Where do animals go after death?

I have a curious mind. When a person I knew pretty well has died, thinking of them in life, and looking at their body, not having the knowledge of God,{whether they became saved before death or not} I sometimes wonder where their soul went, and just what they experienced after death.We know there are only 2 places a deceased human goes,Heaven or Hell.But now, I bring before you possibly an even harder question to answer--what about animals?We read of animals in Heaven--Jesus riding on a white horse,etc.However, the ones who died in the body,where do they go? I've heard differing views from different Christians on this ,but are there verses in the Bible to confirm that animals either "fade into nothingness", or continue on,as we do? Anything dogmatic?

 

[Charlestown]

Let us all be thankful to God for everything He sent to our life, that includes our lovely pets. Even though, we want to see them in heaven, God will decide. I believe with my whole heart what God has said. From dust you were taken and to dust ye shall return. May Gods will be done with our life and those who love and care.

 

[Steven Bobb]

Let us all be thankful to God for everything He sent to our life, that includes our lovely pets. Even though, we want to see them in heaven, God will decide. I believe with my whole heart what God has said. From dust you were taken and to dust ye shall return. May Gods will be done with our life and those who love and care.

Not just even pets-- I mean animals in general.Just curious...

 

[SisterDonna]

I am so glad to know that I am not going to live forever on earth. Our pets will not either. So, let us all be happy and joyful in the Lord knowing that we are on our path that leads us all to heaven. We will not need pets in glory. We shall be loved, cared and be in a wonderful loving presence of Jesus, living with Him forever and ever. Amen

 

[Mavaa]

The word 'soul' is used for animals much more than most of our English translations show.

The words used to describe animals are generally interpreted rather than literally translated in English Bibles.

For example, most translations use the word 'creature' instead of the literal word, which is 'soul'. Very few use the literal original Hebrew word which is 'soul'.

For example the Darby Bible gets it right using the exact same word for 'soul' used in Hebrew in other places:

Genesis 1: 20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

30 and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

2:19 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dby/genesis/1.html
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dby/genesis/2.html

There may be other considerations, such as the soul versus the spirit.

But as far as the word 'soul' is concerned, it's actually used all over the place in the Bible to describe animals as well as people.

The final say with this issue, I believe ultimately belongs to God. Very few things are explicitly told to us about the afterlife in the Bible. Everything belongs to
21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upwardand if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

The word 'soul' is used for animals much more than most of our English translations show.

The words used to describe animals are generally interpreted rather than literally translated in English Bibles.

For example, most translations use the word 'creature' instead of the literal word, which is 'soul'. Very few use the literal original Hebrew word which is 'soul'.

For example the Darby Bible gets it right using the exact same word for 'soul' used in Hebrew in other places:

Genesis 1: 20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

30 and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

2:19 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dby/genesis/1.html
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dby/genesis/2.html

There may be other considerations, such as the soul versus the spirit.

But as far as the word 'soul' is concerned, it's actually used all over the place in the Bible to describe animals as well as people.

The final say with this issue, I believe ultimately belongs to God. Very few things are explicitly told to us about the afterlife in the Bible. Everything belongs to God.

It's true that these secrets belong to God.
Ecclesiastes 3:21
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

 

[Ujenloth]

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[Ujenloth]

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