All Animals Saved

Version 5

By Mark Farquharson

Will All Animals be saved, or does the salvation only apply to mankind? Does God Love these creatures?, will God raise you pets which you love?

Some would say of course he will raise my pet if I ask. Pet owners who Love their pets, will of course want them raised from the dead. All these pets will be raised, God will not have you missing your pet. People who where Bad pet owners, will know how they treated their animal and will what it to have a better life. I can easily envision all pets being raised. You could go further and argue that people that worked at zoos and aquariums love the animals there, and would want them raised as well.

Does salvation then only apply to pets or to all creation. Why should pets be included and no other creature? Why should they miss out? Just because no one had them as a pet, they miss out? Does God only love the ones that where pets?

No I say, God loves all that he has created, all animals will be saved. I can almost hear the sound of someone protesting. How can this be? Surely all bugs will not be raised, that would be absurd? Yes I say all bugs, for they are animals after all. This is not absurd at all, why not all bugs, insects, and creepy crawls.

Some will argue that it is not in there at all. I would say that You have a case of “I don’t see it, therefore it is not there”. Just because you do not see that it says “all Animals will be saved”, does not mean that it is not in the book. Even if it is not in the book, {Which it is} it does not mean that the all animals are not saved. This does not rule it out, it is not ruled out anywhere in the book.

But surely if every creature is saved, the face of the New Earth would be fill of bugs, the animals would not all fit, mosquitoes would be a foot thick. Who said that they have to be all on the New earth? Besides the new earth will be much bigger than this old one. All the creatures don’t have to be on the new earth, there will be a whole range of new planets. A lot of insects live underground or will live on the numerous trees. Besides ants live in nests, bees in hives, and some species of termites live in mounds.

Thus why limit the salvation, why limit the power of God, the Love of God? Does God not have any Love for the rest of His creatures? Are animals not his creation?

Animals Have Spirits:

Some believe that it is only humans that have spirits, and therefore animals can not be saved, but what does the bible say?

Psalms 104:24 How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh! You have made all of them in wisdom; The earth is filled with Your achievements : 25 This sea, great and wide on all hands; The creeper is there, and it is numberless, Animals, both small and great; 26 The sea monsters are going there, The dragon that You have formed to gambol in it. 27 All of them look forward to You To supply their food in its season; 28 You supply it to them; they pick it up. You open Your hand; they are well satisfied. 29 You conceal Your face; they are filled with panic . You gather away their spirit; they breathe their last And return to their soil. {CLV}

Animals have spirits, for the scripture above says that Yahweh, God, gathers away their spirit and “they breathe their last And return to their soil.” Thus when it is time for them to die, God gathers their spirit. This means that they can be resurrected, because they actually have spirits. When humans die God gathers their spirit, and he does the same for animals. Humans will be resurrected, and animals can be resurrected as well.

God Nurtures the Animals:

Is God not Love? Does God not care for the animals?

Luke 12:6 "Are not five sparrows selling for two pence?-and not one of them is forgotten in God's sight. {CLV}

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens, that they are not sowing, neither are they reaping, for which there is no storeroom nor yet barn, and God is nurturing them. {CLV}

God nurtures the animals.

Also look at Psalms 104:10-31 here is part of it:

Psalms 104:21-31 21 The sheltered lions roaring for prey And seeking their food from El. 22 When the sun is radiant again , they gather away , And they recline in their habitations. 23 Then humanity goes forth to its deed s And to its service until evening . 24 How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh! You have made all of them in wisdom; The earth is filled with Your achievements : 25 This sea, great and wide on all hands; The creeper is there, and it is numberless, Animals, both small and great; 26 The sea monsters are going there, The dragon that You have formed to gambol in it. 27 All of them look forward to You To supply their food in its season; 28 You supply it to them; they pick it up. You open Your hand; they are well satisfied. 29 You conceal Your face; they are filled with panic . You gather away their spirit; they breathe their last And return to their soil.

