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This section speaks of the Final Judgment, when the righteous will be granted paradise and unrepentant sinners will be consigned to eternal fire. Christ says to those at his right hand that they are “blessed” because Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?" 19. Romans 16:23 What has changed is many immigrants, fleeing his home country because of warfare, violence, religious intolerance works to implement the same condition that brought about the problems in his home country. Leviticus 19:34 The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me (Matthew 25:35). Hebrews 13: 1 Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. I BELIEVE we are still here to help men and women to learn to live as each other's guests. We are guests of this life. We are guests of this planet, and we are almost destroying it. … People should learn a new language, a new way of life, learn to be guests and let others be their guest. Anton – I don’t dispute that, but I can’t say anything about whether or not Barth disputes that (having read his commentary). I do know that he used this chapter as an excuse to write about `The Church’ and – as I say – I think that what he says about `The Church’ is right on the button – but if you want to know about Romans 9, you should read something else entirely. In the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the word “gēr” appears almost 50 times, and the fifth book, Deuteronomy, delineates a number of specific provisions for treating “the stranger” not just with courtesy but also with active support and provision.Anton, I see the logic of your first point( although this would require elaboration). However while not wishing to downgrade”the individual level” I would affirm that the biblical input expressed above should by extension have application to Christian communities. In particular, as we are all well aware, the most pressing problem facing both church and state in this context at this moment is one specific issue pertaining to “the stranger”: it is the *refugee* ! Reply
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The Maharal, Rabbi Yehuda Loew of Prague was a late medieval (1525-1609) mystic, philosopher and mathematician. How does he understand the Talmudic passage we just studied? John 1:5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you; they have testified to your love before the church. You do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God; for they began their journey for the sake of Christ, accepting no support from non-believers. Therefore we ought to support such people, so that they may become co-workers with the truth. By extending a welcome to strangers—each other—we are resisting the way things are in the world. The climate of this world is inhospitable. We need climate change—physical, attitudinal, spiritual, emotional, communicative change—that can begin only when people like you and me refuse to act like the rest of the world is acting right now.In 1 Timothy 5:10, the Bible talks about supporting widows if they possess these characteristics - "She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. You should read Barth on Romans 9 for yourself. I don’t think it has much to say about Romans 9, but he is `right on the button’ when it comes to the church. Reply
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