I Shall Go to Him

Looking out across the molten core of the earth from a place in the lower mantle

And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’ But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”

(2 Samuel 12:22-23) NKJV

In his grief over the loss of his first child with Bathsheba David says, “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” It’s taken to mean that David will one day go to heaven to be with the child, whereas the child, in heaven, can’t return to the Earth.

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July 18th

The Age of Accountability

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

(Psalms 51:5) NKJV

There’s no age of accountability in the Bible. Children aren’t innocent up until a certain age. The right to a legal safe abortion should be guaranteed, but each one carries with it the loss of a soul. Then we have it on our conscience.

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