Many parents believe they are the authority figure and higher power over their children. 70% of adults support the non-existent parent "right" to punish, control, or manipulate their child in the name of "discipline". The fact of the matter is that children come first, and parents last. Why is this. The Divine Legal doctrine of providing custody. Children on a pedestal above parents.
It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in all things, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "children" is τέκνον (Latin: teknon) and refers to dependence, just as mankind is dependent on Christ's sacrifice, sheltered under their parents' roof. The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to surrender to the love and grace of parents, in the form of secure rest and attachment, being able to tell parents anything, including uncomfortable subjects, and not expect any punishment or controlling treatment in return. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) refers to long-term damages such as pain, shame/emotional abuse, defamation of character, and/or fornication, guided by control and entitlement. Entitlement, in parenting, is not merely wanting things, but wanting them to the point of seeking to impose said item onto a child, leading to abuse (GRK: κλεπτω). Any act or failure to act inflicted upon a child that said child perceives as offensive, affronting, unsafe, and/or uncomfortable by fight-or-flight or biological.
Surrender to parents is providing custody. Children are bigger and more prominent in relation to their parents for being smaller, and have control over their every vulnerable need. A parent is the property of his/her child, and is an indentured servant and mere tool to their child. A parent is not entitled to respect, but is expected to earn it. Parenting in ancient Jewish culture was attachment-based, with boys staying with their mothers until age 6, and girls until age 12. Infancy lasted until age 3 with both sexes. Striking a child was illegal, and striking an adult was illegal without judicial authority.
Providing custody means provide for your child selflessly, as his/'her enemy, just as mankind is called to obey God as His adversary. We as adults do not know what it is like to be a child, and never again will. That sort of righteously ignorant providence is what makes up providing custody. The depraved and entitled parents who identify by abuse will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn!
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