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.
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....
Love
57-0519E §51
Now, you could imagine how you felt. And I walked outside, old possum... I said, "Heavenly Father, I know You direct people, but animals are Yours, too. You spoke through a mule one day. You know every sparrow that falls on the street. And if You, O God, sent that poor, ignorant possum, a animal, over there, and the dogs has chewed her up that I might pray for her, and I didn't know it; forgive me Lord, for not understanding." I said, "If she's a mother to be prayed for, with these little ones, so she can raise her...
Hear ye Him
57-0105 §43
...earth was when Jesus Christ was baptized of John. When God came to the earth ... or, sent His Son, rather, He represented Him as a lamb. The lamb is the meekest of all the animals of the earth. And when He represented Himself, He represented Himself as a dove. And the dove is all the meekest of all the birds of heaven, that fly the heaven. And only those two species could agree. And John said, "Behold, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. And I bear record seeing the Spirit of God like a dove." Wh...
Thirsting for Life
57-0630 §45
Are you thirsty? Do you really want to be a real Christian? If you really want to be a old time Christian, there's something in there that makes you want it. Do you want to go to heaven? You remember the animal doesn't want to go to heaven. That animal hasn't got no soul. The animal don't know what life hereafter is. But you know what life hereafter is. You long for life hereafter; the animal can't, it has no soul. But you were made with a soul. And that soul was given you to make a decision. That heart that's in y...