The Lion and the Lamb thingy in the Bible is talking about the millennial reign of Jesus on EARTH, not Heaven. These will be people left over from the Tribulation,... no resurrected people.( or cats)
I'm not saying I haven't had dogs and cats that I loved or that Pence shouldn't be upset about his cat dying. I was merely explaining the constant misconceptions spread by people that haven't read their Bible and understood what they read. The Bible is an information Book about God and what to expect. We are the ones that add emotional claptrap that doesn't belong in Scripture.
Let's say we have a hypothetical friend or family member that is homosexual. We will go through 9 miles of excuses as to why they will go to Heaven with others even though Scripture specifically says they won't and God blew Sodom completely off the planet to show how He felt about the situation. I can read you 15 verses that say the same thing and some will still say They don't like my God and like theirs much better. Sorry, but you have carved out an idol as sure as Jezebel had her idols. The God of the Bible loved His people so much He gave His Son's life to be with them in Heaven, but you have to love Him back and accept His free gift. Angels don't qualify so I'm pretty sure cats don't either.It doesn't mention anything about herds of cats being resurrected. I'm not trying to be cruel, but it's just wrong to believe such claptrap. There are many denominations that believe you can loose your Salvation even though Romans 11:29 says it's irrevocable. There are people that refuse to believe in a Rapture even though that's pretty much all Thessalonians is about. There are people that believe Christians will suffer Tribulation when God says we are not the children of wrath. ( Not God's Wrath, but possibly the wrath of the Antichrist as in getting your head chopped off) There are people that forbid to marry, yet Paul says it's "doctrines of demons". I was once offered Communion with leavened bread and had to refuse. They didn't understand the significance of leavened bread at Communion. That's why there are so many denominations. You don't have to wear your hair in a bun and wear blue jean skirts to be modest in church.
I certainly can't stop anyone from believing cats and dogs will be resurrected, but they will be sorely disappointed if they get there. We must receive a resurrected body to come face to face with God. Corinthians speaks on this. A cat won't get one and will burn up coming into His presence without one.
If your God gives souls and resurrects cats, it sound more like one of those Egyptian gods than the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I'm sure it will be carved from wood or chipped from stone, but it won't be the Consuming Fire.
That is your understanding of scriptures and yours alone.