Chapter 9.11
Migrant Caravans,
Trump and God
Statue of Liberty - Migrants - The Law - The
Bible
Homeland Security - Trojan Horse – MS-13 Gang
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES,
THE WRETCHED REFUSE AND THE HOMELESS.
First
Word
The statue of liberty on Liberty Island in New York
Harbor stands for what has made our country great for over 200 years. A BROKEN
CHAIN lies
at her feet half-hidden by her robes as she walks forward; symbolizing LIBERTY[1] and FREEDOM,[2] HOPE[3] and DEMOCRACY[4] and is
a welcoming sight to the arriving immigrants.
The torch of
Hope is
held in her right hand and in her left hand, the inscription on the tablet says
JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776);
the day the United States adopted the
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
The statue was originally conceived as an
emblem of friendship between the people of France and the U.S. and a sign of their MUTUAL DESIRE
FOR LIBERTY, but over the years the Statue has become
to mean so much more. ... It represents the United States itself and what we
stand for.
The Halo on the statue has
seven rays; SEVEN in the Bible is the number for completeness. The lady extends DIVINE hope across the Seven seas and the Seven continents as the Seven rays evokes a Christian Nation with the brilliance of the SUN
extending light to a dark world.
The Statue
of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. plaque reads;
Give me your
tired, your poor,
Your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched
refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the
homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp
beside the golden door!
Leviticus 19:33-34 – Treat the foreigner
like a neighbor
33 DO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FOREIGNERS who live among you in your land.
34 TREAT THEM LIKE NATIVE-BORN Israelites, and love them as you love yourself.
REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE ONCE FOREIGNERS living in the
land of Egypt. I am the LORD your
God. (NLT)
Migrants
The countries of El Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras are plagued by endemic levels of gangs, crime and
violence that have made many communities extremely dangerous, especially for children. Migrants make easy targets and are regularly
extorted by criminals, militias and corrupt immigration officials who know
migrants carry cash and not weapons.
A migrant caravan of Central Americans is
fleeing violence and poverty in their homelands traveling through southern
Mexico with the destination of the US border. It started out with some 1,500 and swelled to
around 7,000 people at its peak in response to the dangers faced with smaller
caravans on the same perilous trek, but its numbers have diminished as it
pushes further into Mexico and is about some 4,500 people at this writing.
The four main reasons cited for leaving their homeland
is; 1) Political Repression,
2) Bleak Economic Prospects, 3) Gang Violence and
4) Taxes imposed
by the gangs:
“PAY, OR BE KILLED.”
Caravan conditions are particularly tough
for women and children, but they have had little choice to escape poverty,
crime and political repression in their homeland. The migrants believe there is safety in
numbers and travelling in large caravans allows migrants to look out for each
other and feel safe from dangers of the road.
The news agencies report that nearly
2,700 temporary visas have been issued to individuals and families to allow
them to STAY IN MEXICO while
they wait for their applications for more permanent status to be
processed; which could take up to 45 days Mexico
is a country where criminal cartels hold
significant power and migrants are highly vulnerable. Kidnapping is a big business in
Mexico, and untold numbers have disappeared and been killed over the years as they try to
immigrate.
Mexican law
enforcement has some corrupt elements that are in league with the cartels which control the routes
used by smaller groups of migrants making them more vulnerable. The News Media reports that as the Caravan
passed through Veracruz, 100 migrants had gone missing and
feared kidnapped
by the notorious Los Zetas gang.
The Book instructs us to
show hospitality and welcome the stranger, to love those in need and make
provisions for the most vulnerable who are among us. [5]
Throughout their journey in Cordoba,
dozens of volunteers provided the new arrivals with clothing donations, basic
supplies, hot meals and drinks and local health workers gave out medicines for
free.
BUT somewhere among all the love and caring for these
foreigners and sojourners, we must consider the security of our own nation.
How did these caravan’s get so organized? Who is funding their food, supplies, trucks
and buses? Is it a coincidence it is
coming during the mid-term elections?
Some are asking if the Democratic billionaire philanthropist George Soros is behind this Caravan
just to mess with the mid-term Republican elections.
George
Soros
Who
is George Soros? He is known as "The Man Who
Broke the Bank of England" because of his short
sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds sterling, which made
him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK
currency crisis. Soros topples governments &
political parties.
Numerous American CONSERVATIVES have characterized
Soros
as a singularly
dangerous "PUPPETMASTER" behind a variety
of alleged global plots. Soros
influenced the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe during the late 1980s
and early 1990s.
