Bible Question: Do babies and little children go to heaven at the moment of death? |
Bible Answer: Hi Nolan! A highly charged question! I'm no longer quick to say yes. I see the pattern of God's dealing with man in Scripture. The Flood - men, women and children; Sodom and Gomorah - men, women and children, the conquest of Canaan - men women and children. Contrary wise, when God shows grace and mercy, it's with the individual and his seed or family. We see this with Abraham, Rahab the harlot, in the covenants made with David and Phinehas, etc., and finally Christ (Isa 53:10,11). In the NT, God says the children of believers are holy. No such word is given for the children of unbelievers. Parents make choices for which their children also bear the consequences, witness Adam and Eve: Through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men (Rom 5:18). |