King David's son

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So, does Scripture say King David’s son was in Heaven? Or does the translated word actually mean Sheol, or something else.
 
exiled said:
So, does Scripture say King David’s son was in Heaven? Or does the translated word actually mean Sheol, or something else.
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Which son? He had a few of them! OT term would be Sheol which you go down to- not up.A belief in a happy afterlife and a belief in resurrection don’t come into full fruition until around the time of the Maccabees-the Intertestament Period( the time between the testaments) Sheol has much in common with the Greek belief of a shadowy afterlife as portrayed in the Odyssey
 
Yeah, it certainly makes you reconsider whether God really cares as much about the rights of the unborn as people say he does, considering he snuffed out the life of David’s child for something David did.
 
tonsofquestions said:
Yeah, it certainly makes you reconsider whether God really cares as much about the rights of the unborn as people say he does, considering he snuffed out the life of David’s child for something David did.
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My mistake, David’s child was born already. Though it still an innocent infant, just like an unborn baby.
 
tonsofquestions said:
My mistake, David’s child was born already. Though it still an innocent infant, just like an unborn baby.
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This is much in tone with the ideas of the day- sins of the father are visited on the children etc. Ideas of vicarious punishment start to shift slowly but they do shift. It starts to really change under the prophets particularly Ezekiel
 
juliamajor said:
This is much in tone with the ideas of the day- sins of the father are visited on the children etc. Ideas of vicarious punishment start to shift slowly but they do shift. It starts to really change under the prophets particularly Ezekiel
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So God’s ideas of morality change? He bases them on the ideas of the day?
 
Tom said:
What happened to the child after death? Did the soul of the child go to heaven or hell?
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If you’re asking me, I don’t know. What would the significance be either way?
 
I just got the idea that you were saying that the death of a child would make you think “God really cares as much about the rights of the unborn as people say he does”. If the soul of the child was taken into heaven, why would you think God didn’t care? Do you think going to heaven is a bad thing? Something unjust? I just don’t understand your logic if you do. Perhaps you didn’t intend this meaning, that’s why I’m asking.
tonsofquestions said:
Yeah, it certainly makes you reconsider whether God really cares as much about the rights of the unborn as people say he does, considering he snuffed out the life of David’s child for something David did.
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tonsofquestions said:
My mistake, David’s child was born already. Though it still an innocent infant, just like an unborn baby.
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So do you consider it unjust to go to heaven?
 
Tom said:
I just got the idea that you were saying that the death of a child would make you think “God really cares as much about the rights of the unborn as people say he does”. If the soul of the child was taken into heaven, why would you think God didn’t care? Do you think going to heaven is a bad thing? Something unjust? I just don’t understand your logic if you do. Perhaps you didn’t intend this meaning, that’s why I’m asking.

So do you consider it unjust to go to heaven?
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So if I killed a baby that had just been baptized, that would be a good thing, because the baby would go to heaven?
 
tonsofquestions said:
So if I killed a baby that had just been baptized, that would be a good thing, because the baby would go to heaven?
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NO… it would be a bad thing… because GOD is the one who decides who goes to heaven not you… that the baby goes to heaven is because of God’s will not yours… in this case your will would be evil…

God provides and God takes away as he wishes… he is GOD… He decides when everyone on EARTH is born and when they ALL die… not just babies…
 
Andrea22 said:
NO… it would be a bad thing… because GOD is the one who decides who goes to heaven not you… that the baby goes to heaven is because of God’s will not yours… in this case your will would be evil…

God provides and God takes away as he wishes… he is GOD… He decides when everyone on EARTH is born and when they ALL die… not just babies…
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Why would my will be evil? I am performing the act with the intention of ensuring the baby will go to heaven. Is that evil?
 
anEvilAtheist said:
God says murder is wrong.
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I know, I wasn’t saying I would actually perform such an act(especially since I’m not even sure I believe in heaven), but if it’s wrong to murder people, why does God do it?
 
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