30 You send forth Your spirit; they are created, And You renew the face of the ground.

31 May glory of Yahweh remain for The eon. May Yahweh rejoice in His works. CLV

El: Almighty, God.

The earth is full of Yahweh’s achievements and he does give to them, he gives to the animals, he cares for the animals, he rejoices in his works, mankind and the animals. He gatherest their spirit they expire, thus they sleep awaiting there resurrection. They are not just for our enjoyment, but also for God’s enjoyment also.

But where is it mention that All Animals will be saved?

Luke 3: 5 "'Every ravine shall be filled And every mountain and hill shall be made low, And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough places into smooth roads,...6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" {CLV}

Flesh translated from the word SARX, meaning any kind of flesh - beast, bird, reptilian, fish or human.

All flesh shall see the salvation of God, but what does all flesh mean?

1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one, indeed, of men, yet another flesh of beasts, yet another flesh of flyers, yet another of fishes. {CLV}

Not all flesh is human flesh, there are different types, human, beasts, flyers, and fishes. All flesh includes these different types of flesh, which means it includes all animals and humans.

This tells us that all flesh means every creature and all mankind. Thus all flesh, every creature shall see the salvation of God. Every creature can and will be saved. The passage in Luke tells us that ALL FLESH will be SAVED! How else will all flesh see the salvation if it is not saved? The passage in 1 Corinthians tells us that All Flesh does not just mean mankind, but actually means every creature, all creatures, All Flesh means every creature, it could not be plainer. It was right there all along, but like when you did not see the salvation of all mankind, before you knew it to be so, you did not see it, even thou it was right there, this is the same, it is right there. Is this not the only proof you need?

However some may not accept that all flesh does include animals, let look at usage from the Old Testament to do with the Flood in Noah’s day:

Genesis 7:21 And expiring is all flesh moving on the earth, of flyer, and of beast, and of living animal, and of every roaming animal roaming on the earth, and every human. CLV

“Flesh” translated from the Hebrew word: BASAR, meaning any kind of flesh - beast, bird, fish or reptilian or human, not just mankind.

Here “all flesh” includes all flyers, all land animals and all humans. Thus all flesh does include animals, not just humans. Thus the term “all flesh” is used to mean animals and humans. You will note in this verse it does not include sea creatures. This was because sea creatures were not going to be destroyed by the flood waters that were going to cover the whole earth. However 1 Corinthians 15:39 does include sea creatures, fish, in it’s definition of all flesh.

But was the Flood really worldwide? That is not the focus of this study, but this verse does say it was:

Genesis 7:19 And the water has the mastery exceeding exceedingly on the earth. And covered are all the lofty mountains which are under the entire heavens. {CLV}

The waters covered all the lofty mountains which are under the entire heavens, that is under the entire sky and space. How could it cover all the mountains under the heavens, but still be local? I will not get into further discussion here as it is not the focus of this study.

Gen 9:9-11 And I, behold Me setting up My covenant with you and with your seed after you. and with every living soul which is with you, with flyer and with beast and with all land life with you, with all faring forth from the ark, for all the land life. And I set up My covenant with you, that not cut off shall all flesh be in the future by the waters of a deluge, neither will there come a future deluge of water to wreck the entire earth. {CLV}

After the Flood God made a covenant with Noah, but not just with Noah. It was also made with every living soul which was with Noah, which included, flyer, beast and all land life. Thus all the animals on the Ark had a living soul. Earlier in Psalms 104:24-29, sea creatures were included in the animals that had spirits. Thus all animals, birds, land animals and sea animals have spirits and souls. All flesh was not to be cut off by a future deluge of water, which included all humans, flyers and land animals.

Gen 9:15-16 and I am reminded of My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living soul in all flesh, and there is not to come a future deluge of water to wreck all flesh. And my bow comes in the cloud, and I see it, to be reminded of the covenant eonian between the Elohim {God} and every living soul in all flesh which is on the earth. {CLV}

All flesh was not to be wrecked by a future deluge of water, this included all humans, all land animals and all flyers. These were the ones cut off and wrecked by the flood waters.

