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.
The Lamb and the Dove
57-0325 §33
Now, we find out this lamb's simple. He must be led. Look at the Lamb of God. Now, here comes the Dove coming to the Lamb of God. Now, the dove is the most meekest bird of all the heavens. A lamb is the meekest animal of all the earth. One of them is of the earth, the other one of the heavens. The lamb is earthbound; he can't fly. And the dove flies in the heavens. One of them was Christ, (represent); other one represented God. Now, you see the lamb, he's an innocent substitute. He must be clean, he must be innocen...
Hear ye Him
56-0930 §14
Now, when a man is inspired and he reads the inspired Word, the two inspirations together gives a result. Now, you can never... No matter how well you study the Word, it will never do you no good till you're inspired yourself. It takes your inspiration with... The Word is already inspired. So, what we need today is an inspiration over us: God sweeping down with a new inspiration and breathing over us His power, and His love, and Himself, that it might inspire us to quicken us and waken us to His Word. And then the...
Love
56-0726 §74
O God, the great King of heaven stooped to even bring a low creature like an animal. What more would You do for a man or a woman, boy or girl that You've died for? God, be merciful. Grant tonight, Dear Jesus, that some of these people who has been a little indifferent towards You, will realize, Lord, that this love is the only thing that'll endure after the church is finished with you. When the church has buried you, when the skin worms eat your body up, the love of God shall still endure. One of the poets said, "t...
Questions and Answers, The Law having a shadow
54-0516 §101
As He's moving on, all them little spots run into one big spot. And after while, I hear something, now, going... [Brother Branham slowly claps his hands several times--Ed.] What is it? It's that old, bloody garment beating against His legs. What is it? Animal blood: finished! There's the second Adam. There's the God of Heaven. That's not animal blood, that's God's Blood, beating against the legs, the second Adam, going to die for the human race. God, made Adam, Himself; and living here on earth, going down to die f...
Conference with God
59-1220M §39
That's the strike that knocked Satan. Born... He could've come down with Cherubims. He could've come down the golden ladders. There could've been anthems sung through the heavens, and He could've walked to the earth and expelled everything. But when He held the conference, He decided to come as a babe. In Isaiah 9:6 we find it: "Unto us a Child is born, a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulders: and His name shall be called the Counselor, Prince of Peace, the mighty God, the everlasting Father....