Many parents in this country feel that parents are authority figures over children. Most parents in this country abuse children out of misunderstanding the contents of custody under natural law. Children are not property of parents. Providing custody is like a friendship with children, but with the parent being a caregiver to the child, with the child being a more vulnerable friend to the parent.
It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in everything, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refer to secure, vulnerable rest in the care, safety, and protection of children, leading to children being able to tell parents anything, share with parents any struggle or self-diagnosis, including those that are widely misunderstood, owing nothing in return to parents, but nonetheless listening to the instructions of parents not out of fear of punishment, but trust. This comes from Christian love, as denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to submission to the every need of children as an enemy, while seeking to be their friend, sacrificing for children as Christ did His children, rendering oneself beneath one's child, devaluing oneself as the child's servant, expecting absolutely nothing in return. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses, meaning torts and damages, namely the assault and battery torts which are extended to children. In the New Testament, it is summed up as the slightest of personal slights perceived by a child.
Attachment parenting was the norm in ancient Hebrew culture. Obedience to parents played out as closeness, not heeding instruction out of fear of punishment. Christ, as a child, was documented as wearing swaddling clothes. These were bands that wrapped around the mother's bosom, holding children as old as 3, treating them like infants and not little adults. It was the parenting custom then for children to be wrapped next to mother in swaddling clothes, and this illustrates the closeness mothers in particular had with children. In modern society, this can be applied as being friends with one's child, but a bigger, more mature friend that looks out for them, with them being able to tell you anything, feeling safe and not fearful in your presence.
Parents are to be seen as confidants for children. Children should feel safe confiding into parents about anything, being themselves, and not fearing any punishment from parents. This alone makes children choose to submit to parents, and listen, or else trust parents enough that they can give orders to parents to voice a need. Providing custody means a child is being provided for by parents, meaning parents supply a demand from a child, including forceful demands, and then children show their gratitude by listening to parents. Then, they demand more, because they need more, and the cycle continues of them getting what they need, becoming closer to parents, then listening.
The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! They will forever be cast into the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his angels. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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