Transcription
All right, heretics. Let's see if I can make it through this one without crying. So, today we're going to discuss, will we see our beloved pets again in heaven? Um, every Christian who loves their pet and their pet dies, they wonder this. Um, so in this presentation I'm going to lay out 10 reasons why I believe that we will. But I want to first be super clear that there are no direct statements of scripture covering in this topic. Um, on this channel we focus on sound doctrine that can be illustrated with clear statements of scripture, essays, parables, and stories in the Bible. Um, what we hate on this channel is people that glean meanings from scripture and come up with their own doctrines based on those glean meanings and they ignore all the clear statements of scripture, essays, parables, and stories. Um, but today we have no choice. There's just nothing on this topic that just, you know, hits home as far as, you know, what happens to our pets? Will we see our pets again? That kind of thing. So, we have no choice. Today, we're going to glean some meanings. Uh, so I want to be super clear that I'm currently the most biased person on earth and that there is nothing clear about this in the Bible. So take this presentation with a grain of salt. Um, also I I guess one thing you could get out of this because we constantly rail on people that glean meanings and and you're going to see exactly what I mean by gleaning meanings because I have no choice but to glean meanings in this. Um, so if there's any educational aspect, you'll see what somebody who desperately wants the Bible to say say something, you know, gleans meanings. Um, so I guess it can illustrate, you know, the the right way to read the Bible and the wrong way to leave the read the Bible. Um, and continuing on, this is not a gospel presentation. So, if you somehow stumbled across this channel and you're curious about what the Bible says about sin and salvation and how you can know for sure today you're going to heaven, this is not the presentation for you. Uh, these presentations on screen, these are going to walk you through all the scripture about salvation and how you can know for sure today you're saved. Um, it goes without saying if you don't go to heaven, obviously you're not going to see your pet in heaven. So, you got to make sure you're going to heaven first. Otherwise, you know, you're just totally so. Um, I guess the short and sweet of it, which also if if you're a heretic and you want to talk about James 2 or Matthew 25 parable, you want to repent of your sins, you want to talk about the pope, you want to talk about all these other verses that heretics will glean meanings from. I can talk about those and just bury you into the center of the earth with scripture about that. But back to um this stuff about you not seeing your pet in heaven. What I want to stress to you, even though this isn't a gospel presentation, going to heaven is not a merit-based process. That is the entire point of the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Every single person in the entire Bible falls short of God. And every single person in the Bible who goes to heaven only goes to heaven by grace. If it was a merit-based thing and you had to like, well, I'm a good person. I did this and I did that and you know, I stopped sinning and this and that, then you're literally making Jesus Christ dead in vain because why would he have to die on the cross? What is the significance of that? If if you can get yourself into heaven because you know you did a pretty good job. Like if you can repent of all your sins, you're basically saying, "Yeah, I could be Jesus if I wanted to." I mean, it's just absurd. But moving on, let's get into the pet stuff.
So, reason number one. Why do I believe that we're going to see pets in heaven? Because God created them and said they were good and they are a fundamental part of creation. And so I want to highlight the fundamental part of creation here for you because a lot of people they they kind of view animals as these like decorations that walk around and I think they have a far more significant role in creation. Let's take a look at Genesis 1. Genesis 1:24. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth after his kind." And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind. And God saw it was good. So, first, we're in Genesis 1. We are in creation. I mean, the animals are created with the whole shebang of all of it. You know, they have the official stamp of approval. They were created by, you know, the divine ruler of reality. And he says that they're good. Um, so I think this has a lot of weight. They're a fundamental part of creation. They're not decorations walking around. Um, and we're going to see their role in creation expanded on here. Um, let's look at reason number two. They were originally created with man before death entered the world, presumably to live forever in the garden. Um, so let's look at Genesis 1:30. "And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every herb for meat." And it was so. Uh, so I want to highlight this this kind of weird thing which I I read the Bible many times and never even really paid attention to this before. Um, but in the beginning everything was eating herbs and stuff. The animals were not eating each other. And we're going to see that in end times um, excuse me, after end times when we have the new heaven and the new earth, we're going to see the animals going back to this thing which they had in the Garden of Eden where they're not eating meat. They're not eating