During the 2003–2004 election cycle, Soros
donated $23,581,000 to 527 tax-exempt groups. The group’s goal was to DEFEAT President George W. Bush. Soros backed a new political fundraising group
called “DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE”, which supports PROGRESSIVE causes and the formation of a stronger PROGRESSIVE infrastructure
in America.
Soros
donated $1 million to the super PAC backing President Barack
Obama's re-election. Soros
donated $25,000 to “READY FOR HILLARY”, becoming a co-chairman of the super PAC's national finance committee. Soros also donated $1 million to
the Super
PAC Priorities USA Action, which supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Soros money usually
finds its way into organized LIBERAL and POLITICAL
PROTEST against
the CONSERVATIVE Republicans to
upset their elections. Who is
transporting, suppling and feeding this migration? Could Soros money be behind the migrant
caravan headed to the US just to upset the elections? Is the Migrant Caravan a TROJAN HORSE?
Trojan
Horse
What is the actual motivation for a
Gift?
Is everything you see as it appears?
The Trojan Horse is a story
that comes from the War between Troy and a fruitless 10-year siege by the Greeks trying to enter the independent city of Troy
and win the war. So the Greeks constructed a
huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside.
The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the Trojans
pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the Greek
force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek
army, which had sailed back under cover of night.
The Greeks entered and DESTROYED the city of Troy, ending the war. (Wikipedia)
God had told Joshua to NOT make any Covenants or
Treaty’s
with the people in the Land that they were to occupy, but a Migrant Caravan came to their borders and volunteered to be their
slaves. Joshua said he could not make Treaties
with neighboring cities, so the migrants LIED as they had already loaded their donkeys with
weathered saddlebags and old patched wineskins.
They CAMOUFLAGED
themselves by putting on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged
clothes and the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
They lied saying; your servants
have come from a very distant country. We have heard of the might of the LORD your God and of all He did in Egypt. They implored him by saying “WE ARE YOUR SERVANTS; PLEASE MAKE A TREATY
WITH US; let us be your
slaves. They got their citizenship as
slaves and the people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of this TREATY. Did
you see it? Joshua
did not seek God before he made the treaty.
Joshua 9:3-21 – The migrant Caravan TROJAN HORSE
3 But when the people of Gibeon
heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
4 THEY RESORTED TO DECEPTION to save
themselves. They sent ambassadors to Joshua, loading their donkeys with
weathered saddlebags and old, patched wineskins.
5 They put on worn-out, patched sandals and
ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
6 When they arrived at the camp of
Israel at Gilgal, they told Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a
distant land to ask you to make a peace treaty with us.”
7 The Israelites replied to these
Hivites,
“How do we know you don’t live nearby? For if you
do,
WE CANNOT MAKE A TREATY WITH YOU.”
8 They replied, “We are your
servants.” “But who are you?” Joshua demanded. “Where do you come from?”
9 They answered, “Your servants
have come from a very distant country. We have heard of the might of the LORD your God and of all he did in
Egypt.
10 We have also heard what he did
to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—King Sihon of Heshbon and King
Og of Bashan (who lived in Ashtaroth).
11 So our elders and all our people
instructed us, ‘Take supplies for a long journey. Go meet with the people of
Israel and tell them,
WE ARE YOUR
SERVANTS; PLEASE MAKE A TREATY WITH US
12 This bread was hot from the ovens when we left our homes. But
now, as you can see, it is dry and moldy.
13 These wineskins were new when we
filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals
are worn out from our very long journey.”
14 So the Israelites examined their
food, but
THEY DID NOT CONSULT THE LORD.
15 Then JOSHUA MADE A PEACE
TREATY WITH THEM and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the
community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
16 Three days after making the
treaty, they learned that these people actually lived nearby!
17 The Israelites set out at once
to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns
were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
18 But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for
THE
ISRAELITE LEADERS HAD MADE A VOW TO THEM
in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their
leaders because of the TREATY.
19 But the leaders replied, “Since
we have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD,
the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.
20 This is what we must do. We must
let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
21 Let them live.” So they made
them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite
leaders directed.
(NLT)
Luke 6:45 – What’s in a man’s heart
overflows his mouth
45 A good person
produces good things from the
treasury of a good heart, and AN EVIL PERSON PRODUCES EVIL things from the
treasury of an evil heart.
WHAT YOU SAY FLOWS FROM WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART.
(NLT)
MS-13
President
Obama said
“It is baseless to be afraid of a bunch of impoverished,
malnourished refugees,"
Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 is an international criminal gang that
originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. The gang later spread too many parts of the
continental United States, Canada, Mexico, and CENTRAL AMERICA, and is active
in urban and suburban areas. Most members are now from Central America; the gangs that
are the strongest are in what is known as the "Northern Triangle"; El
Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.
