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Fri, 10 February 2017 11:35

Gary
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Registered: August 2008
Location: Indiana

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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.

I think everyone wants to be see with the man with the gold ring, hanging out with the successful, the sports hero, someone famous.
For some reason this gives people a feeling of prestige by who you know and run with.

The sad thing about the refugees is that, the problem has been caused by endless fighting that has been going on for thousands of years. Whenever a group of people think they have been called to rid the world of infidels, they'll walk on anyone who gets in their way, including their own people. Wars and Rumors of war.

I think some are using the refugee problem as a political pawn that will help them manipulate the world. For instance, Israel for years has been trying to work with the Palestinians to improve their condition. But you have other Arab countries turning the peace process into a fiasco, because of their hatred of the Jews. The refugees are caught in the middle and have to go along with the Arab neighbors, and groups like Hamas telling them what they should do or not do whenever Israel makes an offer to help.

The problem in Syria is the Russians and Americans are involved because of their lust for Oil and their desire to control the area. The civilians are caught in the middle.

To be honest I don't have a problem with people coming here but their needs to be some type of screening to know when its a family needing help versus someone with an ulterior motive. From what I've heard there has been a lot of conversions take place, muslims turning to the Lord once they get here. Its like bringing the mission field here.

I hope you share those scriptures when you get the chance. I know how it is to move we moved into this house and are still unpacking, two years later. I wanted to give some man at work a book I got and I cannot find it anywhere.

If anyone gets the chance, if you haven't already, you should read the fictional books by Joel Rosenberg, The Last Jihad. There's five books in the series even though they were written several years ago they almost have a prophetic ring to them. I know that was not the authors intention but a lot of the scenarios have come to pass. Its about the path the world is taking to lead up to the Antichrist. Its a good series.

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