Abby asked John where John's wife was.
Not only will pets be in heaven, but we will be able to communicate with them and they with us!
(With all those who call upon the Name of the Lord Jesus and so are saved from hell and for eternal life starting now and going on into all eternity).
John explains that the thought of pets / animals being in heaven really does match up with the Biblical record. When Ezekiel (I believe it was he) was caught up to heaven in his chariot - the horses came along with the other parts of the chariot - into heaven! And when we read about Jesus' return to this earth to set up His Kingdom on this earth, He will be riding a White Horse and all His Saints will be riding horses along with him (those are all the raptured believers from all time before that great "snatch" event).
These will be literal horses, not images of them.
So, the fact that our pets / your beloved pets / who have died before you go "up" - will meet you there and be with you throughout all eternity - is not surprising to me!
We have long known these dear animals know and understand so much and share our hearts so deeply.
Evidently it has pleased the Lord God to include them in His great and glorious plan for His beloveds who will be with Him forever throughout all eternity!
All praise and glory to His wonderful name!
Just thought I would post this today and ping a few people.
Thought you might enjoy or want to comment on this thread.
God bless all this wonderful Passover / Holy Week!
I honestly hope so.
Heaven is supposed to be perfect. If my pets aren’t there, perfection is sorely underrated.
So on the off chance I wind up there I’ll still be cleaning up after my wife’s dog? Damn.
Won’t be long till those who disagree will show up to give all sorts of theological reasons why you’re wrong. I’ve heard them all.
It used to bother me but I’ve since come to realize that if seeing your favorite pets in heaven will make you happier, then they will be there. To believe anything else is to doubt the words of Jesus. After all, didn’t he say you’d be happy there? Also, I would never put limits on God, would you?
“But the one thing that really made me smile was that John Fenn who was “caught up into heaven” like the Apostle Paul was:”
that would make me smile too, since it probably didn’t happen.
“And as they still went on, and talked, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire came between them, and parted them; and Elijah went up in a whirlwind on the fiery chariot to heaven.”
The horses were sent from heaven with the chariot - not earthly horses.
There’s a reason they are on tv in the middle of the night. Tell me you didn’t send them any money...?
Earth to Freedom’sWorthIt...John is wearing rocket ship underpants and he heard his pet speak about his wife?
Nothing in this glorifies God or explains the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As such, it is spurious theology and we encourage you to drop it. We have enough weird junk coming out of Rome that we don’t need folks claiming to be biblical Christians peddling this extra-biblical nonsense.
By the way...will there be paper napkins at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb?
Dogs and horses are capable of unconditional love. I cannot point to a verse in the bible that would specifically address it, but I feel that in order to show unconditional love, you have to have a soul. This is why I feel my dog may make it into heaven but my ex-wife will not.
Cool. But I’d rather have my beer making equipment than my cat if that’s OK.
I remember an old episode of the Twilight Zone in which an old hillbilly who drowns with his hound dog while out hunting refuses to enter heaven because his dog wouldn’t be allowed in. I understand that hillbilly completely.
Oh, dear.
This is why I trust the Bible alone for doctrine.
I won’t add my opinion of the pets in heaven issue, but I will say that when I knew him, Sid Roth was one of the most rational and balanced Christians I had known at that time.
I haven’t seen him or watched any of his programs in many years, but I assume that’s still the case.
My impression from the end of Revelation is that everything else good that God created will be in Heaven. Why not animals?
Think we all should remember one thing.....God created animals before He created man! Why would He not allow one of his first creations to reside in heaven? I think we are in for many, many great surprises when we get there and this is one I am looking forward to. But I know He also said there would be no tears in heaven, so if my pet is not there I won’t be sad because He will not allow me to even know! What a win, win situation!!! He is a great and awesome God!!!
Will out past cats get along with our dead dogs?
Wherever my animal babies are, will be Heaven, for me.
I have a persistent dream, me and every creature I’ve ever had ride a golden Cadillac convertible looking for “Home.”
We roam the Earth, to its farthest corners, searching for “Home...”
And always at the end, we finally see it, lit up like the Sun, just over the horizon...
We are not commanded to proselytize or baptize our pets so it would seem that their eternal paths are different from ours.
Far be it for me to tell the Almighty what He can or cannot do but I believe expecting our pets to see us in Heaven is just human emotionalism and not support by His Word.
One may be better served by observing what scripture has to say about consulting mediums. We are prohibited from doing so. Such things are better left to fanciful Twilite Zone episodes than considered for addition to one’s faith.
My immediate thought was that there will be no animals in heaven because my wife has extreme allergic reactions to animal dander.
It didn’t take long for me to realize that she won’t be taking her allergies to Heaven with her!
As for the debate whether animals will be in Heaven, I’m not afraid to say, I don’t know.
Remembering that Twilight Zone where the old codger dies while coon hunting with his dog. Almost falls for Old Nick talking him into supposed “heaven” which doesn’t allow dogs. The old codger takes a pass, and moves on up the road to the real Heaven, where dogs are welcome.