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GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The Bible does not give any explicit teaching on whether pets/animals have souls, or whether pets/animals will be in heaven. However, we can use general biblical principles to develop some clarity on the subject. The Bible states that both man ( Genesis 2:7 ) and animals ( Genesis 1:30 ;  6:17 ;  7:15 ,  22 ) have the “breath of life”; that is, both man and animals are living beings. The primary difference between human beings and animals is that humanity is made in the image and likeness of God ( Genesis 1:26-27 ), while animals are not. Being made in the image and likeness of God means that human beings are like God in some ways; they are capable of spirituality; they have a mind, emotion, and will; and part of their being continues after death. If pets/animals do have a soul (or spirit, or immaterial aspect), it must therefore be of a different and lesser quality. This d

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The topic of dinosaurs in the Bible is part of a larger ongoing debate within the Christian community over the age of the earth, the proper interpretation of Genesis, and how to interpret the physical evidence we find all around us. Those who believe in an older age for the earth tend to agree that the Bible does not mention dinosaurs, because, according to the old-earth paradigm, dinosaurs died out millions of years before the first man ever walked the earth, so the men who wrote the Bible could not have seen living dinosaurs. Those who believe in a younger age for the earth tend to agree that the Bible does mention dinosaurs, though it never actually uses the word  dinosaur . Instead, it uses the Hebrew word  tanniyn , which is translated a few different ways in our English Bibles. Sometimes it’s “sea monster,” and sometimes it’s “serpent.” It is most commonly translated

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The key to understanding the relationship between the Christian and the Law is knowing that the Old Testament law was given to the nation of Israel, not to Christians. Some of the laws were to reveal to the Israelites how to obey and please God (the Ten Commandments, for example). Some of the laws were to show the Israelites how to worship God and atone for sin (the sacrificial system). Some of the laws were intended to make the Israelites distinct from other nations (the food and clothing rules). None of the Old Testament law is binding on Christians today. When Jesus died on the cross, He put an end to the Old Testament law ( Romans 10:4 ;  Galatians 3:23–25 ;  Ephesians 2:15 ). In place of the Old Testament law, Christians are under the  law of Christ  ( Galatians 6:2 ), which is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The greatest commandment in Scripture is this: “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” ( Deuteronomy 6:5 ). Going back to verse 2, we read, “So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.” Following  Deuteronomy 6:5 , we read, “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (vv. 6-7). Israelite history reveals that the father was to be diligent in instructing his children in the ways and words of the Lord for their own spiritual development and well-being. The father who was obedient to the commands of Scripture

GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Almost two thousand years ago, Truth was put on trial and judged by people who were devoted to lies. In fact, Truth faced six trials in less than one full day, three of which were religious, and three that were legal. In the end, few people involved in those events could answer the question, “What is truth?” After being arrested, the Truth was first led to a man named Annas, a corrupt former high priest of the Jews. Annas broke numerous Jewish laws during the trial, including holding the trial in his house, trying to induce self-accusations against the defendant, and striking the defendant, who had been convicted of nothing at the time. After Annas, the Truth was led to the reigning high priest, Caiaphas, who happened to be Annas’s son-in-law. Before Caiaphas and the Jewish Sanhedrin, many false witnesses came forward to speak against the Truth, yet nothing could be proved