RE: You're a theist against immigration?
June 29, 2018 at 10:09 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2018 at 10:14 pm by JairCrawford.)
(June 29, 2018 at 9:54 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(June 29, 2018 at 2:13 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: And it makes me mad that 'Christians' try to take these words out of context to support abominable actions.If you are a Christian then you should be completely obedient and loyal to your leader because Yahweh appointed him to rule over you. So if you disobey your leader then you are pissing on Yahweh and he will toss your ass into the lake of fire. That's the biblical doctrine in two sentences.
I am convinced these words are not meant to be taken literally. Lots of ancient politics went into play when writing those laws especially partaining to the nations around them. It's completely contradictory to the New Testament teachings of Christ.
The primary purpose of the OT is to point prophetically to Christ. When people start trying to use these ancient law passages literally for situations today, it can cause problems.
As for the OP, yes! I know you quoted an OT passage as well but that does line up with the teachings of Christ. Good Samaritan anyone? What about caring for the least of these? He said that was extremely important.
Sorry I just had to rant for a minute there. I try to get on to my fellow Christians about these things and sometimes they get it, other times they don't. A lot of times it depends on how big their golden elephant is. That can be a doozy.
The lake of fire was not a taught theological concept during the times of the Old Testament writings. IIRC, that description is unique to the Apocalypse of John (Revelation), and New Testament teachings are very different in regards to following rulers. Rulers are not taught or described as appointed in the same way in the NT as they were in the OT. In fact Jesus simply states to "Render unto Caesar what is Caesars", which is much more nonchalant. Clearly He is more concerned with Kingdom of Heaven concepts than fussing over worldly rulers.
More to the point, the message of Christ is to love your neighbor as yourself. The debacle at the border is not a good indicator of this great commandment at all.
