On Rebellion

Adults should tolerate the rebelliousness of young people. It is part of their growing up.
Being rebellious is essential for the healthy personality development of adolescence and it is also indispensable for the progress of the society. Otherwise, there would only be conformist young adults who would easily fall prey to dictatorship in various disguises. They would only follow orders without asking some basic questions. Gradually, they would become machines to maintain the status quo. Democracy would not have any chance. Corrupt officials would fatten their bellies unchallenged.
Moreover, the society would be drained of creativity and become complacent. She would not be able to catch up with her neighbours.  She would lose her competitiveness among rival cities and would gradually wither away. The computer giant IBM is a point in case. She was complacent with her success in building mainframe computers when some hobbyists started building microcomputers. The age of personal computers dawned. In turn, she is able to sustain her life by going micro.
In short, being rebellious is beneficial for individuals, for organizations as well as for the society as a whole.

Jews are a stiff-necked people. They dare to question and disobey God despite punishments fallen on them. As a result, they contribute a lot for progress of civilizations. The Egyptian court nurtured a Moses who later turned marginal. He discovered his Hebrew origin and fled a fugitive only to return as a liberator. When Jesus appeared on the scene from the margin of the society, he was critical of the religious establishment. He dared not to compromise with the Jewish authority. Jesus met a violent death and Christianity was born. The world needs rebellious Saviours.

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
But this command I gave them, 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.' (Jeremiah 7:22-23)
God does not want offerings and sacrifices. He wants obedience. No doubt, His words are truth and wisdom. However, it is not at all easy to learn the truth. Man learns from making mistakes. Man tests the boundary to learn. In the end, they build a faulty society in which men prey on each other.
From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day;
yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers (Jeremiah 7:25-26).
God does not give us up. In the end, He sent His beloved Son to be a rebellious Saviour to break down our system to rebuild the Kingdom of God. To this day, we still question and disobey God. This is the human drama.

Dear Lord, forgive us and give us yet another chance to learn Your truth and Your wisdom. Open our hearts to give heed to Your command. Amen.