each other. That's when the lion's going to be eating straw. And we're going to see that um death entered the world through Adam's sin. But let's keep going. Actually, sorry, these verses are literally like scattered everywhere. Let's look at Isaiah 65:25. "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bulock, and the dust shall be in the excuse me, and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord." Uh, so first I want to be clear, the holy mountain is talking about the new heaven and the new earth. We're going to see a bunch of other verses confirming this. But once again, in the end times after this whole mess of our reality is done, you know, the animals, they're back in the holy mountain and they're back doing what they were doing in Genesis 1, which is eating herbs and stuff. They're not eating each other. Um, let's look at Romans 5 just to touch on sin entering the world and causing death. Uh, Romans 5:12. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for all that have sinned." So death enters into the world through his sin. And let's look at Genesis 3. This is where this actually takes place. Genesis 3:17. "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it. Cursed is the ground for thy sake. In sorrow, thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life. Thorns also, and thistle shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it was thou taken. And for dust thou art, and unto dust thou, excuse me, and unto dust shalt thou return." So to recap why I think they're going to be in heaven, one, this is a clear reference to animals being in the new heaven and the new earth. So slam dunk there. They're going to be there. Um, also they were created before death entered the world. So you can presume this is how we're gleaning meaning. See how I'm like taking stuff and then I'm making a lot of inferences because there there's nothing to go on. This is how heretic reads the Bible. So we're the heretics today. Um, so since they were created before there was death, I can only presume that they were intended to live forever and also they're in the new heaven and new earth. So reason number two, they're originally created before death. And we have a clear snapshot of them in the new heaven and new earth.
Uh, let's look at reason number three. Animals were created for man not to be alone. And they were all named. Uh, so let's look at Genesis 2:18. "And the Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him and help meet for him.'" So once again, most people obviously this turns into God creating Eve. But what's he going to do before he creates Eve for man not to be alone? Let's look at it. Um, let's look at 19. "And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle and to the fowl of the air, to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found in him a help meet for him." So, what what I want to illustrate for you is they were created so he would not be alone and they're looking for help for him. They're supposed to be like his companions. And I think this naming of them is significant, which there's there's not a whole there's like nothing about this in the Bible as to why they were being named. But if you look at naming conventions throughout the Bible, names always are associated with significance. Um, they're they're changing people's names all the time. They're constantly calling places um by different names um based on events that happened there. Um, so I don't think when Adam is naming the animals, they're just like killing time. I think this is a significant part of creation. I think they were created for him not to be alone. They're supposed to be his companions. Um, and he's he's naming them. I I think they have significance. I don't think they're walking decorations. Uh, let's keep going.
Reason number four, we already touched on this one briefly. They are clearly in the new heaven and the new earth and will abide in God's holy mountain. This is probably the strongest um scripture that you know they're going to be there. You know, whether or not you're going to see your cat or dog is another story, but there will be animals in there. Um, so let's look at Isaiah 65:17. "For behold, I create new heavens and new earth, and the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind." Uh, so this is talking about end times, which we're going to talk about the same new heaven and new earth in Revelation. Um, and just if you're new to the Bible and stuff, Isaiah is way in the Old Testament and Revelation is the end of the New Testament. So, this this is a this is a long time coming prophecy. Um, so we're jumping ahead in Isaiah 65. "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bulock, and the dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord." So, there's the new heavens and the new earth. There's going to be animals there. They're back to what we saw in Genesis. They're not eating meat anymore. They're not killing each other anymore. There's no death anymore. So, you know, it wouldn't make sense for them to eat each other. They're all eating, you know, herbs and vegetables and stuff. Um, so let's I'll jump over here to earlier in Isaiah first. So, let's go to Isaiah 11. This is just the same prophecy about this stuff with the animals at end times or new heaven and new earth. New heaven and new earth is after end times. So Isaiah 11:5. "And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reigns. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together, and the little child, excuse me, I can't even read this morning. