VictoryinJesus
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Animals do not need redemption, they are naturally innocent...unless possessed by a demon perhaps. They live from instinct. Animals when created along with man and everything else, was deemed "very good" by God. And, I agree with @Heart2Soul , millennial or not! lol.
Beautiful testimony. I love how He speaks in simplicity, and few words. Always what you KNOW is from Him. Nothing audible, and nothing that ever negates scripture!
With several "difficult" people in my life, I hear "Just love them."
When faced with a recent mountain in my life, I heard - "Faith" "fear not, "Rest". I did, and He surely did move that very large mountain ♥
Well, if one has an affinity towards animals, and I for one do consider my schnauzers family so yes, of course I would want to see my pets in Heaven; who wouldn't? Do I place my pets/animals on the same level as humans created in His image? Of course not! He did not give His life for animals, only humans. I do believe there will be animals in Heaven, the ones we knew down here? I don't know, God can do all things so who really knows what He has waiting for those who love Him? We can always wish, cant we? :) ♥
Of course. But pets do not belong in Heaven (much as pet owners would prefer otherwise).
In this connection, it should be noted that for whatever reason, many pet owners would rather lavish love and care on pets than on human beings. Evidently pet food is prepared with as much care (or more ) than human food. And sometimes the cash spent on pets is truly outrageous, including funerals for pets. That is not what God expects.
In an eternity where there is no death, animals will be free from the curse therefore all vegetarian, as we will be, there will be no need of restraints, pet food, or funerals.
You may be correct that in heaven there will be no animals . However, I have no doubt that there will be animals in the new earth. And as others have suggested, maybe even those with whom we had special relationships here... Our pets. There can be no doubt that God loves all his creation. We are still discovering species never before known. The care he lavished upon them in the colours and splendour of their feathers, their cosats, and skins, tells me that the idea of them being a permanent and integral part of creation is not a vain one. No less so than flowers and all the other beautiful things God has given us as evidence of his love and wisdom. I can't imagine, and can't wait to see that creation free from the curse of sin.
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Nothing that is, is outside of God. Everything came out of Him..I believe it will return to Him.
Nothing would surprise me with God.
Isaiah 1:3 "Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master's care - but Israel doesn't know its master. My people don't recognize My care for them."
I came home from town this morning, granddaughter and her Nana were barricaded in the bedroom... And I was presented with disposing of this crittur... One the new earth could do without....
Wow!! I have relatives in Tennessee and they have huge spiders. I tell people "Tennessee spiders are so big they open the automatic doors at supermarkets."
Noticed a fox transiting back through my little place towards the woods behind me Friday night.
My squirrels around here are in excellent shape! But that is probably more from the occasional visit by coyotes.
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My brother use to say that "Mosquitos in Louisiana are so big that when they hit the windshield that they force 18 wheelers to downshift a gear."
My squirrels around here are in excellent shape! But that is probably more from the occasional visit by coyotes.
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My brother use to say that "Mosquitos in Louisiana are so big that when they hit the windshield that they force 18 wheelers to downshift a gear."
I can see it here in the original post, but not in the quote. I made is small. I wonder what gives? Lemme try again.
Argh. Oh well. Thanks for the feedback. It was fairly grainy security camera footage anyway. No great loss. I've been outfoxed. Slippery little critters they are!
quietthinker
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You have muddled the scriptures Dave. God made man in his image. It was personal. Man was in God's likeness, not so the animals.
God spoke them into existence without the same intimate touch.
Your language re souls is skewed. Have you not read it's context at mans creation?? Not even man has a soul he is a soul.
The track you are on is of pagan origin and rational....it blurs the boundary between human and animal and from there the theory of evolution takes its foothold.
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