animals after death
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19For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity. 20And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
7and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.
6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
10In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
6The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them. 7The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake. 9They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.
10The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
7Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.
21Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
25The wolf and the lamb will pasture together. The lion and the ox will eat hay. And dust will be the food of the serpent. They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
4And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more. And neither mourning, nor crying out, nor grief shall be anymore. For the first things have passed away.”
30and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.
13And every creature that is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and all that is within the sea: I heard them all saying: “To the One sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing, and honor, and glory, and authority, forever and ever.”
19For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope. 21For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God. 22For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now; 23and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body. 24For we have been saved by hope. But a hope which is seen is not hope. For when a man sees something, why would he hope?