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together, and the little child shall lead them, and the cow and the bear shall feed. Their young one shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and the suckling child, excuse me, and the sucking child shall play in the hole of the ass, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the cockatrice den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." So once again, we have all the animals in end times. They're not killing each other anymore. They don't hurt people anymore. Uh, they are clearly involved in the new heaven and new earth, which I think, you know, strengthens my argument that these are not decorations. They're they have a significant role in creation. And all this is going to build up towards the end why I think you're going to see your pets again. But we got to lay some groundwork first. We're going to glean a lot of meanings today. Um, so let's jump over to Revelation 21:1. So we're back to the new heaven and new earth. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Um, so Revelation 21, we're following up with the prophecy way long ago in Isaiah. New heaven and new earth are coming. Uh, Revelation 21:5, just a few verses later from what we just saw. "And he that sat upon the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And he said unto me, 'Write, for these words are faithful and true.'" So, we have the new heaven and new earth. The animals are there. They're back to what they were doing in the Garden of Eden. They're not eating meat anymore. Um, I want to uh draw your attention to the holy city coming down out of God to the new heaven and new earth because we're going to get to um a verse from Ecclesiastes that people will use to try to say that um humans and animals are separate after they die. Um, but I want to be clear that the new heaven and the new earth like go together. So because it's just a spoiler, it's going to say the animal spirit goes to the to the earth but the human spirit goes to heaven. But I want to be what I'm inferring for you is I'm gleaning meanings like a heretic is that the new heaven and new earth are going to be together at some point. Um, so let's keep going.
Reason number five, this is actually a pretty strong one. King David thought the death penalty was appropriate for killing a pet goat. So let's look at this story. So just to to give you context of what is happening here. So King David just committed adultery with Bathsheba. She had her husband Uriah the Hittite killed. And now the Lord is sending Nathan Nathan to David to explain to him the gravity of what he just did. So let's catch up with that. 2 Samuel 12:1. "And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing save one little lamb which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together with him, and with his children, it did eat of his own meat, and drank out of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, dressed for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come unto him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man." Because David doesn't realize that this is a story about him. He thinks that this is a real story, that somebody really did kill this goat. And so David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan, "As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die, and he shall restore the lamb four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity." And Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man." Thus sayeth the Lord, God of Israel, I anointed thee, king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. So what what the message for David is is that the Lord's saying, I have given you literally everything. You're the king. You have everything and you took the one thing I the Hittite had and it's it's just an example he's using but I want to be clear for for the purpose of this presentation the Lord is the one using this example of a guy who raises a pet like it's his own daughter which people um, you know, make fun of people a lot because they have fur babies which I think the word fur baby is so cringe and weird but this is describing a fur baby. He he raised this thing. It ate of his table, drank of his cup, and was as a daughter to him. And David thinks that the person who kills this pet goat, hypothetically, should die. Um, so this is significant for a couple reasons. One, the Lord is the one giving Nathan the example of the guy with the pet as um an illustration for David, saying, "David, what you what you've done is so bad. I'm using an example of somebody's pet goat." Um, and also David, if you look at 1st Samuel 13, I'm not going to read these to you in Acts 13, um, it says in the Bible that David is a man after the Lord's own heart. So, this is where I'm gleaning meanings and starting to stretch like Stretch Armstrong. So, I'm trying to say that since David is the man after the Lord's heart and the Lord is the one that brought this whole thing about killing the pet goat to him that, you know, the Lord's going to have, you know, the same kind of, you know, inclination towards our pets when they die. So, if we love our pets and they are to us as children, I would think that the Lord would hold them in a higher regard than just any random animal out there on the field. Once again, I'm doing gymnastics um trying to trying to get trying to get my heretic um gleaning meanings out. But reason number five, the death penalty. King David thought the death penalty was appropriate for killing a goat, a pet goat, and the Lord was the one that that brought this whole thing into motion.
