Why we are the enemy of children: Understanding Christian love

 Many parents think they love their child, but do they really? Many think of children as the enemy, with conventional parenting being geared towards an adversarial setup, based on punishment and control. This was not the case in the biblical context. Hebrew parents were the enemy of their children, and not the reverse. 

An adult is to be ashamed of his or her existence in relation to children, as every single adult is guilty for said existence in relation to children, and thus deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for their adversarial existence to children. We as adults need to surrender in the form of pro-social self-crucifixion in relation to children, knowing that we know nothing about what it is like to be a child, thus admitting ignorance over the needs of children, submitting and uphearing to the lawful command of their every vulnerable need, with Christian love and devotion, as denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο.

There are several passages denoting honoring parents. It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, as this is the first commandment with promise; May it be well with thee, and thou mayest live upon the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to anger, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Adults will always be adversaries to children, as children will always be somewhat dependent on adult power and control. However, the reverse in terms of adversarial systems will never be true - children are not the enemy. We are their enemy merely for existing with drives that mean them harm, meaning all of us and not a select few with a unpopular mental health diagnosis. However, the Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to surrender to parents out of trust and love, referring to providing custody. It is providing for children while admitting power and control over children, namely an entitled nature, as well as ignorance as to what it is like to be a child. Provisions are handed to children based on that ignorance, meaning we know nothing about the needs of children apart from what they share, verbally or non-verbally, as we as adults hate children for our mere existence, with capabilities such as disciplinary and/or sexual entitlement to harm a child. We are all capable of abuse and harm towards a child.

The Greek root word translated "discipline" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to exemplary discipline in a parent, namely in the form of co-regulation, where a parent is self-disciplined and self-controlled in relation to children. This involves allowing a child to show their big feelings to parents, then validate with reflective listening, like a soundboard. The word also refers to religious and moral instruction from a parent, with Socratic reasoning, in a way that allowed for the child's input. Discipline then was exemplary in nature, and included instruction in the Law for boys aged 6-13. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to limits and boundaries for children, meaning rare and not backed up by punishment or control. The word "no" was about how harsh it got in most Christian homes, as the Greek root word παροριζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to God's definition of child abuse, namely the slightest of personal slights perceived by the child, and commandments like these to the Early Christian churches were intended to crack down on corporal punishment by Greco-Roman parents, namely fathers, who used such punishment as a pagan custom to control their children, including spanking teenage girls as a ritual to cleanse them of purity, meaning punishment for "unchaste conduct". No such tradition existed under the Law, and that was what governed even gentle Christians, but only in spirit, meaning anything that offended or slighted your neighbor intentionally was a moral crime, and children were your neighbor. Striking your neighbor could be a form of courtroom procedure as punishment for battery under the Law in the Old Testament, but under the New Covenant, striking anyone, including one's child, was sin, and thus the physical or mental punishment of children is abuse.

We are the enemy of children, as adults, because we know nothing anymore about what it is like to be a child in America. The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God, as their fate is the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!