Many parents think they love their children. Few parents truly love their children by the Christian standard. Most parents hate their child, by way of their attitude and actions. Christian love for children is of the Agape variety, meaning unconditional love in the form of selfless actions.
Every single parent and adult is guilty in relation to children, and are deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for existing in relation to children, with parents and adults being meek and shamefaced in relation to children, with parents putting their children first in terms of priorities, and themselves last, to the point of complete dutiful and selfless submission to children from above, with parents expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting in the love and grace of children, with this love being denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao). See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to securely, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Attachment parenting was the norm in biblical times. Mothers wrapped up their children, including even older children, in swaddling blankets. Children were weaned starting at age 3, with older children alternating between free play (with supervision of parents) and closeness to parents. Parents, especially mothers, slept next to their children to get them to go to sleep. Children went in the nude wherever they were, and so children were in intense skin-to-skin closeness with their mothers.
The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to provocations to anger against children, as defined as the slightest of offense perceived by the child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul and the legal context that he was writing from as a prohibition on all punishment and control of children, including spanking and other forms of corporal punishment. Any physical or other form of punishment was seen as kidnapping in the Early Church. Paul was admonishing Greek Christians who were misusing Scripture such as Proverbs to justify their pagan custom of spanking children. The seven verses in the book of Proverbs that depict the rod of correction are repealed verses, as all of these verses depict a dated legal punishment - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, administered to ADULT children of Hebrew parents, and only in a courtroom setting (NEVER in a family home). This punishment only existed in the Old Testament, as the Early Christians did not use capital nor corporal punishment as a form of church discipline, with law enforcement being in the form of pro-social non-association.
The Greek root word translated "parents" is γονεύς (Latin: goneus) and refers to leadership, but that of a caregiver, not a lawgiver. Sometimes, the parent leads the child to their needs, and sometimes, the child leads the parent to what they need. Parents are to be limp like a human ragdoll when being servile to their child's needs, with the child being in place of God.
Christian love for a child is about putting children first, and yourself as a parent last, in terms of priorities, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to the every need of children. Children then rest in the love and grace of parents, with no need for any punishment or control. Simply surrender to the cries and orders of your child, and allow children to strike reverent fear and terror into you, and then be convicted by their Divine Authority over their needs to provide their needs.
The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the everlasting fire of Hell and torment, suffering God's Wrath for all eternity! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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