Reason number six, the Holy Spirit says in Proverbs that a righteous man regards the life of his beast. Let's look at Proverbs 12:10. "A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." So getting at here, which it's the Bible is directly comparing righteousness with caring for the life of a beast, with wickedness being cruelty to a beast. And if we look at first John 2:1, "My little children, these things I write unto you that you sin not. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." I mean, one of his many names is Jesus Christ the righteous. We have the most righteous person in the existence of reality who who's presiding over all these animals. And so my argument to you is that he regards the life of them far more than we do. Um, let's look at Psalm 50 just to illustrate that all the animals belong to the Lord. "Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine in the fullness thereof." So the Lord is clearly telling you he is the one that owns all the beasts. He owns all the fowls. He owns every creeping, crawling, swimming thing in the world. And he is the most righteous of us all. He regards their lives. Wicked people don't regard their lives. Um, so my stretching to you is trying to say that the Lord regards their lives. So that would this stretch to him regarding their eternal life? I mean, we saw before that they weren't intended to die in their creation. So, I'm thinking that he created them, saw their good, he regards their life, and this is how you break your back with Bible gymnastics. Um, this is another good one. Uh, Revelation 5:13. So, this one is pretty interesting. And this is just for context. This is right before they're about to open the seals and the white horse is about to go forth. So, this is this is this is Jesus Christ at end times opening the seals and all the crazy stuff that's about to happen in Revelation. about to happen. But right before this happens, what happens? Revelation 5:13. "And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever." So what I want to illustrate for you is that they're not walking decorations. They actually have the capacity to worship the Lord, which I think is obviously I I read virtually the entire Bible to my cat when I first read it cover to cover. I had my uncle John's big floppy leatherbound Bible and I would flop it open on a bed and he would come up and like lie next to it and I would pet him while I read the Bible. So, he's literally almost read the entire Bible, but I've never actually heard him himself praising the Lord. That that would be pretty unusual. So, it's difficult to say in in Revelation whether this is like literal, like they can literally praise the Lord in some capacity or some kind of metaphorical thing or is this something about end times? Who knows? Um, but I want to illustrate for you that the Bible has the animals in all the fullness of the earth praising the Lord. They're saying, "Blessing and honor and glory and power to him that sitteth upon the throne until the Lamb forever." Um, so I know if if I'm putting everything I can in my little scale to try to get the animals into heaven so I can see my cat again, I'm taking Revelation 5:13 with me.
All right, so let's go on to number seven. Animals and humans have the same breath and the spirit of the beast goes somewhere. It is not destroyed. Um, so first we're in Ecclesiastes and I want to show you Ecclesiastes 3. We're going to the virtues of controversy are at the end of Ecclesiastes 3, but I want to illustrate to you the beginning of Ecclesiastes 3. One, because it's just some of the best writing ever written, period, um, anywhere. Um, and also, it illustrates the poetic nature of Ecclesiastes 3 or the entire book of Ecclesiastes. So, it's really difficult to try to get some kind of bright line doctrine out out of this book when it's a very very poetic book. That's why when I talk about sound doctrine, you got to have clear statements of scripture, essays, parables, stories, like they all go together. But there's just nothing for this. You you can just kind of glean meanings here and there. But before we look at the the controversial parts of this, I just want to read this to you to illustrate the kind of book we're reading. It's very poetic. Ecclesiastes 3:1. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under under under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend, and a time to sow; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." So, one, just beautiful writing. Um, and two, this is a very poetic book. It's just important to understand the context what we're about to be reading. So, Ecclesiastes 3 towards the end of it. 18. "I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth the beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they all have one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?" So to get the big picture understanding of this I know it's saying that men are comparable to beasts but this is not literally saying that men have the same value of a beast. They're they're they're illustrating that all men are going to die just like beasts. Elsewhere in the Bible it is super clear that men have preeminence over beasts. I mean it would be absurd to come away with some other kind of take from this. Um, but to get Ecclesiastes as a whole at the very end of it which you know if I put more effort into this I would have put it for you at the very end of Ecclesiastes he talks about what is the whole duty of man and he says to fear God and keep the commandments. But the other thing he harps on over and over and over and over in Ecclesiastes is that you should be enjoying the fruits of your own labor. So to put an addendum on the conclusion of Ecclesiastes, your duty on earth is to fear God, keep the commandments, and enjoy the fruit of your labor. So when it says that um down here in verse 22, "Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for for that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be there after him?" That's what this is getting after. So it's saying you're going to die just like an animal. So, you better just enjoy what you have, fear God, and keep the commandments. Um, so hopefully we cleared that up a bit, but what I wanted to focus on is verse 21 here because people will use this to say that you um, you know, animals don't have any kind of afterlife. What I want to point out for you, one, this is extremely poetic. He's not making a bright line like Bible doctrine here. And also, the spirit of a beast goes somewhere. So if the spirit is going somewhere, it is not destroyed. And but people will say since the ma spirit of the man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes downward that they must be separated. You're not going to see your pet again. But my proposal to you is that the new heaven and the new earth merge together and there's obviously animals there. So I don't think they're precluded from going to heaven based on this verse at all. Um, so the good things we have from this this Ecclesiastes chapter is that the spirit of a beast goes somewhere. When your pet dies, their spirit goes somewhere. But we have to keep this in in context. This is more of my stretching and gleaning meanings because this is a super poetic book. You you can't you can't take any verse of this and just start scolding somebody with it. um because it's just so poetic and and there's nothing expounding on this as far as essays, statements of scripture, stories, anything illustrating anything. Um, so if we're gleaning meanings, we're just going to take what we can get and we're going to say that our pet spirit went somewhere and that the new heaven and new earth are going to be together. So we're going to just stab these heretics with a broken beer bottle who tell us that our pets aren't going to be with us.
