Pets in Heaven

Dear Editor,I have been a Christian since the late 1970s, and have never heard any preacher talk about a subject that troubles many Christian friends and myself. We wonder what will happen to our pets when the Rapture takes place, and even when they die!Our pets are living creatures, not other “possessions” like jewelry, cars, homes, or other lifeless objects! Would a loving Bridegroom (Christ) take us away and leave our pets to starve to death?Psalm 36:6 says, “He preserveth man and beast.” First Corinthians 2:9 says, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor can the heart of man imagine what God has prepared for those who love him!” Now, if God has prepared things that we cannot imagine, surely he would prepare something that we can imagine: our pets being with us for all eternity! Why is this important subject never taught or preached? It is not very comforting to me to think that my pets will starve to death with no one to take care of them. -J. Demmy, PA


Arno's Answer:



The Bible does not speak about animals/pets. Therefore, where the Bible is silent, I will be too.

However, there is a significant promise given in Romans 8:19-22, “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

Animals do not have a spirit. They do have a soul and a body; subsequently, they are not subject to the same salvation as mankind.

Midnight Call - 05/2015

Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.

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