Will We Know Our Pets In Heaven

We don t know why our pets die when they do.

Will we know our pets in heaven. I ve had the pleasure of caring for many pets throughout my life and i am grief stricken every time one of them passes away. We now know the contrary is true. If our pets will be resurrected or not we just cannot say for sure. Discipleship in the home happens as we live together and as we bury pets together.

The bible does not give a definitive answer to the question of whether we will see our pets in heaven but it does say with god all things are possible matthew 19 26 niv rather than speculate about things that are at present unknowable we can turn our thoughts toward thanking god for the tremendous gift of joy that our furry friends bring to us now. We do not know if god will reconsistute animals we have known in our lives. We do not know what the new heaven and new earth will be like. So any earthly pleasures that we have come to know will be far exceeded by the complete joy that awaits us in heaven.

The church teaches that we have dominion over the animals of the world genesis and that while animals are great companions god shows special preference toward human beings instilling a soul in us and. Whatever god s eternal plans. Will i see my dog in heaven as i see it this question is not only an urgent concern for the children. I know god wants us to be totally happy in heaven and if our dog will help make us fully happy and if god can resurrect us i m sure he could resurrect a dog too muslim.

We tell our children that death exists because of the curse of sin. All of us will die. It is pointless to ponder the. So while i wanted to say that i do believe we will get our pets back in heaven i wanted to do so by commenting on an opposing notion promoted in some other articles i ve read on this subject and probably other readers here have run across too.

I know how hard it is to lose a pet. When it comes to our relationships with pets we not only take them into our homes. A more important question is if you the reader will be in heaven. Some may want to shield their children from discussions of death but we don t.

We do not know if these animals will be like animals we know or some other type of creature entirely. Your pet is not gone forever. Even our beloved animals are not exempt. The pets that we had to say goodbye to are alive in heaven right now in their spiritual bodies and we will see them again if we accept jesus as our savior.

I believe that most adults also have a deep desire to know if in the next life we will see our pets and all the other lovely creatures alongside whom we now inhabit this planet. How do we answer children when they ask. We do not know if the mention of animals is literal or figurative. These articles push the notion that while we can probably make new pets of animals in heaven we won t be getting our pets here back.

Upon examining the scriptures we just don t have biblical support to say this with certainty whether or not our pets will be in heaven however it does appear that animals will exist in the kingdom of heaven isaiah 11 6 9.