They are notorious for their violence and
a subcultural moral code based on merciless retribution, murder, drug
trafficking, extortion, assault, theft, robbery, fraud, rape, human
trafficking and arms trafficking. According to a 2004 Washington Times
report, MS-13 was "thought to have established a MAJOR SMUGGLING CENTER" in Mexico.
MINORS
make up the majority of suspects arrested for killings attributed to MS-13. Many school districts were reluctant to admit
unaccompanied teenagers when they arrived from Central America, which left them
home alone and vulnerable to gang recruitment.
I once lived near a Retirement Trailer Park where no children under the age of 21 were allowed to live
there, citing that it’s the MINORS
that cause the communities problems. Is
it any wonder that there is concern that these MS-13 MINORS, are coming across our borders
in a Trojan
Horse?
News
Media
The Department of Homeland Security CONFIRMED that
there are “individuals within the migrant caravan who are gang members
OR have significant criminal
histories. The agency also reported that
people from CENTRAL AMERICA and the MIDDLE EAST are also trying
to walk into the United States, which is particularly troubling in light of the
fact that we now know that there is currently a TERRORIST PRESENCE in CENTRAL AMERICA.
In early October, just days before the
caravan crossed from Honduras into Guatemala, the Guatemalan government announced
that it had arrested 100 people “highly
linked to terrorist
groups” and specifically to ISIS. That
information means that there is a risk that terrorists, from the Middle East or elsewhere, will try to use the caravan as CAMOUFLAGE to improve
their odds of crossing our border undetected.
The migrants frequently use religious
terminology, referring to themselves as “WARRIORS” and vowing that nothing will stop them
from entering the United States. They
frequently profess that they are hoping for a better life in the United States,
yet for many of them their very first action upon reaching American soil will
be illegal; criminal in nature.
One migrant preaches; only “GOD”
will stop this caravan, while another declares that “Donald Trump
is the Antichrist.” White
House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a mother and evangelical
Christian, said it’s "very Biblical to enforce the Law". She defended immigration authorities who were
separating parents from their children when they were caught illegally entering
the country; explaining to reporters that the Bible clearly instructs ALL people to NOT TO BREAK THE LAW. No one
wants to separate families, but when someone breaks the law and goes to jail,
by LAW
they are separated from the rest of their family.
The Book says everyone must submit to governing authorities; for
all authority comes from God, and THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE BY GOD. So anyone who rebels against this authority
is REBELLING
AGAINST WHAT GOD HAS INSTITUTED, and they will be punished. It’s in the Book
Romans
13:1-7 – Everyone must submit to the authorities
1 EVERYONE
MUST SUBMIT TO GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
FOR ALL
AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD,
and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
2 So anyone who rebels against authority is
rebelling
against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.
3 For THE
AUTHORITIES DO NOT STRIKE FEAR IN PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING RIGHT, but in those who are doing wrong. Would
you like to live without fear of the authorities?
Do what is right,
and they will honor you.
4 THE
AUTHORITIES ARE GOD’S SERVANTS, SENT FOR YOUR GOOD. But if you are doing wrong, of course
you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s
servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.
5 So you must SUBMIT TO THEM, not only to
avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience.
6 PAY YOUR TAXES, too, for these same reasons. For
government workers need to be paid. THEY ARE
SERVING GOD
in what they do.
7 … GIVE
RESPECT AND HONOR TO THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY. (NLT)
The Law
The Supreme Court confirmed that
the president can turn away those who are deemed "detrimental
to the interests of the United States." The U.S. Constitution and federal law gives
the president the authority to block the entry of migrants and aliens. Constitutional rights do not extend to People
who are trying to
ILLEGALLY enter our
country even to seek asylum, whether by boat or caravan.
The
Prophet Ezekiel says the USA is
an unprotected
land filled with unwalled
villages. Terrorist and gangs
will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence. They
will go to those cities and capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people
are rich with stock and other possessions. THEY
THINK THE WHOLE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND THEM! It’s in the Book
"Make yourself at Home" program was
launched by Mexico, offering migrant’s shelter, food, work and schools for
their kids. Most turned it down; they're
heading to the U.S. for an even better lifestyle, and are coached that uttering to
a U.S. border agent, the words "Asylum" and "Credible Fear" is their “GET-IN-FREE”
card. When apprehended by a border agent then plead “Asylum” and taken briefly into
custody and then released and required to appear at an immigration hearing; SURPRISE, They almost never show up.
Trump has announced an end to this "CATCH and RELEASE" fiasco.
