The idea that sin doesn't start or count until 13 yrs old attempts to address the issue of "accountability"! Some speculate that to be anywhere from 12 to 14 years old. God is merciful with the youth of our species. And apparently this gentleman seems to advocate annihilation as well. Rather than immediately after judgment, there seems to be a probationary period before this occurs. Thanks for the info, Sis :heart: TR Good point ... about David Reagan was addressing the issue of accountability by saying it was age 13. My mind was on the fact ... we are all sinners from birth. I got a feeling he is using the age of 13 because that is when the Jewish Bar Mitzvah is celebrated. Then you have these verses that I think the Lord considers under the age of accountability ... 19 and below ... Exodus 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. Numbers 14:19 Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. ———————- I heard some preachers say not all the children will be raptured out. Yet they believed if a child dies then they will go to heaven. Talk about confusing their congregation. And some teach the children will not get a glorified body at the time of the rapture ... they will have to grow up in the millennium and then they get a chance to make their decision. I'm not sure its a specific age, I was 8 when the Lord entered my life, and my life changed. Every child matures at different rates and once they hear the gospel and are able to make their mind up to accept or reject it, well I believe it may be different not a fixed age. I know for a fact by the age of 13 I was well beyond accepting the Lord in my life. Even babes can know and naturally love the Lord. But the point in time when the Lord will hold children accountable for their sins. I believe that it is 12 yrs of age when Jewish sages accept that children should be held accountable before the Lord, IE: Bar mitsvah. I'm sure that many who have understood the goodness of God and His forgiveness, have entertained the idea of annihilation rather than eternal damnation. We know that this cannot be the case with demons! But the promise of Hell as an eternal state we are all well familiar with. Whether there is room for an escape clause for humans apparently can be argued. But to my knowledge it is not so specified in the scriptures. Indeed this may be something the Lord might address at some time in the future?! But apparently on the basis of an eternal Hell, people have made their decisions to receive Christ, or rebel! I personally am not opposed to the idea! But I couldn't begin to second guess the Lord, or His heart on the matter! TR Ditto ... I was the same age. I agree ... each child develops at a different pace.
