Lux Lucet

In last week’s post, we began our look at an organization called the Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT). EIT describes itself as, “a broad coalition of evangelical organizations and leaders advocating for immigration reform consistent with biblical values.”

The organization, which interestingly does not legally exist, is really a collection of a number of independent Evangelical organizations that have joined forces to spread the message of, what at times sounds like, the gospel of salvation by immigration alone.

Upon closer examination, it becomes evident that, while the group claims the mantel of Evangelical, the ideas advocated by EIT are really little more than the same sort of globalist propaganda one could just as easily find on the websites of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, George Soros’ Open Society Foundation or the Democratic National Committee. The only difference being that the folks at EIT take the ideas of the socialists, globalists and cultural Marxists, trick them out with a little Evangelical language and attempt to pass them off as somehow Biblical.

EIT’s Pathetic Response to the Caravan

From the home page of EIT if one mouses over the Media link at the top and clicks Press Room, he’ll be brought to a page showing statements made by representative of EIT on various topics. Accessing this page on 12/9/2018, the most recent collection of statements is related to the caravan and has the headline Evangelical Leaders Call for Compassionate Response to Caravan.

“Compassionate for whom?,” I asked myself, hoping against hope that long at last I would find a statement by Christian leaders who actually cared about the best interests of Americans. Could it finally be that after all these years of lecturing and hectoring by various and sundry do-gooders, world savers and busy body SJW’s who hasten to berate the American people for their harboring the irredeemably deplorable notion that their own country actually belongs to them that hard-pressed American Christians finally have found a group to stand up for them?

Alas and alack, my hopes, how quickly they were dashed.

The very first sentence of the very first paragraph links the reader to a statement issued by the Solons of EIT on 10/30/2018, which immediately makes clear where the sympathies of EIT lie.

Not that it’s any big surprise, the good folks at EIT invoke (as expected) and misuse (as expected) the Matthew 25 “welcome the stranger argument.” When Jesus taught the people to about the importance of taking in the stranger, there are two important Christian distinctions that Christ makes that are overlooked by the immigration enthusiasts at EIT.

First, all Christian charity is private charity. When Jesus commends the sheep on his right hand for their good works of mercy, he commends them for giving of their own goods, not the property of others. How do we know this? From the “In the Beginning” of Genesis to the “Amen” of Revelation, the Bible everywhere upholds the institution of private property and rejects any notion of collectivism. There was no Bureau of Welfare for Strangers in ancient Israel.

Consider the parable of the Good Samaritan, a favorite of the pro-mass taxpayers subsidized immigration crowd. Did the Good Samaritan demand government handouts for the victim of assault and robbery, or did he give of his own goods. Quite obviously, he gave of his own things to support the injured man. The account in Luke tells us the Good Samaritan “bandaged the victim’s wounds and poured oil and wine on them,” “set the victim on his own animal,” and “took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper and, and said to him, ‘ take care of him….”

Second, in Matthew 25, Jesus commends the sheep on his right hand, saying to them “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it [showed compassion] to one of the least of these My brethern, you did it to Me.” By referring to those on whom the sheep had compassion, Jesus is commending their mercy to other believers, not the humanity in general, as the EIT folks seem to think.

One finds support for this reading of the Matthew 25 passage in Galatians 6:10 where Paul writes, “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. The private charity efforts of Christians, while they may be directed to unbelievers, are principally to be used for other Christians.

This supposition that Christians owe charity equally to both unbelievers and believers, while not a Biblical teaching, is a doctrine of the Roman Church-State based on the flawed idea of the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man (FOGBOM). Writing in Ecclesiastical Megalomania, John Robbins noted that the Social Doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, “is based on the ideas of ‘…the common fatherhood of God, of the brotherhood of all in Christ’ ” (68, 69).

Given it’s theological assumptions, it is unsurprising to see prelates of the Roman Church-State misuse Matthew 25 to suggest that Christians own charity equally to all. On the other hand, one would expect Evangelicals, who claim to believe the Bible, to be more discerning. Unfortunately, that seems not to be the case.

The closing paragraph of the 10/30/2018 is revealing as well. It reads,

We also invite you to continue to join us in calling for a comprehensive solution [n.b. “comprehensive immigration reform” is code for, among other grievous ills, amnesty] to our deeply broken immigration system, which limits our government’s ability to effectively manage a large influx of asylum seekers and to protect those whose lives are in danger.

