Leviticus 19:34 and the Baby Jesus

Fast forward to Matthew 2 which tells of the three wise men who visit the baby Jesus and his family in Bethlehem and bear gifts

On the back of the dollar bill, announcing the conception of a new order of the ages, and out of many, one, and it is soon to come about.

How inappropriate indeed that at this time of year, the issue of people wanting to come into the U.S. has certain groups and the U.S. leadership in a tizzy, fighting over a wall and who can enter the U.S. The hostility toward strangers outside of the U.S. is breathtaking.

What if Egypt deported the family with baby Jesus?

How inappropriate indeed that at this time of year, the issue of people wanting to come into the U.S. has certain groups and the U.S. leadership in a tizzy, fighting over a wall and who can enter the U.S. The hostility toward strangers outside of the U.S. is breathtaking.

So, amidst Christmas cheer and the giving of presents to eachother, may I enlighten or remind you of the time when Jesus was just born, since, in light of the immigration conflicts we see, it is more than appropriate.

First off, God in Leviticus 19:34 says, “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” Fast forward to Matthew 2 which tells of the three wise men who visit the baby Jesus and his family in Bethlehem and bear gifts, knowing that Jesus will become the king of the Jews as prophesied in Micah 5:2 which says

“And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.”

When the three wise men left, Joseph the family patriarch has a dream described in Matthew 2:13 in which “an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’” And so, as it says in Matthew 2:14-15, “And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt AND REMAINED THERE until the death of Herod.” In modern terms, the family sought sanctuary in Egypt because they were under a threat by a despotic ruler of the country they were in. Sound familiar?

After Herod dies, Joseph in Matthew 2: 21, “…rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.”

Did Egypt deport them? Did it fear that Joseph might be a criminal? Also, it should be noted that the world at that time had its share of enemies just like we have.

Did it incarcerate them for going in the land of Egypt? No. The Bible makes clear that the family came and went as they pleased. It is interesting that the family goes to Egypt, the very land that triggered Leviticus 19:34, which refers to when Jacob’s family was allowed by Egypt to settle there because of the famine which affected where they lived. Even more interesting, Egypt was once again accommodating!

What if Egypt deported the family with baby Jesus? It is probable that King Herod would have killed him, since he saw him as a threat. What if Egypt incarcerated the family so they couldn’t leave? Would the world know of him later? But that didn’t happen.

And as the Bible says in Hebrews 13:2 to “…not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares,” and as Jesus is no less than the angels, we should at least be careful that we do not turn people away without cause.

And regarding Leviticus 19:34, which is one of many Laws given by God in the Old Testament, the fully grown Jesus said he did not come to change the Law, but to fulfill it. So, he simplified the Law, condensing it into two commandments, with the second one being we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Who is our neighbor? According to Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan, our neighbor is someone who can help us. I tell you that that could be said about most people. Countries in which people go, at least to seek sanctuary, should be mindful that most people do not intend to go to their country to do harm, but are willing to be neighbors, and some of them, unknowingly, could even turn out to be angels in their own way at least.

Wishing all a Merry Christmas.

Christ was in Egypt legally and lawfully.

So we have another nonsensical question to deal with. Do you know how many hoops people have to pass through to enter the USA LEGALLY? And here you are trying to promote an ILLEGAL MIGRANT INVASION. Satan loves it when Christians don't understand right from wrong.

This is about as ignorant and ill-informed a statement as a Christian can make.

So let's put this another way:

DO GOD AND CHRIST ENCOURAGE LAWLESSNESS OR NOT?

the account never actually says 'three'

**mandela effect**

the account never actually says 'three'

**mandela effect**

More likely a contingent of perhaps hundreds armed cavalry who are escorting the Persian king-makers with their retinue. The despotic Herod and all of Jerusalem were alarmed. Herod treats them with kid gloves.

There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.

Interesting. Perhaps you could support your case with historical accounts of communication between these far flung groups?

I hold to the strictly Persian interpretation for the time being.

it's as easy as looking at wiki to discover that there was trade and communication between the Persian & Chinese regions at least 100 BC -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Persian_relations
the silk road existed as far back as the Han dynasty, 200+ BC

written, detailed Chinese history goes back ~ 5,000 years, and shows a rich tradition of astronomical observation. ancient China was also monotheistic, and held wisdom in high cultural value. without going into any serious historical poking around ((definitely not post's forte)) there's ample reason to presume that in addition to goods, knowledge and philosophy was transmitted between the east and the west. it's plausible that the lore and prophecies of Daniel, who was very great in Babylonian mystical & sagacious society, could have made its way to China - there's motive & opportunity in the shared cultural value of concern for heavenly things and astronomy between Babylon/Persia & China, and the existence of the silk road.

the biggest factor for me in coming to the conclusion that some of the magi could have been Chinese is as i previously intimated, the time factor - i think Herod's '2 years old' decision gives us a pretty good idea of how long it was between observation of the sign in the heavens and the magi's arrival in Judea, and it's hard for me to imagine why a trip from Babylon to Jerusalem would take that long at that time, with well established routes and probably persons of means being involved.

someone ((sorry i can't remember who offhand )) shared a video of a sermon teaching about links between Chinese writing and the Bible not too long ago, which i found absolutely fascinating -- and which corroborates some of my thinking about this. in the sermon, the teacher muses that knowledge of the truth about creation would have come from descendancy through Noah to the founders of the Chinese race & empires, which makes sense, but it doesn't exclude the sharing of wisdom & knowledge from the Levant with the East through other means.

it's a couple hours to watch both of these, if you have the time, but even without it's relationship to what we're discussing here, i really really really recommend having a listen to the information in these videos; i think you especially would enjoy them:

God in ancient China part 1:

part 2:

there's some weird pseudo-prosperity-gospel stuff at the end of part 2, especially, but set that aside and take in the information this guy's presenting.
he does mention both prophecy and astronomical observation of signs in the heavens, in ancient Chinese records that corroborates the birth of Christ -- IIRC that's in part 2 -- but i encourage you to watch both, so you have the context of part 1 to see what he is saying in part 2.

i already had the possibly-Chinese-view before i saw these, and they reinforced it for me, and present information much better than i could.

Thank you. Yes I have been exposed to these theories, and I think that there is some credence to their assertions. But little in the way of proof regarding the Magi.

Ezra probably made the trip in ~ 4 months in a similarly-funded way.