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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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Jehovah-Jireh
56-0429 §45
Look at Jonah, the prophet. After God keeping him alive three days in the belly of the whale, come out and give his prophecy in such a way that a city the size of St. Louis, Missouri, repented, put sackcloth on their animals. And then went up on the hill and after the inspiration left him, a little worm come out and cut a gourd tree down, and he prayed God to take his life, see, just neurotic like. Look at Elijah who called for no rain to come, and it didn't come for three years and six months. Then called rain out...
Divine Love
57-0305 §38
And I went back into the side door of the den room, and I sat down there, and begin to rub my face like this. I said, "Well, today," I said, "I guess I will have to take..." "What about that old possum laying there?" I heard something say this. Now, you may think I'm mentally disturbed. But I heard Something speaking to me. I said, "What about that old possum?" And the voice said, "You used her for a text yesterday, telling what a wonderful mother she was." I said, "That's true." Said, "And you taught from her what...
Balm in Gilead
59-0707 §28
This toxin was tried out, not by a guinea pig. This toxin of eternal life wasn't tried out by a guinea pig. God never chose a guinea pig; He chose His only beloved Son to prove this toxin to the human race. "And when he was baptized, he went straightway out of the water, and behold, the heavens opened. And John bear record seeing the Spirit of God like a dove descending, and a voice said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'" He walked in life like we walk. He was tempted with the same temptation th...
God hath a Provided Way
56-0108 §59
Our dear heavenly Father, realizing that here somewhere present stands the Lord Jesus. And our sister has come a long ways down here to be prayed for. She has got trouble in her side, nervous. But, You, Lord, who raised up Jesus and made the preparation... Then back, years ago, as a little old boy standing up there under the tree, You said, "Don't you never smoke or drink, or defile your body. There will be a work for you to do when you get older." Here it is. You confirmed it by an Angel of light. You sent animals...
The Lamb and the Dove
57-0325 §16
And now, this Saint John the 1st chapter. John the Beloved here, when made this statement, he quoted Jesus at the baptism; and to my opinion, it's one of the greatest, outstanding Scriptures in the entire Bible. We're going to call it: The Lamb And The Dove. And now, let's look at the nature of the lamb first. It seemed like that it pleased God: When He went to represent His Son here on earth, He was represented by an animal, a lamb. He was called the Lamb of God. And wonder why He was represented as a lamb? And no...