The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Praying for the Dead (Purgatory)

Hi jaf!

I for one among many would have to disagree with your assumptions concerning the interpretation of II Sam 12. To be sure there is nothing in that passage which speaks directly to the matter of the salvation of the dead child. May I suggest that David was not implying (at best) that the child was in heaven, but rather he was referring to the fact that the child was in the grave to which he too would eventually go and from which the child would not return. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/Ponder.gif" alt="" />

There has been much discussion/debate on this subject on this Board alone, never mind throughout history. Doubtless, there never will be universal agreement on the subject, if for no other reason than it is a very emotional one. My response is not meant to further the debate, since I have written more than enough on my view here already, but rather to address the exegesis of the passage itself and to offer another possible and plausible interpretation.

In His grace,