by Bill Stevens

What about babies and little children who die?

Will they be in Heaven?

What about babies and little children who die? What about the mentally handicapped and those incapable of understanding the Gospel of Jesus?  These are innocents.

When one of these terribly unfortunate situations happens and there is the earthly loss of a child, they are welcomed into Heaven immediately. Jesus loves the children!  They are not babies any longer either. They are who God made them to be but in their Heavenly body.  There is great comfort in this!  Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”” Matthew 19:14 (ESV)  God is a just and loving God.

Will they look like babies or children?  They will not look like babies or little children, but they will look like themselves at their “perfect age.”  There is no age or aging in Heaven, but those who die as babies and little children will become the perfect age for them. Ultimately, we all will all be changed to have a body like Jesus.

The great Apostle John said it this way “Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:2 (ESV)

Jesus “will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own.” Philippians 3:21 (NLT)