Let's keep going. Reason number eight, God cares for the animals. This actually pops up all over the Bible. But let's check it out. So let's look at Matthew 10:29. "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, for ye are of more value than many sparrows." So once we have many verses confirming that men have an extreme preeminence over the animals. Um, and this is just another one. Um, but what I want to illustrate for you when it says, "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father." So that means every single sparrow that dies is in God's hands. I mean, he's not these aren't just like random decorations that nobody cares about. They're the fundamental part of uh creation. They were created. They're good. They were created by him. Um, they're obviously majestic and amazing. Like if you just look at all the animals in this world, like there's a lot of effort that went into it. It's not they're not decorations is is probably the thesis statement of of this presentation. Uh, let's look at Matthew 6:26. We're talking about some fowls in the more fowls some more. I can't speak. I stopped drinking caffeine. It was making me too nuts. So I'm I'm suffering. Matthew 6:26. "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" So once again making clear that human beings have preeminence over them. But it's telling you that these fowls, all these birds like they don't do anything. They they don't plan. They don't build like I guess they build a little nest. But what he's what he's saying is they don't have to worry about their affairs from day to day. Like God takes care of them. Um, so I think it lends to the fact that God is not going to stop taking care of them the moment that they're dead. But that's me gleaning meanings. Uh, so this is a weird one over here. Uh, Deuteronomy 25:4. "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." This is why it's so important to read your entire entire Bible because there's like no explanation for this until first Corinthians, which Deuteronomy is like the one of the original books that Moses wrote. And first Corinthians is in the New Testament. So, if you don't have a if you didn't read the entire Bible, you're going to be like, "What the hell are they talking about in Deuteronomy?" But let's look at um First Corinthians 9 and figure out uh what this is all about. "For it is written in the law of Moses, 'Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.' Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes?" For our sakes. No doubt that this is written that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. So what Paul is talking about in 1 Corinthians 9 is he's defending the right of the the apostles and the ministers of the gospel to receive material support from those they serve. And the ox and the corn becomes an example not to deny workers or their rightful share. So the let's look at um the ancient times here from Google AI. So in ancient times, the oxen would walk over these sheaves of grain to tread out the kernels. So what they were saying is as the ox are walking over this stuff, don't muzzle them so they can't eat of what they're producing. So like many things in the Bible, there's layered meanings to this. Um, I think the first one is regarding the life of the beast. They're just being fair to the ox because the ox is working. And so because the ox is working, he gets to enjoy some of the fruit of his work. So he gets to eat some of the stuff he's he's stepping on. Um, and then Paul is using this as an example because they're discussing, you know, the appropriateness of compensation for people ministering the gospel. And so Paul is using this ox as an example because in Paul's example, Paul is the ox and he's saying that he has a right um to receive compensation for the work he's doing. Sorry for this this rambling explanation, but long story long, God cares for the ox. The ox is unmuzzled because God felt the ox should receive compensation for his his service. And also, I mean, Paul is using in a totally different way to to refer to the ministers of the gospel, but there is a basic application for the ox in Deuteronomy. So, long story long, God cares for the animals. He sets them up. They don't have to worry about anything. He feeds them. They don't die without him. And God thinks that they should uh be compensated for their work. Um, so let's keep going.
