Secrets from Beyond The Grave

or cats in the West. However, there are nations with strong Christian populations where it is permissible to eat dog and cat. I know this is very sad, and I have difficulty writing it, but it is true. Now the logical issue is this: if an uncivilized tribe in a South American jungle were to eat a human (which has happened), it would be cannibalism; if a person were to eat the flesh of any creature considered a pet, would this be cannibalism? There is the biblical concept of what is a clean and unclean animal. God would not allow the Hebrew people to eat certain animals that were classified as unclean or allow certain animals in or near the temple because of their "unclean nature." One of those creatures was the swine. In Judaism, and also among Muslims, a pig is considered an unclean creature. Jews totally avoid pork and pork products, and some Muslims go as far as to believe that contact with pork can defile a person and hinder his or her access to paradise. If a swine is to be considered an unclean animal and a person has a pet pig (which some have) that passes away, would the Lord allow an animal in heaven that He told His own people to avoid? There are numerous theological and practical questions the idea of pet resurrections brings up that honestly cannot be answered. While it is interesting to quote the historical opinions of popes, scholars, and animal lovers, after more than forty-five thousand hours of studying, I cannot find a clear indication that animals are resurrected at the Rapture, as some are teaching. According to the prophecies concerning the future, we will only be in heaven for a brief period of time (some suggest seven years), and then we will return to rule with Christ for a thousand years (Rev. 20:1-4). At that time on the earth, there are lions and lambs and even serpents, and the curse on the animal kingdom is removed: "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,

The lion shall eat straw like the ox,

And dust shall be the serpent's food.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,"

Says the LORD.

--Isaiah 65:25

During the future rule of Christ, we continue to see animals in the millennial kingdom, such as the wolf and lamb feeding together. What About My Pet at the Rapture?

There were two examples of judgment that came to the earth that are compared to the time of Christ's return. The first was the days of Noah, followed by the days of Lot. The Flood brought destruction to all living things. Lot saw four out of five cities destroyed, and apparently all life in those cities perished. Noah, however, was commanded to take both clean and unclean animals into the ark to preserve the animal kingdom for future generations: And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.