Children are precious in God’s sight and there will be a reckoning for all abuse, neglect, abandonment, and the like against them. We have an obligation to instruct our children in God’s ways, to explain and remind them why we observe certain feasts, holy days, and services. God gave so many provisions for the widow and fatherless children. It matters a great deal to Him that children are properly, lovingly provided and cared for. It’s well past time we begin treating children the way God treats them!
Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.”
Exodus 12:26 “And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?”
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
Exodus 22:22 “You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.”
Deuteronomy 14:29 “…and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.”
James 1:27 “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Molech was an idol of the Ammonites to whom they would burn and sacrifice their children. There are so many perverse and disgusting ways this is still being done in the 21st century. Think of the various “altars” children are being sacrificed on. God cares for children perhaps more than anything else. God is just. God is faithful. God will have vengeance. The consequences for mistreating a child will be severe. Not only direct mistreatment, but there’s also consequences for turning a blind eye to the abuse!
Leviticus 20:2-5 “Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.”
Matthew 18:1-6 “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Deuteronomy 32:35, 43 “Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly. Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people’s land.”
Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Job 10:15 “If I am guilty, woe to me!”
I just feel this strong warning in the Spirit. We’ve got to be so careful how we treat children and what we allow. To the world and enemy who are bent of destroying children by any means possible, vengeance is coming and I don’t want to be standing anywhere near you!