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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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...
A Greater than Solomon is here
62-0725 §39
Now. Believe now. Now, Jesus was rebuking that generation for not believing his sign, that He had proved to them that He was the Messiah. Now, we took that last night, how He was the Messiah because He was the Word. Is that right? Now Messiah means the Christ, the anointed one. And then He was to be the King, the God prophet, and here was the Spirit in Him. Now, remember the ones who really stayed with the scripture teaching, they recognized Him. But those who went off with the other church in their traditions, the...
Five junctions of time
56-0122 §56
I want you to notice quickly. Noah building away on the ark, looking forward to a miracle coming. There was miracles happening. He was preaching the supernatural. What? Yes, sir. He was preaching that there's a God of heaven who will destroy the world with water. "And I'm building an ark for the case." Why, I imagine they thought he was crazy. But when the thunders begin to roar, and the lighting flashed, even the birds and the animals took their position, a miracle taking place when animals begin to come to Noah....