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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The Seal of God and the Mark of the Beast, part 1
61-0216 §20
Now sin did not start in earth. It began in heaven. And he was kicked out of heaven, and came to the earth. There was nothing else he could get into. The animal would be too far from him---seed wouldn't mix. So he had to get into the serpent, which was a being more like a man. And when God cursed him, and put him on his belly, He changed every bone in him. Science, trying to dig up bones. Why, it's hid in the mysteries of God, and will reveal it to anybody that wants to know about it. Sure. There is ... now watch....
Why?
61-0413 §85
An old sinner boy standing there, with a big old Landmark hat in his hand, like that, he said, "God, be merciful to my soul," and here he come down to the altar. Before he got there, there was about twenty of those old mammies around him. He got saved before he even got to the altar, brother. You know what time we eat dinner? About four-thirty that afternoon. Brother, they stayed there till they come through. Oh, it used to be old cold formal Baptists; now it's old cold formal Pentecostals. That's right. That's whe...
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §110
What is zoon (z-double o-n)? Living creatures. It might be pronounced "zon," z-double o-n. How would you pronounce that? "Zoon"? "Zoon," I'd say. And "therion" is t-h-e-r-i-o-n, "therion," see. So that means "untamed beasts," wild, savage. That's what them beasts... You get your Greek dictionary, and go right back and see if that ain't the same word. You look in there and see it. Get your Greek textbook, get your Emphatic Diaglott and find out if that isn't true, that that is truth, that it means "an untamed beast,...
Hear ye Him
58-0209A §52
...ou know that Belteshazzar was a jokester, Hollywood fellow just like they are today, like Godfrey and them? Wish I had about two weeks' revival here with you. I'd like to bring that out and show you that's in the Scriptures. Do you want Him? Do you really want Him, friends? Be sincere. God bless you, my brother. No matter how long you've been professing, if it's not in you, why not be honest with God. Let me tell you, the same Angel of God that stands here at night time is right here now. That's right. He sees you....
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §114
Now watch this. All right: ... ^^and ^^the spirit... ^^wherever they went now^^ to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. They couldn't turn. If they was going this way, it was going like a man; going this way, was going like an eagle; going this way, was going like an ox; going this way, they was going like a lion. They couldn't go backward. They had to go forward everywhere they went, each one of the beasts. Now, what does a beast mean in the Bible? Power. All right, means "a power."