I certainly hope so. If not I will have to put off dying. I prefer the company of my pets over most people.
I believe we will see our pets again, when God restores heaven and earth to what it was before the fall.
I’m gonna have a herd of animals up yonder
Sorry for your loss.
Lost my bowhunt kitty last month. I would lock up the dogs lest they follow me yet Oksana would follow and up the tree she went with me. Good times. She was 17.
Our Heavenly Father will satisfy us Beyond
Our Wildest Dreams.
Your Fur Baby should be Waiting.
Don’t forget Cat Toys!
I think it was Mark Twain that said “Heaven is based on grace, If it was based on merit, your dog would go and you wouldn’t.”
Yes.
Sorry for your loss.
I expect that there will be animals in heaven since Isaiah says this .......
Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Balaam’s Ass can
see angels.
My condolences.
I’m a cat guy too.
As to your question, I’m not a religious scholar by any means, but it seems like to me, if you earn your way into a ‘Heaven’ then you should be allowed to have any pet you want, as long as they didn’t earn their own way into a ‘hell’.
My cats deserve to burn in hell for eternity.
Revelation 22 KJV:
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
One thing to consider:
Humans are unique among Creation in that we have eternal souls. Our souls give us the ability to make choices according to reason. Animals make choices based upon instinct. Animals do not have eternal souls, so how can they exist in heaven?
We need to stop pretending that heaven is a place where we can spend eternity being waited on hand and foot. Like some eternal retirement party or trip to the spa.
Heaven is God’s Kingdom, and we have to serve in that Kingdom. Jesus said he would prepare a place for us, but he also said it wouldn’t be at his right hand or his left hand. In fact, our place may be in the lowest of low places.
That is for God to determine; not us.
Sorry for the loss of your friend.
Heaven means you’ll be happy, fulfilled, and understand, it doesn’t matter what the details are, you will understand it and be happy and fulfilled, so pet or no pet, we don’t need to ask such questions about ice cream, or fido, or grandma, whatever we find there we will know it is perfect and right, we will be on a different plane and earthly wants, desires and needs will not linger in us causing longing, or a feeling of loss or of absence.
Having said that, I truly believe that your cat is part of the redeemed creation. I base this on Romans 8:21 which states, "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." So, your cat will be part of the redemption of the world.
The serious question is, will you? Your cat is waiting. So, I'm asking this to you specifically, of course, but also to anyone who reads this. Put your faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ, who has paid the penalty for our sin. It is a free gift to all who repent and believe. Then, you will be joining your cat.
I hope so. No way to know except that people having their pets in heaven will make the humans happy.
I believe that they do. In fact, I believe that our dogs and cats (and maybe more than they) show us with each new day that they are going to Heaven.
Anything that possesses the capacity to love, has a soul.
And our pets love us unconditionally.
I cannot believe that God would create anything so, without them having an eternal destiny.
Although some try to loosely apply passages of Scripture to this we are not, in fact, explicitly told in Divine Revelation one way or another about this matter, which means we are free to speculate without being dogmatic. Personally, I believe we will see our pets again. Here is a good take on it from Jimmy Akin:
Jimmy Akins Mysterious World - All Dogs Go to Heaven? (Ghost Dogs! Animal Afterlife?)