I thought it appropriate to write concerning a subject close to the heart of the theme of this blog. The topic of immigration has earned many headlines recently, though immigration itself is nothing new. From the earliest recording of history, there have been accounts of people groups living in the midst of other people groups. And though we may be tempted to think of it as a new trend, issue or threat, the reality is that it is not. Virtually all people groups in history have had to deal with the question of living in the same space with other people groups. My concern here is not necessarily specific policies or theories on dealing with immigration, rather my concern to is delve into where we get our values and thoughts that lead to the formation of those policies. For I have been participated in or least heard many discussions related to immigration, but rarely to those discussion begin or even include a discussion on a Biblical view of immigration. Not surprisingly, the Bible does address the issue of immigration, since the nation of Israel occupied a region that contained many different people groups both in and around its territory. Since there are many verses that at mention immigration, I will leave a (hopefully) comprehensive list at the end of this post, and merely pull out some of the more repeated themes here.

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