Proverbs 13:24: Why this verse is a repealed verse

Many parents quote the Bible to justify their punitive parenting attitudes. There are several verses that could be misconstrued as pro-spanking. The favorite passage for pro-spanking parents to justify their punitive parenting in Proverbs 13:24

It says in Proverbs 13:24 KJV:

He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Most parents see a verse like this on the surface, and think it is okay to punish a child. However, God writes to His Audience, and His Audience would have interpreted this verse very differently. All 7 verses that mention the rod in the book of Proverbs refer to the 40 minus 1 lashes. The 40 minus 1 lashes were meted out as a form of judicial corporal punishment, as a final warning before the offender was put to death. Fathers were the ones who whipped their children, and they needed wisdom in order even bring themselves to whip a child. Only adult descendants were whipped by fathers, and only as a rare event. Young adult offenders were given many warnings before enduring the rod of correction. Minor children never were whipped for anything. 

We are no longer under the legal punishments of the Law of Moses. Christ abolished the legal punishments under the Law of Moses. We as Christians are no longer under the legal punishments of the Law of Moses. The rod of correction was abolished when all was said and done, and Christ died and Rose on the Third Day. The rod of correction was a switch that was used in judicial corporal punishment, namely the 40 minus 1 lashes.

All 7 verses in Proverbs are repealed verses, as they depict a dated legal punishment. There are two other verses, namely Prov. 20:30 and Prov. 26:3, that are repealed by way of the Church. Only the ones depicting children are seen by church denominations as applicable today. These passages were mistranslated in the Latinate Bible. 

There are Bible passages that prohibit any form of punishment, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor towards children . See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding your child hostage merely for things that they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christians who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul may not have gotten along with the women of the church, but he sure loved children, and even brought in a few orphaned children in his time. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers used the scourge of cords to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted largely due to being "too soft" on their children.

The abovementioned verse is a prohibition on all parental entitlement, stated in offense format. Parental entitlement is the lowest level of entitlement in our entitlements. Parental entitlement is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Once this imposition is perceived by the child, to the point of visible offense, the parent or caregiver is guilty of child abuse. Child abuse constitutes the damages or offenses perceived by a child, whereas parental entitlement is any wants imposed upon a child by an adult.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever into 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 the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!