Ezekiel 38:11-12 – Un-walled nations will
be plundered
11 You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected
land filled with unwalled
villages! I will march against her and
destroy these people who live in such confidence!
12 I will go to
those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have
returned from exile in many nations.
I will capture vast amounts of plunder,
for the people are rich with livestock and other
possessions now.
They think the whole world revolves
around them!’ (NLT)
The Take Away
Our government threatening
these countries to take away funding is short sighted and will only perpetuate
their instability; we should not
penalize the home countries of the migrants, but focus on the “root causes”
of their despair and find a way to improve the lives of these families so that
they can safely remain in their own home country.
Christian Media reported that the migrant
caravan is made up primarily of people with deep Christian convictions and traditions,
and are praying
for God’s protection, guidance and freedom for their families; but on the flip side
of the coin there are families in the USA who are fearful that this caravan could
threaten the safety and future of their children and are prayerfully pleading with God to protect them from gangs like MS-13.
WHOSE
PRAYERS WILL GOD HEAR? One group of migrants, refugees, and asylum
seekers are praying for liberation while the other group is praying
for the safety
of their US families. Jesus’
message was GOOD NEWS for the captives, oppressed, the hurting
and sick, but it wasn’t so good news for the systems that oppressed them.
Knowledge is
power; The
Bible tells us to take care of
the less fortunate, but also tells us to provide and protect our families. Trump is in a precarious position[6]
that he is required to do what the Law
requires, yet it must be tempered with reason.
There is a difference between DOING THE RIGHT THING and THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Mental Gymnastics – Something to ponder
God
has made it clear that the part we play is to PRAY for those in Power in our
government.[7] Pray for Trump to be surrounded with Godly
advice and that God will grant him THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT namely that of a
“WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE”
and a “WORD OF WISDOM”.
NOTE: This is not receiving ALL Knowledge or ALL Wisdom, but just a specific thought. The
NIV Bible scripture says “MESSAGE of Knowledge and Wisdom”, but I like the way the KJV Bible says “WORD of Knowledge and Wisdom”; it implies, this GIFT is
not an entire book, nor just a chapter, nor a page, nor even a paragraph, but
is just receiving a specific WORD from God about
a specific situation for a specific time.
Cessationists generally
believe that the GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT were given only
for the foundation of the church during the time between the coming of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost and the fulfillment of God’s purposes in
history, usually identified as at the death of the last Apostle.
Continuationism believes that
the miraculous gifts of the Spirit have been made available for use by the
church ever since the outpouring of the Gifts by the HOLY SPIRIT on the Day of
Pentecost.
The gifts of the Spirit are not all
encompassing, but are specific in nature and for a specific period of
time. Many denomination teach that the Gifts of the
Spirit ended with the death of
the twelve Disciples of Christ; but the Book says
the
Gifts and Calling of God are irrevocable. [8]
It’s
in the Book
The Bottom Line: PRAY FOR OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS to
have the Knowledge to DO
THE RIGHT THING and the Wisdom to know THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
1
Timothy 2:2-3 – Pray for your PRESIDENT
2 PRAY this way FOR KINGS and
ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY so that we can live
peaceful
and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.
3 THIS
IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR,
(NLT)
1
Corinthians 12:4-11 – The NINE
Gifts of the Spirit given to us
4 Now there are diversities
of gifts,
but the same Spirit.
5 there are differences of administrations
(service) but the same Lord.
6 there are diversities of operations,
(workings) but it is the same God
which works all in all.
7 But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. (The gift
is GIVEN FOR
THE COMMON GOOD)
8 For to one is given by the
Spirit the
WORD OF
WISDOM; to another the
WORD OF
KNOWLEDGE by the same Spirit;
9
To another faith
by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of
miracles;
to another prophecy;
to another discerning
of spirits; to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that
one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
(KJV)
[1] Leviticus 19:18 – Don’t bear a grudge against a foreigner but LOVE HIM
LIKE ANEIGHBOR
[2] Leviticus 19:15 – DO NOT TWIST JUSTICE IN LEGAL MATTERS BY BEING
PARTIAL TO THE RICH
[3] Leviticus 19:9-10 – Consider the needs of the poor that live among you
[4] Leviticus 19:16 – Don’t stand idly by when your help is needed
[5] Matthew
25:35 – Give food, drink and housing to the stranger
[6] Hebrews 13:17 – Have confidence in your leaders AND SUBMIT TO THEIR AUTHORITY -- Romans 13:1-5 – God puts all Presidents in
Power FOR ALL AUTHORITY COMES FROM
GOD
[8] Romans 11:29 – The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable
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