“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
The subject of heaven has been thought about talked about and considered a lot around here lately. As many of you can image why. We know without a doubt where people will be going when they die It's plainly said in the Bible. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
But animals mainly our pets the Bible is silent about. But with all this talk of heaven and death of people and animals I decided to look into it a little more for myself.
You hear constantly people saying that that Mr. so and so our dog is running with grandpa in heaven. Are we just saying that because it makes us feel better?
We know that God created heaven for people who through Jesus he saved. In my research the author gave a good point that we know that God created everything for his glory and animals don't sin. I have no doubt that in the new heaven and earth there will be animals. My question has always been will God create new animals or will the ones that we loved be with us there in heaven while we wait for the new earth? There are many passages in the Bible that talk about animals in relation to humans and many that talk about pictures of heaven and animals not specifically our pets going to heaven with us though. I wouldn't really care much but I have kids and kids ask questions. I know that we won't care about anything else but God in heaven, once we get there I don't think it will matter. But what do I tell my children about this? I don't what to just tell them something to make them feel good with out it having biblical truth. We want to teach our kids to be able to back up what they are saying. After all my studying I still have questions beecause even the Bible says there are things we just won't know until we get there“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” I Corinthians 2:9 but I think we can say that it could be a possibility that they will be there. Now all this to also say that if you can draw this conclusion then is there anything else that you don't think is the "right" way but the Bible does talk about but doesn't out right say so, so you say we don't do it that way? Just something to consider as a christian do you believe the Bible is the word of God and believe everything it says? To go to heaven you must believe and trust in Jesus alone and where does it say that? The Bible
http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/pets.shtml a reference I used.
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