for the earth is filled with violence through them;
and behold! I will destroy them with the earth"
kind of hard to argue that Cain doesn't count as part of "all flesh" -- tho at the same time fishes are also flesh. we can understand tho that He was destroying everything on the land ((same word as earth)), so, i mean unless Cain became aquaman.. lol
lol aqua man that’s funny brother actually laughed
I think that mankind has dominion and so it corrupted everything on earth all the evil came through man so for instance by Gods original design , animals would have feared and dreaded mankind we could have walked up to a lion d it would have been terrified of us and never attacked in fact adam named the animals God brought them to him to see what Adam would call them
he really gave earth To us and everything on earth but with that dominion came the principle that of man became wicked it would affect the whole earth
so when they became wicked through the knowledge of good and evil which was not Gods Will but was what God forbid when they did that it affected everything oir while kingdom God had made for us even the animals
so now we’re afraid of animals d terrified of a lion or bear or whatever dangerous animal. Gods design for this world was corrupted by us
“And God saw that
the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And
it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and,
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”
Genesis 6:5-6, 11-13 KJV
it seems what man did affected everything God had given man dominion over , all the earth and all the creatures.
and I believe myself that’s why Christ came as a man because the earth belongs to man and we needed a man to redeem our dominion on earth which Satan has corrupted and wielded through us
“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
Psalm 115:16 KJV
and so the son of man was given to redeem the earth and heavens both because he is the lord and also the son of man this makes him lord of both heaven and earth
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”
Matthew 28:18 KJV
we’re no longer corrupting things because he is now in dominion on earth as in heaven so it’s still mans earth but Christ is the man
an off note , I believe animals are very important to God and believe that they will also fill the new earth and that those animals here will be those there like from men he will redeem animals as well
the ink of how just God is and that even when a sparrow falls he knows it and cares and then think of the innocent animals sacrificed for mans sin , tortured or abused ect
this is just my own belief but I believe the animals on the new earth will be redeemed like men will be from this world I believe that animals have a spirit also and some will be redeemed I find it interesting that even animals are held to account for murder
“And surely your blood of your lives will I require;
at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.”
Genesis 9:5 KJV
and I’m the law for instance if a mans animal got loose and gored someone it was out put to death so in a way I make are actually accountable for sin at least violence towards man