[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Amazing facts devotion: WILL BABIES WHO DIE BE SAVED IN GOD’S KINGDOM?

[Shelly Duffy]

WILL BABIES WHO DIE BE SAVED IN GOD’S KINGDOM?
August 24, 2021 

Average reading time is about 5 minutes


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We don’t have a specific answer to this question in the Bible, but some believe that infants will be saved based on a story that took place near the time of Christ’s birth. 

“Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: ‘A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more’ ” (Matthew 2:16–18). 

It’s a terribly sad story and shows the horrible lengths to which Satan went to destroy the Son of Man. Mothers who lost their babies sobbed because their children were “no more.” But does this mean they will not see them in the resurrection? 

The Old Testament foretold this tragic incident in Jeremiah 31:15. In speaking of the return of the exiles from Babylon, God spoke to mothers who lost children while being taken into captivity. The Israelite route passed through Ramah, and Matthew applies this reference to the mothers in Bethlehem who also cried for their children. 

Notice what the next verse says: “Thus says the Lord: ‘Refrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded … and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. There is hope in your future, says the Lord, that your children shall come back to their own border’ ” (Jeremiah 31:16). Could this be fulfilled in a greater sense, like many of the Old Testament prophecies, when Jesus returns? 

I personally believe it is a reference to the future resurrection. When I consider the tender regard Jesus had for children, it is easy to picture angels carrying infants, raised back to life at the resurrection, and placed into their mother’s arms. 



KEY BIBLE TEXTS 
"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18:3





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Shelley Duffy