My dear child,
You have lost your beloved pet and your heart is aching. Your grief is real, and I do not take it lightly. Others have told you there is no biblical proof that animals have souls which makes your pain even worse. Your heart tells you there must be more but you don’t know what to think. Be encouraged; there is evidence in the Bible that you will see your pet in heaven.
Before the world was fractured by sin, animals lived in peace. They were not food✽ and they were not hunted or feared. Animals did not even eat each other. Only the evil of humans brought an end to the Garden of Eden and death into the world. In the Garden of Eden, animals existed alongside mankind in harmony Could it be that this was a glimpse of eternity?
My servant Paul wrote, “Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. … If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body” (1 Corinthians 15:39-44 BSB). This seems to say, fairly plainly, that animals have physical bodies, and that anything with a physical body also has a spiritual body which will be raised.
Consider Balaam’s donkey who saw the angel (Numbers 22:21-39). She carried not just a prophet upon her back, but spiritual understanding beyond Balaam’s. She spoke, revealing wisdom beyond her human companion. By her own will, she turned aside from destruction. By her own words, she confronted blindness. I did not speak through her—I merely opened her mouth, and she cried out her own emotions, her own discernment. Her voice spoke out what he could not see, and through her obedience, My purpose was fulfilled. Does this not show sentience? A soul?
Did I not create animals as companions for you? Before Eve, I formed them as helpers—beings of thought and personality, walking alongside mankind. Though Eve was Adam’s perfect companion, the creatures I formed were still created to be companions. Animals are souls capable of love, trust, and joy.
And when I return, I will come riding upon a great white horse (Revelation 19:11)—a steed from the herds of heaven, waiting for this moment. Have you considered: If there is one, might there be more?
My child, I do not cast away what is pure. The scriptures tell you that the lion will lie down with the lamb, that children will play beside the cobra, and no harm will come to them (Isaiah 11:6-9). In My restored Kingdom, innocence is not lost—it is embraced. The laughter of children echoes through eternity, and the gentle creatures that walked beside them do not vanish, but remain. If these souls share in the renewal of all things, then surely, they have always been meant to live on.
You may hear voices that say otherwise, words of doubt that dismiss what is written plainly. But I tell you this: Love does not die. What has been shaped in love is never lost. Your beloved friend is not gone—they are held in the hands of the One who carries the lambs close to His chest. And one day, when all things are made new, you will see them again.
With love beyond measure,
Jesus
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