Many parents spank and punish their child here in America, and many parents use the Bible as an excuse for abuse. Our nation is Christian nation, and founded on Judeo-Christian family values, including that which include non-entitlement and individual responsibility. The true biblical order of the family can be summed up without flowcharts - children first, parents last.
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 τεκνον (Latin: teknon) and refers to a dependent role, like believers are dependent on Christ. The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to surrender coming from a surrender from parents, leading to secure attachment. This means being able to say anything to a parent, share any aspect of your life, and expect no punishment in return. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stir up" or "upbraid", and refers to momentary or short-term damages such as pain (such as from a pin needle), shame, emotional distress (to the level of din), and/or fornication, all coming from parental entitlement of parents and other adults.
Children,.in that culture, were deemed as a higher priority than parents, and were the center of life. Parenting in ancient Israel was attachment-based, with infancy lasting until age 3, with breastfeeding being normal and accepted in that culture. Children stayed with their mother until age 6 in the case of boys, and age 12 in the case of girls, ranging right beside her.
Parents are to submit to their child's every vulnerable need as an enemy, just as mankind must submit to God, and pay all debts due, sacrificing for their children as Christ did for His children, as a servant and tool of God for their care, safety, and protection. I am entitled to nothing good and everything bad in terms of respect or gratitude from a child. I, instead, must be grateful for children, enough to show them respect, not punishing them or coddling them with sexual/behavioral neglect (the latter which I struggle with). Children do need limits, but they don't need punishment or to be controlled in any way. I know nothing about how a child conducts her life, so will always be an adversary to children, in some way or another.
All adults, by default, are marked for deletion, merely for existing in relation to children, with only a few gentle parenting and pro-child saints persevering. All others will be destroyed. I am deserving of DEATH and PUNISHMENT as an adult merely for existing in relation to children. Parents are to save and purify themselves by submitting to God and Christ through their children, with said children being the "least of these" (Matthew 25:31-46).
The depraved and entitled pro-spanking parents who provoke children to anger will BURN! Let them SUFFER! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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