Revealed in this paragraph, once again, is the latent socialism of EIT. Where do the signers of this statement get the idea that it is the responsibility of the government – when we speak of the government, we’re really talking about the taxpayers who will foot the bill – to take care of every wish of the asylees? If someone wants to apply for asylum in the United States, very well, but it is not the job of American citizens to offer unlimited processing capabilities for them, let alone foot the bill for these people once they’re in the US.

Unasked by EIT is why a large influx of asylees, as represented by the caravan, is occurring in the first place. Nowhere does the EIT Signatories ever ask some important questions such as, Why are all these caravaners showing up on our doorstep all at once?, Who is behind the caravan?, or Why has the Roman Church-State spent money building shelters for migrants passing through Mexico, not to mention millions of dollars along the US-Mexico border for the purpose of aiding illegal immigration?

No. EIT appears not the least bit interested in asking any of these questions. For them, the migrant issue is a force of nature, not unlike the sun rising in the east or the objects falling toward the ground when dropped. One must simply accept mass migration as a given. It is, as the Pope is fond of saying, “A sign of the times.” Never mind the fact that the sign has “Made in Rome” stamped on the back.

EIT Lies About Secure Borders

EIT claims to want an immigration solution that, among other things, guarantees secure national borders. Oddly enough, though, this author cannot find one single policy recommendation on the EIT website that would do anything but let unlimited numbers of immigrants, migrants and refugees into the country while imposing an corresponding unlimited burden on American citizens to pay for it all.

For example, I searched the term “Birthright Citizenship” to see if the fine people of EIT had ever so much as considered this critical immigration reform issue. Here are my results.

Hoping I might do better with a different issue, I also looked up “eliminate welfare state.” Sadly, I got the goose egg on this search term too.

Finally, in desperation to find something on the EIT website that actually would serve to secure our southern border and to promote the best interest of actual American citizens, I searched for “build the wall.” A thrill of hope shot through me as I received 12 hits on this term.

Sadly, my hopes were soon dashed. Clicking through the search results soon revealed that of the twelve hits, in ten cases the search engine had pulled articles with the name Jim Wallis in it. For those not familiar with Wallis, let’s just say he’s one of the most liberal, SJW pseudo-evangelicals out there. The mere fact that EIT would have so many articles with positive references to his name in them is a major tell and proof positive that EIT is not a doctrinally sound organization or one that Christians should in any way be associated with.

One result included a reference to the Wall Street Journal, while the final result pulled an article that seemed to vaguely hint that the wall is a bad thing, because somehow or other it’s related to separating families, which we also all know is a crime greater than which nothing can be imagined.

In short, there doesn’t seem to be one single policy prescription on the EIT website that doesn’t involve flooding the country with even more welfare immigrants, migrants and refugees, all in the name of Christian compassion and loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Closing Thoughts

As despicable as the immigration treason of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is, I can at least understand where they’re coming from. They’re the henchmen of the papal Antichrist. As such, I full well expect them to act in treasonous ways that undermine the independence of the United States, destabilize our society, and pave the way for the world government the papacy has lusted after for centuries. Dogs bite, wasps sting, and Catholic Bishops engage in treason. I get it. None of these are good things, but at least they’re to be expected.

On the other hand, I would expect Evangelical organizations to actually work to defend the legitimate, Biblical interests of their own people, but, strangely enough, this they do not do. Instead, they simply repackage Antichrist’s old immigration poison in new, Evangelical wineskins and expect Christians to drink them dry. It’s hard to escape the idea that Russell Moore and the other Evangelical leaders at EIT are anything other than wolves in sheep’s clothing.

If American Evangelicals can be convinced, against their better judgment, to accept the extraordinary policy errors advocated by EIT, policies which differ not one whit from the destructive immigration lies of the Antichrist Roman Church-State, it will eliminate the final pocket of resistance to the globalist plan to subvert the United States by mass immigration, migration and refugee resettlement.

On a number of occasions, Jesus warned his disciples not to be deceived. To this author, it seems as if the issue of immigration once again presents Evangelicals with a situation in which they must not be deceived. May the Lord grant his people the knowledge and wisdom to see through the extraordinary errors of EIT.