Do Pets Go To Heaven Christian

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Do pets go to heaven christian. This christian perspective examines the question and looks at the beliefs of both famous theologians and pastors and what the bible has to say on the subject. Many of us have felt the heartache that comes from losing a family pet. I ve lost other pets in much more traumatic ways. When my daughter looked at me and asked why did she have to die.

The only biblical point that might cause you to think that would be that god intends you to be fully happy with him. Will we ever see them again. If the presence of that pet is essential for you to know and love god that way i suspect he will be. She seemed to go peacefully in her sleep.

Only humans are made in god s image and only humans can be redeemed. The list of christian pastors theologians and clergy. Pets and heaven is a controversial subject in christendom. The bible makes it clear that the majority of people will not go to heaven see matthew chapter 7 verses 13 and 14 mat 7 13 14 for one example.

By moira anderson allen m ed. Before going on it is most important to state that if pets do go to heaven their owners will also have to go to heaven to see them. Do dogs cats horses hamsters and other pets go to heaven. Do dogs go to heaven.

Randy alcorn in his book called heaven believes that animals will be present in the kingdom of heaven. Famous christian authors who believe that pets go to heaven include. Now lastly with regard to specific pets being raised from the dead that would i think be pure speculation. Do pets go to heaven.

Lewis peter kreeft sylvia brown niki behrikis shanahan james herriot and dozens and dozens of others. And to soothe the pain we may begin to wonder where are they now. Nellie was as far as we could tell a healthy little dog. Wesley smith karen swallow prior and ben devries this article is from the april 2012 issue.

So do we have any biblical basis for saying our pets will be in heaven. Therefore we wonder if pets or any other animals go to heaven. We don t know why our pets die when they do. The bible doesn t give an outright answer on this question but we as we dig into scripture we can piece together a conclusion on this tender topic.

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.