The dog lover’s heaven
Jim West goes pop over Oprah’s dog and fulminates that
1- Pets die, like plants. They have no soul so they simply cease to be.
2- Don’t waste your money on a pet funeral. Dump them in a large garbage bag and toss them in the landfill.
There is more in that callous vein … but Jim, Jim, surely it’s obvious to you
- that in heaven, the Lord God himself will be their [our] light — Rev 22:5 RSV (Rottweiler’s Standard Version)
- that indeed in the New Jerusalem, the Lamb is its lamp — Rev 21:23 GNB (Greyhound’s New Bible)
- and yet the Lord graciously kits out his heavenly realm with seven golden lamp-stands — Rev 1:12 ESV (English Setter’s Version)
Isn’t it obvious: these lamp-stands are not needed for light, yet God has wonderfully provided for the relief of dogs in the world to come!
July 21st, 2007 at 9:23 pm
And of course Revelation 22:15 is not about pet pooches but about male prostitutes, as in Deuteronomy 23:18. The problem is, if the Church of England decides to let the latter into heaven, or at least into its priesthood, will it have to exclude the former?