But what if I like my children and don't want them to die because I've abandoned them?

"Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." Mark 10: 29-31

Again, there seem to be a risk/reward venture with regard to Jesus and the afterlife. Sure, I could ditch my elderly mother, but maybe I'll get a hundred times better mother in the afterlife. Tough call. If only the Bible presented a clear message that all could agree on and understand.