Are There Animals in Heaven?
Yes. The Bible shows animals in God’s realm and promises them in the world to come.
Scriptural explanation:
- Heaven: The Bible says heaven opened and the Lord came on a white horse, and “the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses” (Revelation 19:11,14). Elisha also saw “horses and chariots of fire” around him (2 Kings 6:17). You see, that’s a heavenly scene including animals.
- The Kingdom on earth: When the curse is lifted under Christ’s reign, creation is restored. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb… the lion shall eat straw like the ox… they shall not hurt nor destroy” (Isaiah 11:6–9; 65:25). Romans 8:19–22 says all creation groans now, but will be delivered into the liberty of the sons of God. So animals are included in that restoration.
- Their nature: Animals are not redeemed like people. Man has a soul that goes upward to God, but the beast’s spirit is earthly (Ecclesiastes 3:21). God cares even for the sparrow (Matthew 10:29), yet salvation is about the new birth in man. Animals share the blessing of a lifted curse, not the redemption of a soul.
Simple logic:
- If Scripture shows horses in heaven, then animals are present in that realm.
- If the coming Kingdom restores creation to peace, then animals will certainly be there.
- But they are not in the same class as the redeemed; they are part of creation under our redemption, not partakers of the new birth.
So, yes—there are animals in heaven, and there will be animals in Christ’s restored Kingdom. Not three classes of salvation—just one Redeemer for man—yet the whole creation benefits when the curse is removed.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Perfection
56-0610 §22
And was so low till the littlest man in the city had to look down upon Him---Zacchaeus---and then died for man's sins, come in the way of a stable, poor. The richest (Oh, I hope you get it) the richest become the poorest. Even on a stormy night, said, "The birds have nests, and the foxes have holes, but I don't even have a place to lay My head." The highest of all heavens of heavens, become the lowest of all lows, even to the animal life, was privileged to Him, above Him---as far as comforts of life. Not only that,...
The Angel of God
51-0720 §12
I thought of Jonah, a man of God, the prophet, who was spoke by God and sent down to Nineveh with a message to those people. And God was so determined and filled him so full of His Spirit, till he stayed alive three days and nights in the belly of a fish in the bottom of the sea. He came out with such power in his speech, until the people listened to him and put sackcloth on their animals on the hills. The whole city, so ignorant, one didn't know, some of them didn't know the right and left hand, but repented befor...
Israel and the Church: Israel at the Red Sea, part 2
53-0327 §17
Now, then we find that we ... watching the shadows now. And we find, then, and God give us example: Christ in every one of the patriarchs, or down through the age. In Abraham, God had election. In Isaac, justification, calling. God called Isaac even before he was born, gave him his name, everything, just like He did Jesus. Then I notice Isaac perfectly. We didn't have time to catch it, but did you notice Isaac, the only son of his father, through promise, packed the wood up the same hill, loaded, tied his hands, of...
Proving His Word
64-0816 §78
Now, we find that God came into this little cell, see, and He begin to develop cells, drew from his mother's vitamins and things, as she. Then when He become old enough to eat Himself, He begin to eat. And what is that? It's the dust of the earth, which you come up and plant life and animal life and so forth, and as He begin to eat the fish and the bread and the so forth, it begin to develop cells. And then when it's fully matured at thirty years old, He was baptized in obedience to John down here, or to God, in th...
Future home of the heavenly Bridegroom and the earthly Bride
64-0802 §227
Isaiah said in Isaiah 9:6, "And of his peace and of his increase there shall be no end. The government shall be upon his shoulders his name shall be called Counsellor, Prince of Peace, the mighty God, the everlasting Father. And the government shall be upon his shoulders and of his increase and of his peace there is no end." Even the animals is there. Oh my! The bear will be gentle, And the wolf will be tame; And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, And the beast from the wild, Will be led by a child; (But I'm goin...