Uh, the creatures and animals praise the Lord. Uh, we already touched on this briefly. Remember Revelation 5:13. "And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever." So we have the creatures and animals praising the Lord. I'm not going to go through all Psalm 148 for you, but if you look at Psalm 148, it's "Praise ye praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him from the heights." And everyone's praising him. The angels are praising him. The sun and the moon are praising him. The heavens, the water, uh the mountains, the hills. And what do we have in verse 10? "The beasts and all cattle: creeping things, and flying fowl." So, we have all the creatures and animals praising the Lord in two different places in the Bible. And so if we're gleaning meanings and we're being heretics and we're trying to get our cat into heaven, uh we're gonna we're we're gonna we're going to add um Psalm 148 verse 10 on our on our list. We're basically trying to we're trying to put as many verses as we can in the scale to tip the balance to see our pets again in heaven.
And finally, this is the best one. Um, so even if everything I said up to now was just complete garbage and we're just doing gymnastics, this one is not gymnastics. This is not garbage. Uh, reason number 10, God loves us and will give us what we ask for and will make everything better. Uh, let's look at Philippians 4:6. "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." I mean, this is a big thing in the New Testament and throughout the Bible is that, you know, you're God's children and you have that parent-child relationship with God. You know, ask ask things in faith, nothing wavering, and you shall receive. Let's look at Mark 11. Uh, Mark 11:22. "And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." So, I can plant my feet into this one to see my cat again. Um, because I believe God obviously has the ability to do that. And also consider for thousands of years, I mean, we we saw that example um when Nathan the prophet was telling David about the pet goat. But presumably for thousands of years, Christians have been losing their pets and then crying out to the Lord because they missed their pet and they want to see him again. And so I think I would I would not be surprised that there is a freaking heaven orientation program with your pet there. Would not even be surprised. Um, but yeah, you know, this is a major major thing in the Bible is asking for things in faith. And people will try to twist this the uh gosh, what do they call those lunatics that run around with money rags and stuff? Uh prosperity preaching. They'll be like, "If you donate a $100 to this church, God's gonna give you $10,000." Like that. That's not what this is talking about. Um, there there's other stuff which I get into it in the um the works um justification versus debunked um where Catholics talk about um mortal sins and stuff like that. It's talking about praying according to the Father's will. So if you pray outside of the will of the Father obviously you're not going to get it. So when it says whatsoever things you desire when you pray believe that you shall see them you shall have them. Doesn't apply to a pound of cocaine. You know, I can't pray to God for a pound of cocaine and have it appear in my kitchen. I mean, yeah, you have to keep in context the will of the Father, but related to the will of the Father, you know, animals bring out in us the best. We all sacrifice for animals probably even more than we should. People will sacrifice for their pets way more than they will for other people. Um, but animals bring out the best for us. They bring out unconditional love. I mean, praying for them to be returned to you is not outside of the will of the Father. Um, it's it would be absurd. Um, let's look at Revelation 21. Uh, "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new." And he said unto me, "Write: for these words are true and faithful." So finally in heaven, no more crying, no more death, no more sorrow. Everything is new. And I think this this lends itself to um what we were talking about with the animals coming back for the new heaven and new earth. Because they were created before death and now there's no more death. Um, I think that lends itself to them being with us in the end. And I think that's it.
Oh, these are some good resources. So, if you're watching this crying your eyes out because your pet just died. This book, The Loss of a Pet by Wallace Scythe, PhD, is fantastic. These two presentations, Pet Loss, Grief, The Pain Explained, uh by Sarah Hogan, DVM, and How to Cope with Losing a Pet by Dr. Scott Eers. These two presentations were absolutely great. And if you have small children, uh this book called When a Pet Dies by the famous Mr. Rogers. This is also fantastic. Um, these are probably far more helpful for you at coping with your grief than listening to my crazy ass on the internet. So, I I strongly recommend these. And that's it for us, guys. Um, thank you for watching. Um, if you're born again, I am 100% positive you're going to see your pets again in heaven. Uh, thank you for watching. God bless you all.