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@realJennaEllis I bet Judas was a beautiful child. Yet, he was the "Son of Destruction," eternally predestined to betray Jesus.
John 17:12 // "I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled" (See also Acts 1:16-20).
Some thoughts on children who die and their eternal state.
If children are born with the nature of the "old man," are there not only two options for what happens if they die in the womb or in infancy?
1. Their "old man" with a sinful nature remains and they go to hell.
2. Upon their death, God sovereignly chooses to make them a "new man" and brings them into His eternal presence.
Does the child only receive the nature of the "old man" after they personally sin? If so, what was their nature before that?
Even if you say a child is merely born with a nature "inclined to sin," will anyone be in heaven with a nature "inclined to sin?"
How does anyone possessing the nature of the "old man" enter into the eternal presence of God and live? And how is someone made a "new man" who is incapable of personal choice unless it's based on God's sovereign election?
*For the record, I believe option 2 for a variety of biblical reasons.
Jesus did not commission his disciples, 'Go on crusades and agitate the nations.'
Instead, he charged them, 'Go and make disciples of all nations.'
It is my prayer that today's Christian Crusader March is faithful to this difficult and biblical call.
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My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in expressing your dogmatism about your own personal eschatological view or position, please be especially careful not to conflate eschatology with soteriology, as if eschatology is salvific. Needless to say, it is not. So, though you do have freedom to hold to a particular eschatological perspective, you would do well to guard against making eschatology, in and of itself, that is, as a doctrine, out to be something it is not, and thereby make it a qualification for salvation. For as Charles Spurgeon said in his 1887 sermon, The Lord’s Knowledge, Our Safeguard, “We may make our prophetic charts if we like, but God will follow his own chart.”