… all over the world it seems like everyone is talking about what to do with ‘the foreigners’ – ‘the immigrants’ – ‘the refugees’. it shouldn’t matter if we believe that we are ‘under the law’ or ‘free in Christ’, we should all agree that the words in the Bible should be a good example for us to follow … . “For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment. And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:17–19, Brenton LXX En) . “And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, and should keep the passover to the Lord, he shall keep it according to the law of the passover and according to its ordinance: there shall be one law for you, both for the stranger, and for the native of the land.” (Numbers 9:14, Brenton LXX En) . “And if there should be a stranger among you in your land, or one who should be born to you among your generations, and he will offer a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord—as ye do, so the whole congregation shall offer to the Lord. There shall be one law for you and for the strangers abiding among you, a perpetual law for your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you.” (Numbers 15:14–16, Brenton LXX En) . “There shall be one law for the native among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that abides among them, whosoever shall commit a trespass unwillingly. And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers shall do any thing with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people, for he has set at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.” (Numbers 15:29–31, Brenton LXX En) . “For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment. And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:17–19, Brenton LXX En)
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:52:22 +0000