do children go to hell?

Answer 1

What will happen to young children at Armageddon?

The Bible does not directly answer that question, and we are not the judges. However, the Bible does show that God views the young children of true Christians as “holy.” (1 Cor. 7:14) It also reveals that in times past when God destroyed the wicked he likewise destroyed their little ones. (Num. 16:27, 32; Ezek. 9:6) God does not want anyone to be destroyed, so he is having a warning sounded now to benefit both parents and children. Would it not be wise for parents to pursue a course that would result in their children being looked on with favor by God both now and at Armageddon?

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it? And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place? Of course not!

Yet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

If you understand the true meaning of Hell, then you will know that everyone that death takes, goes to Hell.

Definition: The word “hell” is found in many Bible translations. In the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words that are sometimes rendered “hell”; that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words? The Hebrew she’ohl' and its Greek equivalent hai'des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge'en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).

Acts 2:25-27, KJ: “David speaketh concerning him [Jesus Christ], . . . Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,* neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (The fact that God did not “leave” Jesus in hell implies that Jesus was in hell, or Hades, at least for a time, does it not?)
Does anyone ever get out of the Bible hell?

Rev. 20:13, 14, KJ: “The sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell* delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.” (So the dead will be delivered from hell. Notice also that hell is not the same as the lake of fire but will be cast into the lake of fire.)

Answer 2

I believe it is the uniform testimony of Scripture that those who are not capable of making a decision to receive Jesus Christ, and who have died, are now with Christ in heaven, resting in His tender arms, enjoying the sweetness of His love. There are numerous factors supporting this viewpoint.
It is highly revealing that in all the descriptions of Hell in the Bible, we NEVER read of infants or little children there. Only adults capable of making decisions are seen there. Nor do we read of infants and little children standing before the Great White Throne judgement, which is the judgement of the wicked dead and the precursor to the lake of fire (Rev 20:11-15). The complete silence of Scripture regarding the presence of infants in eternal torment militates against their being there.
Jesus and the children. As we examine instances in which Christ encountered children during His earthly ministry, it would seem that children have a special place in His kingdom. Jesus even said, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Mat 18:3) He also said, "Whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me (verse 5). I don't think there is any way someone could read through Matthew 18 and conclude that it is within the realm of possibility that Jesus could damn such little ones to hell!

Answer 3

have you ever seen Jesus Camp? The camp chief talks approximately little ones as though they have been infantrymen and says which you would be able to scare them into believing till now they turn 12 or some thing. they are greater desirous approximately numbers (aka money) than the wellness of those little ones. that's frightening what some people will do.

Answer 4

hey pink,
hell is no more. the Light has overcome and "washed" that realm away. satan, as we call him, and his dual ("feminine"), has returned home. he is the prodigal son (we are all echos of him). all people will come back to another life until they are through the process of enlightenment - "God will have all [men] to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth". elightenment meaning the progress of living by love and only working for good or "in the Light".
whether you are a child or not, your spirit being is eternal. You loose nothing spiritually going from one life to the next (this, to me, explains child prodigies - just a side note).
God will be receiving all in the same way, "did you seek good and to put away evil?". He will not ask you, "well, were you a 'presbalutherunitarian of the sections of the declarers who witness that they have the only way'?" ; ; ; )
you will have enough time and rest to consider every aspect of your life in that two fold question in a place that is spiritually constructed by what you did in your life. you will then move onto the next life when you are ready and all is agreed.
being a baby, the however-mature spirit being has not "traveled" far from it's recent realization period and wouldn't need any time in between before "being born again" (this *is* what Jesus was talking about, not just paul's spiritual reference explanation). this spirit would be put "back into the game" as quickly as possible even for the sake of more quickly passing (ie forgetting) the extreme event of infant death, which can effect it as much as it does us of course.
if you have doubts about reincarnation, you're not alone. i put the idea away completely because of notions like.... that cow could've been uncle fred... and others. but in listening to audio versions of the bible (probably hundreds of times- i just traded my music time for it and it built to that quickly) i finally picked up and understood the words of Jesus.
when the people where questioning Jesus, whether He was the Christ, the Son of God, they said, "if you be the Christ, the son of the living God, should not have elijah come again first?" (the prophecy was that elijah was supposed to come back from the dead somehow to usher in the Christ). and Jesus said, "indeed he has come again, and they have done with him what they will (~they~ had, by this time, cut off his head). if you can receive it, john the baptist has come in the spirit and power of elijah."
real reincarnation, not man to beast. real purpose, that none would eternally remain in any sort of hell. pray for the dead when you remember them. when they die for God to receive them into His care and your remembrance in love (not over grief) of them will actually help in their progress, or, at least, will help not to hinder.
hope this helps
gt

Answer 5

I don't think it is a question of age...are they children at heart and knowledge? God knows what is in each of our hearts and how capable we are at making the "right" choices, He will judge accordingly. There are fifty-year-olds who are "children" and there are fifteen year olds who know exactly what they are doing and are capable of making "adult" decisions.
Besides, we as a culture decide who is a child. In some parts of the world one is a child until they are 18, in other parts of the world you are an adult at 10. God will decide.

Answer 6

In the catholic school I went to, we (as children) were told we would go to hell for missing mass on Sunday or any "holy day of obligation". We were also told all kinds of stories of children going to hell. I don't believe it now. I know it was part of their emotional terrorism to get us to do what they wanted. (And yes, we, as children, had to give "donations" too.)

Answer 7

Never..Jesus said "unless we become as little children, we will not see the Kingdom of God". Children have not reaced the age of accountability.

Answer 8

That's a pretty vague question.

Babies, no they don't.

Teenagers, I'm sure some do.

God makes the right decisions about things like that and we can trust Him to do the right thing. Remember God is lots smarter than you and me.

Pastor Art

Answer 9

All Human Beings under the Age of Accountability---IF they Leave the Earth for good, GO TO HEAVEN.
GOD Almighty RECREATES their Spirits and takes them back Home to Planet Heaven.

GOD Almighty don't miss a one of them!!!
And, they are waiting to see their Parents too!!!
Let's don't dissapoint them!
They Still Love their Parents. Jesus Saves!
Ditto.............

Answer 10

Well if babies are killed before they are actually born I believe they go to heaven because they don't know anything. God saves them. And some children don't know better either. It depends on their age and such