Pastor Mark Driscoll has said he’s not sure if babies and young children who’ve died are in Heaven, including his own child. Driscoll, pastor of Arizona-based Trinity Church, said in a daily devotional on Thursday that the Bible “does not answer” the dilemma, but wrote that “we can trust the God who died so that His enemies could be saved to do what is right in the case of infants who die.” The pastor revealed that he and his wife, Grace, have also had to face the question, given that one of their children was never born.
“Grace and I enjoy five children. We would have enjoyed six but, like many couples, we suffered a miscarriage. Because we love children, it was very difficult for us, and I often tear up when I talk about that loss,” Driscoll wrote.”Our children and friends have asked me what I think happened to the baby and whether or not I believe the baby is in Heaven. My simple answer is that I do not have a clear biblical answer as much as I have God who is a loving and gracious Father whom I trust,” he added. READ MORE
The mistake here is the assumption that when we die we go to heaven to begin with. Is there a definitive passage of scripture to support this or is there just tradition to go by. When David mourned the illness of his baby and when he dies, David rose and washed himself and ate. When asked why he is doing it backwards, David said that he will go to where his baby is. And the Hebrew, in fact all ANE, thought on the dead is supported by the view that when we die we go to Hades. This is where we all go when we die, awaiting the resurrection so that those who are alive at the final trump will see the dead in Christ rise first and then be transformed. It is really that simple.
Allistair,
Wrong, read the BIBLE. Jesus said today you will be with me in paradise. Lazareth was in heaven the rich man in Hades. Do your research in Hebrew. Hades was an actual place in Jerusalem. It was a burning place for garbage. The Jew could relate to this place. Old testament people who died in belief in the Lord went to heaven. Elisha and Elijah were taken to heaven.he Mount of transfiguration is another example. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. How could this be if they ere in Hades?
Learn to rightly divide the word of GOD. Otherwise you will be judged accordingly, misrepresenting God the creator.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Mark Driscoll is a fool!
Chris twist, how fitting is the last name to Twist the scriptures.
Can we please move on from Mark Driscoll.
Every human being before they are ever conceived in their mother’s womb, already has their name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life before one of their days on this earth ever came to be! This is why Psalm 139:16 proclaims, “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in YOUR BOOK they all were WRITTEN, The DAYS fashioned for me, When as YET there were NONE of them.” (NKJV) (emphasis added).
And, it is for this very reason why when babies are aborted or children die before they are old enough to choose Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and live their lives for Him, they will still go to heaven! It is because their names are already written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
In fact, before Jesus went to the cross at Calvary and shed His precious blood for the forgiveness of our sins, He clearly states that our names are already written in heaven which is substantiated in Luke 10:20 in which Jesus says to us, “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather REJOICE because your NAMES are WRITTEN in HEAVEN.” (NKJV) (emphasis added).
To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Seems simple enough to me
I do believe babies go to Heaven. I lost a daughter to crib death (s.i.d.s) I also had 3 miss carriages in my life. One day, I had a near death experience and as I saw myself go thru my bedroom roof and into a starry night, when I got to the top of what seemed like an escalator, my grandmother was waiting for me there. She took me into a small room with tall shelves and the shelves were full of babies. I recognized my daughter and took her down and held her for a moment. My miss carriages were there too but they were babies with wings. I felt happy because I knew that my babies were in Heaven waiting for me. There is much more to this vision, but I’m writing about the part that pertains to babies.