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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As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee
60-0911M §43
Look at Rahab. Rahab said, "Have mercy upon me! Spare me. I don't want to die with these unbelievers. I don't want to die as an animal! I want to die in the arms of Jehovah. I believe your God, because He is both God of heaven and earth. He does visible things. He makes things real. I've never seen Him do it, but I believe it anyhow." See, she had never seen Joshua; she just heard of Joshua. She had never seen God, she had never seen any of the works of God; she just heard. Others had seen it, and she believed by h...
Desperations
63-0901E §13
...was the token. Literally, it had to be applied, because it was just chemistry is all they had, because it was a lamb's blood, a animal, a lamb's blood. So the life that was in the blood, the life that was gone out... So the blood was shed, see. The life went out, but it couldn't come back on the believer, because it's an animal. But it only spoke of a good conscience that there was coming one, a perfect sacrifice. And to make it a perfect one, the whole judge, the God of heaven, become the sacrifice, judge, jury, a...
Lamb and Dove
60-0805 §11
And this, tonight, is an awful unusual text, but God is unusual. And He does things in an unusual way, at an unusual time, with unusual people. He's altogether unusual. And I think this is one of the most striking instances of all the Scriptures. When it so pleased God, that when He wanted to symbolize His Son on earth, it was called a lamb: "The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." And then when God was going to symbolize Himself, He was represented by a dove. Now, if you notice, of all the creatures...
Images of Christ
59-0525 §19
Of all the payings of the early days in the Oriental world, the foot-wash flunky was the lowest paid man of all. For in those days, animals walked on the highways, the little byways that they went by. And along the road, it stunk all along the road where the animals were, and the dust flew up and got on their legs and in their feet. And such an awful stink as there was. And as soon as someone come to visit another, he could not come in in that manner. He smelled bad from the stink of the road and the dust, like aro...
God making His promise
56-1209A §9
Our kind, heavenly Father, we thank Thee so much for the Lord Jesus, knowing that through Him, that's why our paths cross today. And we think of what this world would be ... or, we try to think. We couldn't imagine what it would be if Jesus had never come to the earth. Oh, what a... We would be worse than animals on the earth. Such a, oh, not even ... you couldn't walk, we'd have no streets to walk on, for we realize that civilization came by God. So we thank Thee for sending Him and introducing to us the way back...