Thanks everyone, those are all confirming scriptures. I know, right. The Lord knows how we all deeply care for our pets, and He cares for our hearts on these issues. This AI most definitely for the beast system, there's no other way for the Antichrist to have total control of the world without it. WOW, are u kidding ME! AI preaching a sermon?? There you go, proof solid. Wouldn't that be nice, sermons that don't offend or convict? Please folks just a little further, don't pay any mind to that smolden smoke just ahead of you, you'll be fine. NOT! Thanks Terry, I see now. I can post pic now. Thats a cute cat, about the size of our Pebbles, a Shorkey. Under five lbs. Don't have a pic on this computer, I'll work on that. I totally believe every word. It's hard to share this stuff because how people, even Christians don't believe this happens. I know too how real it is. Once I was deeply praying lying down going to sleep & I sensed something behind me. So, I turned & sure enough, a demon was bent over listening very closely to what I was saying. The little critter had his big round head turned to that little hole for an ear into or towards my mouth & chest area. He was also picking up from my body's vibration along w/ my wording. In my spirit I knew thats how he was operating. He was as surprised as I was that I could see him, and he sprang up (he was bent over) fell backwards swinging his skinny arms catching himself as he walked backwards or falling backwards out of my site turning the hallway corner. If u want, I'll describe him, exactly what he looked like. I had an angel hold my arm up from crushing down onto our little Shorkey. He redirected my weight away from her. I still felt the fur under my elbow as I was redirected. That was very cool. My dog would have been very hurt from that. That was invisible. It is real. Amen to you. Pets and Heaven "We keep getting people saying animals don't have souls. The Bible would disagree: "Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so." Gen 1:24 That word creature is the Hebrew word for soul: "nephesh: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Original Word: נֶפֶשׁ Definition: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion" They also have bodies, obviously. They are three part creations made by a three part Creator God, as are we. The difference is that we are made in the image and likeness of God, and they are not. Christ died on the cross for the remission of our sins, not theirs. On the other hand the command animals had in the original design of God was to be in submission and under the dominion of mankind. Our domesticated animals are, in fact, keeping that instruction. As opposed to wild animals which are products of the fall. When God made His covenant with Noah after the flood, He included all the critters that crawled on the earth and the birds of the air. He didn't have to, but He wanted to. When He rebuked Jonah for not caring about the Ninevites, He also rebuked Jonah for not caring about their cattle. Not to mention He cares for the sparrows, etc. Do I expect Him to rapture my dogs with me? Not necessarily. We rotate our dogs in our office routinely, but I don't usually bring my dogs to Church or weddings. But here in Texas, I have seen both happen, so who knows? Do I expect Him to "kennel" my dogs until we can be together again? Actually I do. After decades of these questions being asked, the most consistent answer from mature Christians is "Don't worry about it. He has it under His control." Thomas M. Pets in Heaven Gen 9:8-16 Thus also said God to Noah, and to his sons with him, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you; And with every living soul that is with you, as well in all birds as in cattle and beasts of the earth that are come forth out of the ark, I will establish My covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood. Gen 9:16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. Ps 50:10-11 Every animal of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Ps 145:15-21 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them. Ps 148:5-10 Let them praise the name of the Lord! For He commanded and they were created. And He established them forever and ever; He gave a decree, and it shall not pass away. Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling His word! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds! Hosea 2:18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety. Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the vipers nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Rev 5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! Job 12:7-10 But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? Ps 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. Acts 11:14 and He will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household. (Pets are part of our household.) Rev 19:11-14 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. Is 11:6-9 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. ................................ And all things whatsoever you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive. Mt 21:22 If you ask anything in My Name I will do it. Jn 14:14 If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you. Jn 15:7 Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it to you. Jn 16:23 Ask, and you shall receive that your joy may be full. Jn 16:24 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. James 1:6 Now to HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us... Eph 3:20 I've been telling our cats you're going with us. I think I may have invited a couple of tree frogs the other night when they were singing.
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: nephesh
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-fesh)
They also have spirits: "Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?" Ecc 3:21
