What does the Bible say about pets going to heaven?
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The Bible does not plainly say whether individual pets go to heaven, so Christians should not claim certainty where God has not spoken. Yet Scripture shows that animals belong to God, are under his compassionate care, and share in the groaning of a fallen creation that awaits renewal. Psalms 36:5-6 and Job 12:10 affirm God's care and sovereignty over living creatures, while Proverbs 12:10 commends humane concern for them. Romans 8:18-23 teaches that creation itself will be liberated from corruption, and Isaiah 11:5-9 portrays the peace of God's restored world with animal life. We may therefore entrust beloved pets to the wise and good Creator, while fixing our hope on Christ and the promised new creation.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:16-22
[16] Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. [17] I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work." [18] I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. [19] For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. [20] All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. [21] Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?" [22] Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Psalms 36:5-6
[5] Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. [6] Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
- Psalms 36:6
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
- Job 12:10
In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
- Luke 12:6
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
- Isaiah 11:5-9
[5] Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. [6] The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. [7] The cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. [8] The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. [9] They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Romans 8:18-23
[18] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. [19] For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. [20] For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope [21] that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. [22] For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. [23] Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
- Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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