In Memory of Lee

As a response to the many people who have asked me to send them the scriptures proving animals have spirits and will be in heaven I have written some scriptures below:

If Jesus is coming back on a white horse as the Word declares, I do believe there are animlas in heaven.

Here is the scripture where God said He is going to require an account from every animal:

"And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man." Genesis 9:5

How could He demand an accounting if they did not have a spirit? (and they do) Clearly this scripture states they will give an account as we will.

Many scriptures prove how important they are to the Lord (they are His and He made them and loves them) and they will be in heaven.

Here are a few more:

Job 12:10 states, "In whose hands is the soul of every living thing."

Revelation 5:13, " Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”

How much more clear can it be?

Consider Genesis 9:9-17 how many times God emphasizes He is making His covenant with Noah and his descendents (us) and "every living creature!" When He mentions His covenant, He never omits to include every living creature! "Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 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.”

So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

People were so wicked God was sorry He made them in Genesis 6:6 He said, "The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain." Genesis 6:9 says, "This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God." Noah and his family were saved while everyone else perished. Look how many animals were saved. Consider how big God told Noah to make the ark to accommodate them.

A dear Christian friend, Virginia Armstrong, who is a saint and 90 plus years old now (God had blessed her with longevity), who spent her life helping and loving people and animals gave me a book once entitled, "Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates" by Gary Kruz. He proves through the Word that animals will be in heaven. It was first my Grandfather then also later her life and example that lead me to the Lord. My Grandfather lead me to the Lord from a child then when I moved to Malibu after graduating from Tulane, God had Virginia there. Another friend told me of another similar book by F.J. Wintz “I Will See You in Heaven” stating the Bible supports they will be with us in heaven. She told me of this book not knowing the following had just happened:

Having just lost a great dog, a beautiful pit bull, with an incredible spirit that I rescued on my way to church just one week ago who had been hit on 1-10 and left to die in the storm, God has comforted me with knowing I will see him again. He was His. His back was broken and his vertebrae and spinal cord obliterated. He had sat stoically in this condition for at least four hours on the side of the interstate in the storm. He never growled, never whimpered or complained or showed aggression. He showed only love to everyone who came near him. He clung to me and had only one question in his eyes, "Why?" He showed incredible fortitude, strength and love in the face of his intense suffering.

Yesterday when he went home to be with the Lord, Virginia's book "Cold Noses At the Pearly Gates" appeared (even though she had given it to me 14 years ago) with the comforting scriptures that I would see him again. God is faithful and He comforts all who mourn and gives us strength to continue on to do His will.

God is a merciful and just God. He holds the scales and will balance all injustices. Part is what He has given me to do in Isaiah 61:1, is "...He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted..."

There are so many of His like this beautiful pit bull who die daily at the hands of cruel and unjust people. God sent them to be our companions and a blessing, instead many die daily mercilessly at the hands of the wicked, cruel and negligent. Proverbs 12:10 explains, "A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."

I will continue to bind up the brokenhearted which I have never seen more strongly than in this pit bull I picked up off of 1-10 whose broken heart showed in his eyes but who loved unconditionally until his last breath in spite of the injustice and cruelty he had suffered on this earth at the hands of negligent and cruel people. I will never forget him or the many others. I will be doing a segment on WBRZ in Baton Rouge next week entitled "Stop the Suffering".

And I will never stop binding up their broken hearts and seeking justice for all who have no voice, animals and people.

Pastor Cascille Hammack

World Faith Outreach Ministries

www.worldfaithoutreach.com

In loving Memory of "Lee" named after the storm he sat in for four plus hours, after being hit on 1-10 in Baton Rouge on Sunday, September 4, 2011 and went to be with the Lord Friday September 9, 2011 as a result of his injury.