Secrets from Beyond The Grave

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. --Romans 8:19-21, KJV The important word here is creature , which is used thirteen times in the King James Version. Three examples of scriptures that use the word creature are as follows. In 1 Timothy 4:4, Paul wrote: "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving" (KJV). The word is used in Galatians 6:15 (KJV) of those who became "a new creature" in Christ Jesus, referring to those who have received salvation through Christ. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, we read: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature" (KJV). It is obvious that the word creature can allude to animals and also to humanity that receives Christ. The newer translations say it this way: "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation . . . " In the context of Romans 8:19-21, Paul mentions the creature delivered from bondage and entering the liberty of the children of God. Redemption of the soul was purchased for humanity to make us "sons and daughters of God." A second passage often quoted to teach that pets will be in heaven is Luke 3:6: "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." The word for "flesh" in the Greek can be used of both the fleshly body and the flesh of animals. However, in the Old Testament, the word flesh is used of an animal only after the animal is dead. The Old Testament used the word flesh when describing the sacrifices that were offered on the altar at the tabernacle, including the lambs, rams, oxen, and other sacrificial animals. When the Bible predicts, "I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh" (Acts 2:17), this alludes to all nations of people, including sons and daughters and servants and handmaidens--not to the animal kingdom. A third passage referenced in the theory of the beast kingdom being raised is found in Psalm 36:6: "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast" (KJV). The world of humans and most pets have several things in common. Most pets are mammals--blood creatures, just as humans have blood. The "life of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev. 17:11). The word nephesh is often translated as "soul" in the Old Testament. It is the "life force" in both humans and mammals. Both humans and mammals came from the dust, and both return to dust at death. Both are given the "breath of life"; however, there are two different words used for "breath of life." In Genesis 2:7, when God breathed into Adam the breath of life, the word for "breath" is neshamah , meaning "breath, inspiration, soul and spirit." God actually imparted into Adam's clay body both a soul and spirit, which gave him earthy life and life beyond death. In Genesis 6:17, at the flood of Noah, all flesh that had the breath of life was destroyed. This Hebrew word for "breath" is ruach , which is translated in the King James Bible as "wind," "breath," and "spirit." In the Flood account, this "breath of life" was the physical breath that ceases at death in both men and animals. What Happens at Death?

For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals,