Pro-social deification, pro-social child worship: Understanding the tradition of child worship in the Bible

Many parents think that the Bible itself commands spanking and corporal punishment, and that biblical parents in the biblical context were harsh on their children. The fact of the matter is that ancient Hebrew and Christian societies were child worshipping societies, meaning children had religious significance to the people of the biblical context.

Jesus Christ said in Matthew 25:45-46 KJV:

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

The "least of these", in this context, is children. Children were seen as the "least of these", meaning extensions of God on earth, issuing lawful and binding commands and orders as to their needs and best interests. The Hebraic understanding here is that God appears in the most vulnerable of human beings, in which case children are the most vulnerable of human beings. Whatever you do to children is what you do to God, meaning children are in place of God on this earth. Children were seen as signs of God, with their every vulnerable need seen as a command from God to appease and obey.

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, being meek and shamefaced in relation to children, being shut up in the Lord, speaking to children only at their cue and consent. Parents especially ae to esteem their child above all else, putting children first, and parents last, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting safely and securely in parents. 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 secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents, with parents being attendant caregivers of children, with parents being a safe place for the every emotion, upset, and frustration of children. Attachment parenting was the norm in ancient Hebrew and Christian cultures, and the established norm at that. Think a mother holding pales of water, wearing head-garb, with a young child wrapped up next to her bosom in swaddling blankets, and an older child, in the nude, in tow next to her mother. That was how parenting went in the biblical context. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages, meaning the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child. The commandment in vs. 21 involved the Apostle Paul lifting up the Law on punishing children. The punishment of children carried severe penalties under the Law, including death by chenek (bloodletting, or hanging parents like poultry). In the Early Christian churches of God, punitive parents were excommunicated and collectively shunned for their abuse towards their children, alongside any witnesses that testified on behalf of the parents. The rod verses in Proverbs and Hebrews do not refer to spanking, but a dated form of judicial corporal punishment conflated with the death penalty under the Law - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, as a last warning to save one's son from the death penalty. After Christ's death and Resurrection, the death penalty was abolished in the Early Church, and thus corporal punishment wasn't practiced, with the verses in Hebrews figuratively referring to enduring hardship, not any sort of punishment imposed by a human parent. Minor children could not be charged with any criminal offense or civil wrong. 

Children in biblical times were worshipped in a pro-social manner by their parents, meaning they were allowed to be very demanding, giving lawful and binding orders to their parents. Hebrew and Christian parents alike gave in and gave up, surrendering to the wrath of their children. Children then were not like they are today, meaning they were more assertive, sometimes to the point of aggression towards parents. The solution wasn't to "keep down" children, but to appease them and keep them happy. 

This is common advice today for Christian marriages, but it works the same way with parenting. The only difference is that wives meet you in the middle, after man provides for woman. Children simply rest until they are ready to show thanks for all the grace their parents showed them, not owing parents anything in return, showing parents respect at their own accord.

Children in biblical times got what they wanted most of the time. A child has five basic needs - food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment...with attachment being the most important of needs. Attachment needs mean anything a child wants that comes from YOU, the parent. So they want candy bars in the store? They know where it comes from, and they care deeply about that source, and want connection with that source, so buy them candy at the store if they want it. "Extension of God" means in place of God, meaning what they demand is what God is demanding of you, through them. A child's wants correspond with their needs at least most of the time. 

God issues orders. So do children. If you disobey and dishonor the needs of children, you dishonor that of God. That's all pro-social child worship means. Children are in place of God, and parents are the extension of Christ serving God through the child. Children are to be allowed to strike reverent fear and terror into parents. Parents are servants of their children, and children are the Godhead giving orders, singularly or collectively, for parents to serve.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their 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 abyss which is Hell and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!