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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Faith
56-0427 §45
But in the Orient in them days when you made a covenant, here's what you did: You take an agreement, and you wrote it up, whatever your agreement was. All right. And then you walked over and killed an animal, and you cut that animal in two. And you stood between these two pieces of dead flesh, and you swore to each other that if you broke this covenant, let your body be as this dead animal. And you've taken this covenant and tore it apart. One man took one piece, and one took another piece, and when this covenant w...
Identification
64-0216 §19
One time I had my little girl by the hand, and we was up at Cincinnati at the zoo. And we were going down along watching the animals. And I heard a great noise, down below the cages where the animals such as wolves, and tigers, and so forth were. I walked down there, and there was a huge, big cage, oh, as high as this ceiling, perhaps. And they'd just got an eagle, a little, oh, a few weeks before that out of a ... and put him in captivity. I never felt so sorry for that poor fellow. And he would get back... He's a...
Being led of the Holy Spirit
56-0219 §78
Now, look. The possum doesn't have a soul, it had to travel instinct. And the Holy Spirit had to lead it from the woods, up through the road, across through there, and bring it into the gate. And if instinct will lead a possum, what ought the Holy Spirit to do to us, tonight. We are led by the Spirit of God. The Lord bless you, while we bow our heads. Heavenly Father, my mind goes now to many instances of how You have dealt with Your people, through many different signs and wonders. Sure, You knowed where the sparr...
Attitude and Who is God?
50-0815 §18
What's He doing? Writing His first Bible. Notice, the human beings once looked towards the heavens. And He puts all the stars in the heavens, the zodiac, starting off with the Virgin, ending up with Leo the Lion. First coming of Christ, the second coming. Came by the Virgin, come again as the Lion of the tribe of Juda. There He puts the first Bible. Oh, back in those days of--ancient days, they looked at those things. Today, He's got His Bible wrote here. But He wrote It in the heavens, that man would look up and r...
God's Provided Way for this day
64-0206E §1
...just a moment as we bow our heads. Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for Jesus Christ, His great promises that He's give to us. We thank Thee for all these things. We're under great expectations here in this city among these fine Christians. We're expecting to see Him move among us showing His presence, giving people faith, inspiring them to believe. That's our purpose of being here, Father. We know we can trust You. We won't be disappointed. For we ask it in His Name. Amen. You may be seated. Was very happy th...