Do all Babies go to heaven? YES

[Your closest friendnt]

15 hours ago, TrueFollowerOfChrist said:

Sorry, I guess I assumed everyone read the bible like I do. 

Well, there is not scripture specifically that addresses this issue either way, BUT we know how God feels about children. Consider David who KNEW he would see his dead baby again. How did he know? Because he KNEW his baby was in Heaven. 

With the New Covenant Abraham and his children were joined to the Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ..and they became heirs with Jesus Christ of Jesus Christ Heavenly Inheritance. Where someone can find Jesus Christ in the Heaven with the Heavenly Father that's where someone can find Abraham and his chosen children. 

***There is scripture that says that David was gathered to Abraham at the time of his death. About the baby is not what David said or anyone else said or anyone believed, but as the Israelites were at the time of David under the Sinai Covenant their Inheritance at death was with the Inheritance of Abraham (at the time of the reign of the Sinai Covenant over the Israelites) till the time of the death of Jesus Christ when God instituted the New Covenant with the blood of Jesus Christ.  

Genesis 15:15 . 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be 

Genesis 35:29

Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Numbers 20:24

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

15 hours ago, TrueFollowerOfChrist said:

Also, Jesus compared having "faith" like a child's and "becoming" like a child to get into Heaven. 

Finally, sending a child to Hell would definitely go against a loving God who doesn't want any to perish. 

***The children believe without doubts. 

Judges 2:10 

All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

Edited October 2, 2023 by Your closest friendnt

[Never Alone]

 

Heb 4:15

 

  ου      -    Not       γαρ      that     -       εχομεν    we   have       -        αρχιερεα      a  high   priest       -       μη     without        -       δυναμενον     ability   to    -        συμπαθησαι      sumpathēs - eh'-o        have  compassion      -       ταις     these      -       ασθενειαις      weakness  -       ημων       of   our   -       πεπειρασμενον      temptations     -        δε     also     -        κατα    upon         -       παντα    all   things     -       καθ    as -        ομοιοτητα    similar      -        χωρις    without      -        αμαρτιας   sin

 

    NOT   THAT  WE   HAVE   A    HIGH   PRIEST   WITHOUT   ABILITY    TO   HAVE    COMPASSION   THESE    WEAKNESSES   OF    OUR    TEMPTATION    ALSO   UPON    ALL    THINGS    AS    SIMILAR,    WITHOUT    SIN

 

Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like    as we are, yet   without sin.

 

"    as we are, yet  "    is  in  italics -    anyone know  why  ?

 

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Never Alone

[Bruce_Leiter]

"Predestination?" No, that is not why children go to heaven when they die. Yes, GOD does know who will and will not accept Christ as their Savior. But that is foreknowledge on the part of GOD, not predestination. Scripture teaches us, in Romans 8:28-30 "And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined He also called, those He called He also justified, those He justified He also glorified." First come the foreknowledge, then the predestination.

The reason that children go to heaven is because until they understand the law and the sin nature, they, because of GOD's Justice, are not held responsible and therefore have not sinned in the eyes of GOD. God is love and His concern for children is evident in Matthew 18:14 where Jesus says, “Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” People go to hell because they choose in willful rebellion and unbelief to reject God and His grace. Children are incapable of this kind of conscious rejection of God. Where such rebellion and willful disobedience is absent, God is gracious to receive.

The whole question hinges on the meaning of the word "foreknew." Is it mere knowing ahead of time or something else? Do a word-study of the word "know" in the Bible, when it involves two persons, and you'll discover that it means much more than foreknowledge. Adam "knew" Eve, and they had a child. It involves an intimate, loving relationship. As a result, "foreknew" really means "loved ahead of time," which is combined with predestined, called, justified, and glorified in Romans 8:28-30. This conclusion involves the Bible's definition rather than our culture's meaning.

I don't know whether all children who die go to heaven. I leave that decision in God's hands. I do know that according to Psalm 51 and Ephesians 2:1-3, we are all born in sin and that some unborn babies are given the new birth in the womb (Jeremiah and John the Baptist).