Mark 10:13-14 (The Message)

13-16The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: "Don't push these children away. Don't ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. Mark this: Unless you accept God's kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you'll never get in." Then, gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing on them.

Mark 10:13-14 (ESV)
Let the Children Come to Me


13(B) And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples(C) rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, (D) "Let the children come to me;(E) do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

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A good friend of mine brought this verse to my attention and I have been thinking about it alot since we discussed it. If you notice in the Message, they translate what Jesus says about children as being the "center" of the Kingdom of God.

So we began to discuss if there were going to be actual infants and children in heaven? Children that had died in birth, in utero, children who were murdered and aborted children.

I have read the "Heaven" book by Randy Alcorn and he addresses this question. In his book he says that he believes Christian parents who have lost a child will be reunited with them in heaven to raise them! And that all the murdered and aborted children will be given to people to be raised in heaven!

Now, I have to say that I am on the fence about this particular subject but it has been at the front of my mind since last night.I think that it's a beautiful thought that our Lord would allow those parents to be reunited with their lost babies. It chokes me up to think of that really. Mothers able to hold their babies, rock them, comfort them. Lost babies who were tossed away at birth given to new mothers/fathers.

There are some theologians who believe that we'll all be around the age of 30 in heaven. If you think about it, what would heaven be like without children? Is this directly connected to why Christ says we must be like children to enter the Kingdom of God because there will be no more children?

I'm torn on this subject and I think it will be something I ponder for a while.

With love,
Mar