What Happens To Children At The Rapture & During The Tribulation
When it comes to the rapture of the church, which I believe happens BEFORE the tribulation, I believe all children who haven’t reached the age of accountability will leave in the rapture. All babies would definitely leave in the rapture. They are safe when it comes to their soul.
Here are a few quick verses about why I believe this.
2Sa 12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2Sa 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
This is David speaking about his baby that died, the baby ISNT coming back, but David is going to him. Obviously David was going to paradise to see his baby again. This proves that a baby is safe when it comes to his soul.
In Luke 18 Jesus said…
Luk 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Jesus Christ is saying that the child is part of the kingdom of God. This proves they are safe.
Now Paul is going to show you the process of how you go from being safe as a child into being under the wrath of God.
Rom 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Paul was “alive without the law.” When he was a young child he had no idea he was sinning against God. However when the “commandment came”…sin revived and he died! Once he realized that his wrong doings were sins against God he reached the age of accountability.
Rom 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Rom 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
So before you reach the understanding that you need salvation because you have sinned against God…your safe. This isn’t a certain age. It happens differently for different people God knows the heart. For this reason all children who haven’t reached the age of accountability will leave at the rapture
Notice how david saw his sin in Psalm 51…
Psa 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psa 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
At the rapture all born again Christians will leave out of this world. The lost will be left behind. Now after the rapture as you know the tribulation takes place. I believe in a 7 year tribulation period. A lot of great men would make it more or less and that’s fine. But we would all agree that People will still be going on with their life and having children. There will be babies born AFTER the rapture. Matthew 24 is the definitive chapter on the tribulation. Jesus Christ is laying out for the disciples an outline of the trib. He says something very significant…
Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
This proves that women will be with child during this time. Going by this verse it will be a hard time in the mother and the CHILD!
The tribulation is going to be a very hard time. Think about how hard it will be for a woman to have a child and to get it what it needs during the antichrist system of buying and selling only with the mark of the beast.
Think about how hard it will be for a woman with child to be on the run. As we talked about last week, if there is a scenario where a person or child is forced to get the mark…the child who hasn’t reached the age of accountability is SAFE. He will not face the wrath of God for it.
People have got it in their minds that men go to hell who have the mark WITHOUT EXCEPTION. However it says they who worship the beast and his image and whosoever “RECEIVETH” the Mark has no rest day nor night. Those are the ones who go to hell. A child who doesn’t even understand sin obviously doesn’t have the sense to worship the beast and receive his Mark willingly. A conscience decision goes along with the damnation. It isn’t just the mark. So the scenarios where a person is held down and given the mark would go under the same category. That is a scenario that might not even take place.
It seems you’ll either willingly receive the mark, get beheaded, or stay in hiding.
Since the tribulation is most likely going to be around 7 years…most likely the majority of kids born during that time won’t even reach the age of accountability anyway.
With this being said there are also other beliefs that a child might be left behind at the rapture to face the tribulation if both of his parents are lost. However if one of them is saved, they will get to go in the rapture. The verse to prove this is…
1Co 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
I don’t hold to that belief personally but when it comes to these teachings I’m not going to be too dogmatic.
When it comes to these topics it is one of those situations where I trust the LORD to see the hearts of people and children and I trust and believe he will do right.
The verse that comes to mind is in Genesis.
Gen 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Many times questions arise in our mind about what is going to happen to our children if the LORD came back in the rapture today. We just have to trust and believe “shall not the judge of all the earth do right?”
Can People With 666 Tattoos Be Saved?
The quick answer is yes. The simple answer is that there is that there cant be a “mark of the beast” if the beast isn’t even here yet.
Notice that the mark doesn’t show up until after the beast has made his presence known.
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Also you have to remember that the mark of the beast shows up in a completely different period of time than what you are in now.
Any preacher will tell you that if you take the Mark of the beast than your damned for eternity. However, not all of them will admit this is a WORK! In the tribulation a man must abstain from willingly receiving the mark or he is DOOMED. There is nothing you can do today that would automatically damn you but there is in the tribulation.
A good majority of preachers say salvation in the tribulation is “just like it is today.” That makes zero sense. God raptures all Christians out before the tribulation begins. Christians make up the body of Christ. If people are put into the body of Christ after the rapture than what was the point of him taking his body out to begin with? And if a tribulation Saint isn’t a member of Christs body than salvation IS NOT the same.
Also remember that the Holy Spirit operates much differently in the tribulation. Not only does he not “baptize you into the body of Christ” but he doesn’t “seal you unto the day of Redemption.” Those are things that happen to us today and those things are what makes it impossible for us to commit some type of “unpardonable sin.” A person could have 666 tattooed all over their body and still believe the gospel and go to heaven just like any Christian. It isn’t “of works.” Ephesians 2:8-9 says it perfectly.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
If a person is damned for getting a tattoo than salvation is faith and works.
The person asked a question regarding works that you do after salvation. He is worried that his works after salvation have something to do with keeping the salvation.
The good things and bad things you did before salvation are a different issue than your salvation. It has nothing to do with it. The good and bad things you do after salvation are a different issue. They have nothing to do with your salvation. In the book of Galatians Paul is trying to show them that doing good works ARE NOT what keeps you saved.
Gal 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
He is saying….having begun in the Spirit(meaning they are saved) are they now “made perfect by the flesh?” Do you keep yourself saved by living a good life? No way. You can’t live good enough to get saved and you can’t live good enough to stay saved.
There isn’t a sin you can commit today that will damn you other than dying without believing on Jesus Christ. In the tribulation it is different because there is a sin that can damn you.
