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.
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
When love projects
56-0218B §23
And just then something said, "Well, you were talking yesterday about love. And this possum loves her babies so much, I sent her up here to your door; and she's laid here for twenty-four hours, her turn to be prayed for." I waited, I said, "Heavenly Father, if the rejecting of a human being for the love for her baby, and You put love in that animal which could not ... hasn't got a soul, it had to be guided by the Holy Spirit up that lane, everywhere and from the woods, and turn into the only place that had a gate o...
Expectation
54-1206 §14
I stood by his grave in London, England, not long ago, and I looked down there, and I thought, Yes, Mr. Cowper. I just read his history. You know, after he had inspiration, and wrote that song... When he was up there it was all right, but when he begin to come out of it, he tried to find the river to commit suicide; it was too foggy; the driver couldn't get him to it to commit suicide after writing that famous song: There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins; when sinners plunged beneath the...
The uncertain sound
55-0731 §78
What do you think Jesus Christ did? And why can't you be loyal to Him, and to forsake your selfishness and your indifference? Can't you forsake your church, petty things, and come to Him and be loyal? That poor ignorant possum, and the Holy Spirit... And me up there on vacation, not even prayed up, and that poor little lady possum laid at my doorstep. When the sun was hot, she laid there faithfully. When the night come, her eyes would come open, she could see. But the Holy Ghost wouldn't let her go. She laid there...
Law
55-0115 §33
Now, the blood could not be perfect by an animal, but the blood in Christ was perfect. Now, I will never be perfect and you will never be perfect. I will never be perfect in your sight. You will never be perfect in my sight. But let's lay that aside. What about in God's sight? I look at you as a human. I look at you as a brother. But God looks at you through the blood of His Son as a redeemed one. Jesus said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." And not what you've done--you have not...
Show us the Father and it'll satisfy
56-0422 §108
I said, "Well, I didn't..." I Said, "Who am I talking to? Have I gone crazy?" I said, "What's the matter? What? 'I sent her here.'" I thought, "God, sure, You know the animals, You know the sparrows, one can't fall without You." I said, "Forgive me, Father, if You had a mother possum... I've seen You do human beings that way, but never a possum. Would You send her here?" And I went out there, and Becky was looking through the window. And I went out to where the old possum was, I looked at her, Becky come out, and I...