In the newspaper was a story about a couple and their dog, a Lab, seven years old. The dog and the couple were devoted to each other. This dog got lung cancer, was successfully operated on but after several months the cancer came back and the dog passed.
I have written about this subject somewhere else but this sad story made me return to a question that I had never fully answered. The question: will we be reunited with our pets in the hereafter?
The answer I give myself is the answer I think to see confirmed when I join pets and loved ones in the hereafter. And that statement implies I believe in life being forever. Not only for people but also for animals. Which brings up another subject for a hefty debate namely do pets go to a hereafter and there continue their lives.
If you expect an authorative answer to these questions from me you will be sorely disappointed. I have no real, true answer. But I would like to hear from any readers who will want to join the quest in a thoughtful manner.
Alex H
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I think there's a possibility for such a reunion. But saying so depends on a robust idea of "new creation." Too often, we think of "heaven" as the end-all be-all. But the Christian idea of "new creation" means that the entire world will be remade. People on it, sure, but also a full reordering of the whole place.
ReplyDeleteSo while I'm not sure we'll see Nero and Ravel and Bunny and Blauser, I'm pretty sure that with the new creation we'll see all sorts of happy canines running about.