There is a big difference between immigration and migration. Since I have written eight books and hundreds of blogs, I pay attention to words. Immigration is a legal process of a nation allowing people to move in and become citizens. Migration is an illegal swarming of people across the border uninvited.
Imagine if you had a guest room and invited someone to come live with you. You would explain the rules of the house: mealtimes, rest rooms, bedtime, shared costs, etc. That’s immigration.
Then imagine that 50 other people climb in the windows and just eat your food, trash your house and expect you to provide healthcare and give them money. That’s migration.
It is so wrong to call the illegal migrants on our southern border “immigrants.” Immigration is a legal process with predefined requirements that lead to the priceless reward of citizenship. It is hard and takes a long time. Those who steal across the border are defrauding the true immigrants.
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!” John 10:1 NLT
Are we generous or stingy with our citizenship? Well, each year we welcome one million legal immigrants! That is the very same number of illegal migrants coming through the windows. Yet, American patriots are accused of a lack of compassion. We simple want to establish and enforce some basic “house rules.”
Europe believes in open borders. How is that working out for them? Finally, let me remind you that national borders was actually God’s idea in the first place. He is a God of order and peace. Remember when the police used to be called “peace” officers? Their job was to maintain the civil order of our society and the rules of the house. Now they are cursed and threatened continually by the most violent of illegal migrants. Pray for good government.
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 authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. 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. The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. Romans 13:1-4a NLT
Pray for the United States. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and pray for rain.
Les Lawrence, Voice of Christian Zionists (Read more)
Elisha Vision - Commentary 
Why God’s Borders Matter
6 12 2024The expected fall of Syria to the jihadist rebels is a game changer regarding Biblical borders. They have taken Aleppo in the north, Hama, and have now entered Homs, on the road to Damascus. The rebels are remnants of Al Qaeda and Isis, with a few other miscellaneous bad guys thrown in. All of them hate Israel. The only one that could work with Israel is the Kurds. But the future borders of Israel are the prophetic focus. Israel has had many borders, but the most expansive definition is in Genesis when Yehovah gave Abram the “boundaries covenant.”
Notice that the Euphrates River cuts right through Syria. This civil war there seems to be changing the status quo of several borders. Although it is accelerating, it will not happen overnight, but it will happen. Israel has never yet reached those Genesis 15 borders.
Also, we now see Isaiah 17 coming into focus. Damascus has never been totally destroyed in 5,000 years. Jerusalem has been destroyed at least eleven times and rebuilt each time. Yet, God told Isaiah that Damascus would disappear as a functioning city.
If we understand the times prophetically, we can recognize Scripture being fulfilled as it is happening. No longer do we speculate about future possibilities; we see it in the present. This requires taking the Bible literally wherever possible. That is what excites me in my Bible study. Ask yourself where we are in the prophetic timeline of the Bible. What is happening now?
If we take Genesis 15 literally, we see the ultimate reality of Israel’s borders as a baseline. So, when we see the developments in Syria and Lebanon, and even Gaza, we see God’s ancient covenant promise coming true in the present day.
I have said before, God is not a globalist, He is a nationalist. He establishes the nations throughout history and even defines their borders. Therefore, we take literally His promises for Israel’s borders.
Read the news with understanding of the times from God’s perspective. It will give you insight, but more importantly peace, knowing that Yehovah is working from an eternal plan to accomplish His purpose in the nations and peoples of the earth. May His almighty will be done!
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists (Read more)
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