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1 | Age of accountability? | OT general | Freeatlast | 223964 | ||
I find when David says in 2 Sam.12:23 "can I bring him back again?" he is referring to life, so when he says "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." he is referring to death and the grave. To assume he means heaven based on the fact David was going to heaven is nothing more than an assumption. As far as the point at which a child reaches accountability is a debatable question. But in looking at the issue logically at what point in a child's life does that child reach the point of manhood? We are Christians and our heritage as Christians is based in Judaism. We worship the God of the Jews as well as the Messiah of the Jews so why would we not also understand that the becoming of age and responsibility was at his Bar-Mitzvah. Not that we have to perform a Bar-Mitzvah but only the recognizing the age of 13 as the age of accountability. A 13-year-old Jewish boy, considered an adult and responsible for his moral and religious duties. Jewish ritual celebrating a boy's 13th birthday and his entry into the community of Judaism. It usually takes place during a Sabbath service, when the boy reads from the Torah and may give a discourse on the text. (popularly translated as "son of the commandment"). The attaining by a boy of his religious adulthood and responsibility on reaching the age of 13; thereafter, he is counted in the prayer quorum (Minyan). The Mishnah (Avot 5:21) states that 13 is the age for observing the commandments (mitsvot). The term bar mitsvah ( "bar mitzvah" in the usual English spelling) appears five times in the Babylonian Talmud (BK 15a [twice]; BM 96a; San. 84b; Men. 93b), but in each case the reference is merely to someone obligated to fulfill the precepts of Judaism. The term utilized in the Talmud for a 13-year-old boy is bar onshin --- one who is responsible and punishable for his actions. This relates to the legal distinction that at age 13 the male child becomes liable for his own transgressions; no longer does his father bear this responsibility. (Basically the same for a girl) Bat-Mitzvah . . . . . Answers.com Freeatlast |
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