Reverent rebellion: Why children should rule adults from beneath

Many parents punish their children through spanking and corporal punishment, and this is based on the false belief that children should obey their parents. The reality is that children have the right to reverently rebel against their parents from day one.

It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest and trust in the love and grace of parents, being able to share anything and everything under the sun with parents, sacrificing for one's child, in the spirit that Christ sacrificed for His children; taking up the cross for children, in the spirit that Christ took up the cross for His children; martyring yourself in everything while expecting nothing in return, in the spirit that Christ asked for no gifts on the Third Day...and then children rest, in a way that allows for rebellion, meaning children rest in an outspoken position, holding the powers of parent caregivers in check, with checks and balances in the family home. The Greek root word translated υπακουο ultimately uplifts the attachment parenting traditions of ancient Jewish culture, including 1st Century Christian culture, with children's energy and rambunctiousness channeled towards their parents, with parents being safe people to share everything with, and tell off when necessary to get a need met, including with tears and aggression with younger children. Hebrew parents never discouraged or stamped on aggression in young children, but were a human punching bag for any aggressive child, turning the other cheek with their children. This rebellion was intended to be until children calmed down and settled down, and then they were baptized. Children were in the nude all the time, until they became adults, with children snuggling and cuddling next to mothers, with mothers encouraging skin-to-skin contact through co-sleeping to create a parent-child bond. The parent-child bond in ancient Judeo-Christian culture was "we police each other", meaning the child polices the parent, and the parent is respectful enough to heed warnings, and even take parenting advice from their children, giving loving warnings in return when a child is at risk for death or serious bodily injury. A child in ancient Jewish culture, including Early Christian culture, could get what they wanted, except when it was harmful, unsafe, or prohibited under the Law, and parents were direct in return about what was prohibited, in a calm but assertive way that did not mince words except for hurtful, abusive words.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stirring up" upset and resentment in children, referring to the Jewish adage of "stirring the pot" with your child's emotions. This was a direct command from the Apostle Paul to ban spanking and other forms of punishment in the Colossian church, and since it was deemed Holy Writing from the start, for all of God's adopted children, meaning God's Church. Corporal punishment was already banned under the Law in ancient Israel, meaning Paul was simply uplifting the Law with his divinely inspired pen. The Law of Moses only allowed for judicial corporal punishment of ADULTS, not children, who violated the Law in a habitual way that was documented, with most offenders being child abusers, not their victims. Children were exempt from the Law, and lived under the grace and mercy of their parents. All capital and corporal punishment was washed away with Christ's sacrifice on the cross, as the Early Christians prohibited the participation of its members in both. The Apostle Paul handed out more in-depth manuals detailing the fact that parenting in a Christian church must be attachment-based. Attachment parenting then was largely based on example, with the child policing as to their needs, with parents selflessly providing for children, teaching them by example to be charitable to others. Children were expected then to be outspoken about their needs. It was a sort of rule from beneath. Technically, the parent was the head of their child, but in practice, happy child, happy life, because otherwise children were empowered to get under the skin of parents, and storm into their life, in a way that convicted the parents to heed the child's every need, just as to God. Parenting itself was seen as a calling and a conviction to serve a child's needs, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

Reverent rebellion is a Christian tradition when directed towards parents, meaning children are at a higher place to God for being at a lower place in the eyes of the world. Children are perfectly allowed to tell off their parents, throw a fit for their parents, and even strike their parents, and then parents must see it as the young child communicating in their own way. Many children cry to communicate, or else play in a posttraumatic way, and some hit or kick to communicate a need. Children are technically submissive to parents, but in an outspoken way, meaning they secretly rule everything from beneath, keeping the parents and adults in their life in line. This is God's order, and parents shall be damned for refusing to obey God through their child. Parents are an extension of Christ, and a giving one at that, and need to know their place in relation to children, as children will always rebel, so deal with it, accepting and loving them for their rebellious traits.

The depraved and entitled punitive and permissive parents who provoke their children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn and rot in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and His accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!