1 Corinthians 15:39 Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one, indeed, of men, yet another flesh of beasts, yet another flesh of flyers, yet another of fishes. {CLV}

Now you should see that all flesh is not just human flesh, but flyers, land animals, and fishes as well. And All Flesh, human and animal shall see the salvation of God.

ISAIAH 40:5 Then shall be revealed the glory of Yahweh,—And all flesh shall see it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken! REB

HOW WILL All flesh, ALL the animals see the glory of the Yahweh if they be dead? The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed to All Flesh, together, all animals and all mankind, how will at be revealed if they be dead?

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world; herald the evangel to the entire creation. {CLV}

Why is it that we are to herald to the entire creation, not just man? Why herald to every creature? The entire creation, includes animals, and demons. Entire creation, everything that was created.

Death Abolished:

Some people limit the death sentence, they say that the death sentence was placed upon Adam and his descendants, yes it was, but not just Adam and his descendants, but also onto the original created animals and their descendants also.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must be reigning until He should be placing all His enemies under His feet.

26 The last enemy is being abolished: death. {CLV}

2 Timothy 1:9 Who saves us and calls us with a holy calling, not in accord with our acts, but in accord with His own purpose and the grace which is given to us in Christ Jesus before times eonian,

10 yet now is being manifested through the advent of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, Who, indeed, abolishes death, yet illuminates life and incorruption through the evangel

11 of which I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher of the nations. {CLV}

Is death not to be abolished? If the animals stay dead, then how is death abolished? Does the Lord not abolished: death?

Death is to completely be abolished, all creatures are to be given immortality, that is, Life.

Revelation 21: 4 And He will be brushing away every tear from their eyes. And death will be no more, nor mourning, nor clamor, nor misery; they will be no more, for the former things passed away." 5 And He Who is sitting on the throne said, "Lo! New am I making all!" And He is saying, "Write, for these sayings are faithful and true." {CLV}

“Death will be no more, nor mourning, nor clamor, nor misery; they will be no more, for the former things passed away." God will not have you missing your pet.

Death will be no more, they will not be dead, they will be resurrected, and made new. God will make all new, the animals will have new immortal bodies, thus they will be made new.

All works will praise God:

Psalm 145:9 Good is Yahweh to all, and, his tender compassions, are over all his works. 10 All thy works, O Yahweh, will give thanks unto thee,—and, thy men of lovingkindness, will bless thee: REB

“men of lovingkindness”, translated saints in other translations.

All he has made, include all the animals, every living creature, Yahweh is Good to all, every creature, he has tender compassions over all he has made. They will not be dead, they will be praising God.

Psalm 36:6, Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep,—Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh! REB

The Hebrew word “yasha” is translated here “savest”. “yasha” means to be delivered, to be liberated, to give victory to, to save from moral troubles, be saved.

Beasts have not been saved in this life, the scripture states that Yahweh will save, when will Yahweh save the beast? How can it be saved if it is dead? Surely the only way is to raise it from the dead.

Mankind was given dominion over every living thing:

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,—and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land. REB

We humans are responsible for them, for their very wellbeing, we have been do a really bad job of it so far.

Christ gets blessing and honor and glory:

Revelation 5:11 And I perceived, and I hear a sound as of many messengers around the throne and the animals and the elders, and their number was ten thousand ten thousand and a thousand thousand,

12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lambkin slain To get power and riches and wisdom and strength And honor and glory and blessing!"

13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and underneath the earth and on the sea, and all in them, I hear also saying, "To Him Who is sitting on the throne-To the Lambkin-Be blessing and honor and glory and might For the eons of the eons!"

14 And the four animals said, "Amen!" And the elders fall and worship. {CLV}

The Lambkin, is Christ who was slain.

Here every creature says: "To Him Who is sitting on the throne-To the Lambkin-Be blessing and honor and glory and might For the eons of the eons!"

Every creature here is defined as every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and underneath the earth and on the sea, and all in them. That is to say all creatures in heaven and on the earth and underneath the earth and on the sea make the statement.