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Mark L  is currently offline Mark L
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Gary wrote on Mon, 06 February 2017 20:43

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Especially towards refugees. God said through the prophets in several places in the OT that Israel was to be compassionate toward refugees because they were refugees from Egypt. I just think as christians the starting pace for us should be compassion. Something that seems sadly lacking out there.


I cannot seem to find any passages in the OT concerning "refugees", in fact I don't think this word even appears in the Bible. Israel is told concerning the strangers that join themselves to the Jewish religion, to have compassion.
Gary



I am reasonably sure the word used was strangers. The context was that Israel had to flee from Egypt so they should have compassion on others that had to flee. All my reference books are packed away as we are in the midst of moving so finding the references is going to have to wait.

I think that in all our western countries we have refugee and immigrant policies that aren't really working.

What bothers me ( no reference to anyone here) is the hardhearted attitude that seems to pervade all of evangelical christianity. There just seems to be such a hard attitude toward immigrants and refugees and the poor in general. One can't read the NT without seeing the heartfelt compassion of the elders toward the poor. I don't think we should just open the doors and let everyone in! I do think though that as christians the place we start from should be caring and compassion.


Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves are green in summer.”

G.K. Chesterton
 
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