This indicates not only David’s assurance of his own future in heaven (Psalm 23:6), but also the assurance that his child would share that future. When asked about this behavior, David uttered the words recorded in 2 Samuel 12:23, “Now he is dead why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” David’s words reflect a clear understanding that the child could not come back to earth, but David would be with his child one day in heaven. When the child did die, David got up from praying and fasting and ate something. David then began to fast and pray, asking the Lord to not carry out His judgment. David was informed by the prophet Nathan that the child produced by that union would die. In 2 Samuel 12 we learn of David’s affair with Bathsheba, another man’s wife. The first key is from the only passage in the Bible where something specific is said about the death of infants.
Although the Bible does not mention abortion or aborted babies, we do have two keys to help us unlock the answer to the question of whether the souls of aborted babies go to heaven. It is clear from the Scriptures that an unborn baby is known by the Lord, even from the time of conception (Psalm 139:13-16). Abortion as we know it today was not practiced in biblical times, and the Bible never specifically mentions the issue of abortion.
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