WOW, in all my years here at Doves I don’t think I’ve ever read a
letter as cruel-hearted
& mean & lacking in biblical knowledge as Rick Hedrick’s
letter on how all children will (may)
be left here ~ to be rounded up &
“slaughtered”.
Folks, if anyone should be IN THE BIBLE -- reading &
understanding it, it’s Christians!!
The Blessed Hope IS FOR CHILDREN,
too!!!
If anyone believed what Rick was presented as the truth, I can see
you being cast into fear &
then not even **WANTING** the rapture to happen!! ~ who, in his/her right mind would want
to go on to heaven & leave very young kids on the earth to
have to fend for themselves?
…“Sorry, Johnny ~ I’m
SELFISH & interested only in what’s going to happen to MEEEEE!!”…
HOPE: the happy anticipation of something
good!!
It would not be hope if it did not include the children of
believers [and most
likely
all very young children]; and, it certainly
would not be “blessed”!!
The children (under the age of accountability) of believers are
under the authority of
their parents, who are under the authority of the Lord. God would not take you away
from your innocent child only to give your child to the unbeliever
. This goes against
everything that is taught in the Bible.
1 Corinthians 7:14 says, "For the
unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife,
and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your children
unclean; but now are they
holy."
Passover night, in Exodus 12, is a perfect picture of the
Rapture. All the first born inside
the house, where the blood was applied on the doorposts, were
spared. If they would have
chosen to go outside and not believe God's word, they too would
have perished. So they
were saved by believing & doing what they were told. But the
children, under the age of accountability, were spared because their parents
applied the blood upon the doorposts
of the house (because the parents believed God's word).
And again, consider the Scripture I already presented here at
Doves 2 days ago:
Folks, this IS the rapture!!
Joel 2:16
Gather the
people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children
and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his
chamber, And the bride from her
dressing
room.
It says nothing
specific about whether the children are children OF believers only ~
or of BOTH believers AND unbelievers.
Now, you’re going to
have to do your own research (and praying) on that, as I cannot
really say one way or
another.
But yes, there is an
“age of accountability” which is really different for each
child.
Proverbs 20:11
Even a child is
known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and
right.
I want to think that
children under the AOA of unbelievers will be raptured, too ~ and
that this may be the
catalyst as to why so many will come to faith DURING THE
TRIBULATION!! ….
When multitudes too numerous to count turn to Jesus….[Rev.
7]
It may well be b/c they just had their
child/ren ripped out from them & they know this is
the only way they will
ever be united again!!
Here’s a link that
provides excellent information as well:
http://www.learnthebible.org/q_a_children_in_the_rapture.htm
And a little insight by
John MacArthur: ~ I esp. like the part
about David’s son (too young to
have made a decision
for the Lord! ~ WENT TO HEAVEN!!)
Now its my personal
conviction, my personal belief that in the rapture every child that is
too young to have made a
conscience, willful, rebellious, sinful rejection of Jesus Christ will
be taken to be with the
Lord. I believe that it would be just the same if a little child died
before he reached that
age; he would instantly go to be with the Lord. David’s little boy died
(2 Samuel), he says, "He
cannot come to me but I shall go to him." He knew where he was; he
knew he was in the
presence of God. I believe when the rapture happens all the little kids that
are under the age where
they made a conscience, willful, sinful, rebellion against God, where
they willfully turned
their back on him, I believe the Lord will just take them right with us.
You say do you believe
that about the children of the unsaved parents? Yes, that’s just my
personal opinion cause
the Bible doesn’t say. http://www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/1301-A-5.htm
And remember friends at
Doves: the rapture is to be a COMFORT
and a HOPE to us!! ~
not a FEAR and FRET
…… And dread and hyperventilating in
worrying if young children
are going to be
raptured!!
AMEN!! Looks like all is good to go for a SOON
RAPTURE!! Be COMFORTED in knowing
it IS
soon!!
Reva
As also pointed out,
unfortunately, children WILL be born during the tribulation & they will
miss out on the
rapture, of course. We should pray for them "NOW" & what they will have to
go
through -- surely that
is too heartbreaking to even think about.