No One Can Talk to a Horse, of Course, That is of Course, Unless the Horse is the Famous Mr. Ed!

The other day I shared with you the wonderful experience of watching all the deer at play.

It got me to thinking about animals in general, how they are now, and how they must have been before the fall of mankind.

The relationship must have been vastly different. As any of you with pets can attest, they seem to have more of who they are trapped inside them.

Apparently the first animal that was killed was done by God Himself when He did so to cover Adam and Eve after they sinned.

Symbolism of what was to come, that blood sacrifice was the first of many until Christ Himself became the final one.

And it appears that we did not eat animals, nor they each other, until after the flood.

Best I can tell, the only killing of animals before then was for sacrifice. And maybe they continued to kill them for covering, I don’t know.

But it seems Noah certainly had a way with animals, and the animals seemed to hold no animosity toward each other.

And it is after the flood that God tells man he can eat animals. (Genesis 9:3) It’s as though over the years, the bond became weaker and weaker.

I know things will be quite different on the New Earth and in the New Heaven. I am excited to see what kind of relationship we will have with our four legged friends.

We know it will be peaceable. They will be peaceable toward one another. The Bible tells us as much.  The wolf and the lamb will feed together, the lion will eat straw like an ox, they will neither harm nor destroy…the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together.

Will they talk? I want them to! After all, the Bible says that God opened Balaam’s donkey’s mouth, allowing her to speak her feelings. She saw things in the spiritual realm the man could not.

What would you do if your ass spoke to you?

Balaam didn't seem to be the least surprised that his spoke to him.

 There are living creatures who never stop praising God right this very minute. The original word for them is ‘zoon’ which is usually translated in other Biblical scripture as the word animal. But because it sounds so strange to say animals are praising God 24/7, most translators of the Bible settled for the word creatures.

Anyway, I am guessing we will all be vegetarians in Heaven. But I am also guessing it will be food delicious beyond our wildest imaginations.

And to think: Me, the biggest lover of a T-bone steak, won’t even mind.

In fact, I’m looking forward to it.