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Animals in Heaven and the Millennial Kingdom

I believe dinosaurs will be in the millennial kingdom and in heaven, too! We know from the Scriptures there are good things in heaven and there are animals in heaven. And we know God can restore human bodies, so why would exotic/extinct animals not "be delivered from the bondage of corruption," too? They are His and He preserves both man and beast. And if even the lowly sparrow has a place near His altar, why not His bigger creatures? And when His kingdom comes, His "will be done on earth as it is in heaven" where there are already animals.

At the very least, one would think that there would be dinosaurs after the MK, in the new heaven and earth when the Lord will make all things new and remove all sadness (including, presumably, sadness over not being able to see/interact with dinosaurs, if such sadness did exist). However, it seems much more like the Lord to have restored desired animals (pets, too) to His children in heaven already and the MK as soon as it starts. After all, He delights to give us things that bring us joy. And nothing is impossible with the Lord.

There are many good things in heaven
Ps 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
1 Cor 2:9-10 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"--but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
1 Tim 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Animals=Good
Gen 1:24-25 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

There are creatures in heaven
Rev 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Rev 19:14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

Restoration of bodies/Delivery from bondage
Phil 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
John 5:28-29 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned."
Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

The animals are all His
Ps 50:10-11 for 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.

He preserves both man and beast
Ps 36:5-6 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.

Even sparrows have a place near His altar
Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Ps 84:1-3 . . . How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young--a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

Heaven's blessings to be mirrored on earth
Matt 6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

No death, no sorrow/All things made new
Rev 21:4 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.

The Lord delights to give us good things
Matt 7:7-11 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"
Ps 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Rom 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Eph 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ps 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Nothing shall be impossible with God
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

A warning to all parents here, of even young ones in elementary school:

I had no idea or had never even heard of this charlie charlie game until Lucid posted about it here. And thank you so much for doing so! image

I don't know why, but as I posted the response here yesterday I felt within me a prompting (by the Holy Spirit I'm sure) to talk to my youngest daughter about this. She has just recently turned 9 years old and is in 3rd grade. I asked her had she ever heard of or played the charlie charlie game. She looked back at me, surprise in her eyes, and said why, how do you know about it, and kind of like she thought she was in trouble (by me).

I told her that she is not in trouble but that it is a very serious thing and that I needed for her to be honest with me in her answers. She told me about the game, which you can look it up if you google it (it's apparently quite the 'thing' to do right now and is taking the internet by storm and especially with young children), only she told me at the end of it they had to break up the pencils. She told me that she herself had never played the game but that she has watched her friends playing it, both at school and in our neighborhood (neighborhood kids she hangs out with range in age from 5-12). She told me that she has also looked at you tube videos of people doing it and that her friends talk about it a lot. She then brought up another 'game' her friends play, the Bloody Mary game.

I question seriously whether or not she has indeed played herself and just doesn't want to tell me but she insists she herself has not. We've watched the silly horror/paranormal movies before which come on lifetime network (I've been watching while she walks in and then starts watching and she has asked about horror movies and things like that and I've always told her that it's not true, it's all fake, just a movie, not real, etc...). She told me she thought the game was the same thing, that she knows there are real demons just as there are angels of the Lord but that she thought was just a game. I explained to her that the only one we ever talk to, pray to, ask questions, the ONLY one we ever go to is Jesus. I didn't want to scare her too badly but I made it clear that demons are very real and by playing such games, that it is NOT a game at all and that once a demon has any kind of hold on a person's life, that person's life could be made very difficult. I told her never again is she allowed to even watch her friends play the game and if they are doing it she is to tell them that she is a child of Jesus Christ and to turn and leave. I told her to tell her friends that they shouldn't be doing what they are and to make clear to them the evil that they are messing with and that they are messing with Satan. After our talk we prayed together, for forgiveness, for strength to not fall to peer pressure, and that any damage already done, any presence of any demon we rebuke in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Later in the evening, as she was on her ipad, she asked me was it ok to just watch videos of it but to not actually do it and I said NO Angelina! Not ok! And we talked again and let's just say I'm pretty sure I put the fear of God into her (if that is what it takes to keep her away from this occult garbage that is obviously very prevalent among children and in our schools, then that is what it takes). She has promised me and Jesus not to ever again do the charlie charlie game, to watch, to participate in any way and the same with ouija boards, tarot cards, fortune telling, and just anything that gives her a feeling in her spirit that she should not be participating in. (We talked about that feeling, which is the Holy Spirit within us which just tells us that we are doing something we shouldn't be and she did say she felt that feeling and also why she became upset and thought she was in trouble as soon as I asked her about the game.)

A warning to all out there, sit down with your children and talk to them about this. I've never really sat Angelina down and talked to her about demons, occult, ouija boards, etc. We only talked about Jesus, did devotionals, read from the Bible and I never thought was a need to make her aware of such evil at her young age. Obviously, I was wrong. No matter how young they are, talk to them and make them aware of the evil that is out there, and that with social media as it is, is so easy for them to fall prey to. image image image