December 12, 2017

Authorities Determine Your Rights

During a local public meeting a pro-immigration activist said, “It’s important to recognize the right of all individuals to migrate…This is a critical moment when many immigrants are facing threats from the current administration.” In the days surrounding the birth of Jesus, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world and everyone went to their own town to register. I’m trying to imagine the activists of that day telling the Roman Empire that all individuals have a right to migrate. “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:4-7 NIV).

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