Does enforcement of technological subservience to the unwashed fly in the face of Christ and all his children?

Question

Luke 18:15-17

When the disciples saw people bringing their babies to Jesus, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

What is it about the children coming to Jesus that touches us deeply. Perhaps it is our sense of security - we ourselves feel like little children before him. Yet, now that we are, relatively speaking, high rollers we tunnel vision from an adult standpoint. What does Jesus mean to teach his disciples from this incident?

In Luke the context bespeaks humility. The preceding passage was the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector [or what have you in our modern world] which Jesus concludes with the words: "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted" (18:14b). [is one exalted more by using the highest tech weaponry ever conceived; while on the other hand, forbidding others the same right lest the other shoot you down from your caterpillar pillar?] Here's what follows:

They brought Babies to the Master. Remember its the same master who told Peter to lay down his sword for the Word was the true sword.

The practice of bringing children to the elders for a prayer of blessing upon them occured on the evening of the Day of Atonement.

Jesus would, with great joy, scoop them up and pray for them. When Jesus did this once, other parents saw it and came down toward the front. They wanted this for their children, too, for their children were often with them in the audience.

But the disciples would have none of it. Jesus was about important business -- teaching and healing. They couldn't allow this work to be interrupted by mere children constantly running up. They began to stop the little children, and tell off the parents in no uncertain terms.

This question of how children were viewed in Jesus' culture is important - children were viewed as unimportant in Palestine in Jesus' day. Now consider a previous incident in this biblical makeup.

"An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all -- he is the greatest." (Luke 9:46-48)

The principle of the innocence of children is alien to the Old Testament. The original sin... an eye for an eye... True, children were not held responsible for sin even up to nine years of age, but the concept of the evil impulse is there from conception or birth.

In Scripture, not until the Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 14:20) does the idea of children's innocence even appear [the sting of the Old Law and the vengeful God]. And in Paul and other epistles, a much more common theme is that of the immaturity and inferiority of the child (1 Corinthians 3:1; 13:11; 14:20; Galatians 4:1, 3; Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 5:13; 1 Peter 2:1-2), following the view of "foolishness" bound up in the heart of a child (Proverbs 22:15; 29:15).

Though children were prized by parents - they were largely ignored as unimportant - not worthy of much adult attention outside the family.

"But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.' " (18:16)

Now, given this, would the Jesus of the Second Coming become more turned on by the hi tech craft and how well we can preserve it from the world of have-nots [who of course have the vast majority of children, even the poor humble immigrant whether they be Romanina, Hispanic, Hindu or Moslem has proportionally more baby marvels than the solid state childless Westerner who prides himself in firewalls, patents, and all other goodies his Big Brother will provide. But not conceive...(?)

The War within Our Heart is by far the worst war... my worst enemy is myself!.. it is the war within me between my flesh and my spirit:
- I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing (Rom.7:18-19).
- This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Gal.5:16-17)... and immediately Paul lists the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit.
The life of a Christian is a struggle, a glorious adventure, living every minute of it with faith in Christ in the Spirit, who cares so much about us that even our hairs as counted. (Mt.10:30).
The Christian, with God in him, still can do the right or the wrong deeds... it is a glorious continuous battle...

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

not for me to judge , that's up to god on who's humble and who's not