Some people might complain about the word Bastard being used but I just want to say this is Gods language so it can never be unclean so please respect that. The problem is Christians have been influenced by the heathens of this world and been persuaded to abandon Gods clean sacred language. Here are some verses:
Deuteronomy 23 2
''A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.''
hebrews 12:7-8
''If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.''
So God clearly wants children to enter into the world in a certain manner. Just wandering if people here think having a Bastard child is acceptable or marriage before the child's birth is essential? The world keeps pushing for more and more of Gods will to be eliminated,please bear in mind this ultimately is an issue of how adults and potential parents conduct themselves,not an attack on children so curious how the forum felt on this issue. Thanks.
Remember that Deuteronomy 23:1-10 had more restrictions than that:
"No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
"No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
"No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever, because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you. You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
"You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.
Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.
The New Testament however, spoke better of eunuchs (Matthew 19:12, Acts 8:26-39), and in fact of people of every nationality (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16, John 3:16-17, Colossians 3:11, Revelation 7:9-16). Furthermore, the curtain in the temple which separated the Most Holy Place from the rest of the temple, was torn when Jesus died (Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38, Luke 23:45). The Old Covenant, with its restrictions on who could approach God and when, was put aside.
The example used in Hebrews 12:7-8 does not reinforce the Deuteronomy prohibition on bastards entering God's presence, but rather it was an example from society that was known by the people the author was writing to, which he then used to make a point.
Children should not be conceived out of wedlock, ideally. It's not good when it happens, but it happens. And when it happens, it's not the child's fault. There is no reason in line with the Gospel to treat such children as second class. Fornicators and adulterers must repent. Rapists, too. But the shame is 100% theirs, none of it belongs to the child.