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Immigration and the Bible

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You may have noticed some discussion in the news lately about illegal immigration, and how to enforce immigration laws. Is it appropriate to build walls on the border to keep people out? To search for, arrest, and deport illegal immigrants by any means necessary? Now, I tend not to concern myself much with politics these days, not because I don’t have opinions, but because I don’t believe that politics offers any real or lasting solutions. The only real solution to anyone’s problems is to turn to God, humble oneself before Him, and obey Him. The Bible warns against putting trust in human leaders: “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God” (Psa. 146:3-5).  So any nation (or individual) that attempts to fix its problems by political means, without turning to God first, is doome...
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Why Couldn't the Israelites Plunder Jericho?

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  After the death of Moses, the Israelites crossed over the Jordan River and entered the Promised Land. God told Joshua, Moses’ successor, “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them — the children of Israel” (Josh. 1:2). On the appointed day, God stopped the Jordan River for the Israelites, much as He’d parted the Red Sea for their fathers, and the people crossed the Jordan on dry ground (Josh. 3-4). After crossing, they camped near Jericho, the first city they encountered in the Promised Land. Now, the Canaanites who dwelt in this land were exceedingly wicked and sinful in the sight of God, committing all manner of sexual abominations (Lev. 18:3-28) and even burning their children in the fire as sacrifices to pagan deities (Deut. 12:31). So God commanded the Israelites to annihilate every city they came to; to kill every Canaanite man, woman, and child; and to destroy every vestige of pagan w...
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