...Old Testament?
2007-03-11 11:53:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Meru: did you purposely not answer the actual question or is that an accident missed in translation?
2007-03-11 11:59:39 · update #1
All the innocent babies are with Him now.
There will be no more death and war there.
2007-03-11 11:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Evidently someone desired to make a point of using fear as a means of control even before Jesus came into the picture.
2007-03-11 12:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to some Christians, no babies are innocent since they are born with Adam's sins. So, I guess being born was reason enough to have an angel of death visit, be drowned, etc.
2007-03-11 11:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question. But, all babies go to heaven, so they got to skip the horrible life part as a whole and go to beautiful heaven. Basically it was like a get out of sinful earth for free coupon!
2007-03-11 11:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by j;eaojtoig;45jho;54ihu;45hujt54 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
...ummm, the O.T. is just a "drop in the bucket" but try to remember this... "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord" (chapter and vs. if you want it.) God gives and God takes away... it's His to do that... remember too that "this" is not heaven... Jesus Himself told that to Pilot when He was questioned by him... If God has allowed a child to come back to Him... it's for the better... His ways are not our ways... His thoughts are higher then our thoughts.....
2007-03-11 12:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many struggle with the Old Testament accounts of the wholesale destruction of some nations and cities by God. God destroyed the whole world civilization of Noah's day by a flood (Genesis 6:13) and whole cities by fire, such as Sodom (Genesis 19). In other cases, He ordered the destruction of Canaanite cities by the armies of Israel (Deuteronomy 7:1-2).
It is important to remember that, while God is a God of love, He is also a holy God, separate from sinners and perfect in righteousness, justice, and purity. The powerful seraphim are pictured as flying and calling, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty" (Isaiah 6:3). Judgment against rebellious and indifferent sinners is inevitable, apart from repentance, "for the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23a).
God had endured the idolatry, child sacrifice, and moral corruption of the original inhabitants of the land of Canaan for centuries. When He gave the land to Israel and ordered the destruction of the Canaanites it was both judgment on a people hardened against God and protection for Israel lest they be drawn into the corrupt life of the land's inhabitants. Our difficulty with these acts of judgment is closely associated with our failure to comprehend the purity of God and the sinfulness of mankind, including ourselves. According to the Bible, we all deserve not only physical death but eternal punishment—apart from the death of Jesus as our substitute. Our only hope for escaping the wrath of God is through repentance from sin and by faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord. In the words of Jesus, "Unless you repent, you too will all perish" (Luke 13:5)—stern words from a God who is patient with our failings. "[The Lord] is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9).
Many people decide that the seemingly senseless acts of God's judgment are a valid reason to reject Him. But this is a serious error. Because God is just, He cannot excuse sin or act somehow as if it did not exist. But because God is also loving, He does not want us to have to endure the punishment we deserve for our sins. We do ourselves no good by thinking we have a greater sense of justice than God Himself. We must surrender to this truth: "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23). You cannot save yourself from God's judgment—but Christ can, and He will as you commit your life to Him by faith.
2007-03-11 13:16:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well really when babies die they didnt have enough knowqledge to choose between God and Satan so I believe the y go to heaven.Well really God didnt kill those babies and children, the people did.
2007-03-11 11:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by Meru 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They got "not" God's wrath, but rather the deeds of "men"!
2007-03-11 11:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no one ever said that that life was
fair.
check out the things that are happening even
today.
It will and will always happen.
just get yourself to heaven and get
the answers.
2007-03-11 11:57:39 · answer #9 · answered by retta 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were born to Sinner parents.
Yea, Bible logic sucks.
2007-03-11 11:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by [192882] 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