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Quilting our stories

Quilting our stories. Immigration in the Bible. Many of the major characters in biblical narrative were immigrants or refugees. Abraham Rebekah Jacob Joseph Ruth David Jesus Paul. Immigrant Family-Based Immigrant Refugee Victim of Human Trafficking

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Quilting our stories

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  1. Quilting our stories

  2. Immigration in the Bible • Many of the major characters in biblical narrative were immigrants or refugees • Abraham • Rebekah • Jacob • Joseph • Ruth • David • Jesus • Paul • Immigrant • Family-Based Immigrant • Refugee • Victim of Human Trafficking • Family-Based Immigrant • Refugee • Refugee / Celestial Immigrant • Employment-Based Immigrant

  3. A wandering Aramean was my father…

  4. Theimportance of quiltingourstories… • …In thefuture, whenyour son asksyou, “Whatisthemeaning of thelawsthe Lord ourGod has commandedyou?” tellhim: “Wewereslaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, butthe Lord broughtusout of Egyptwith a mightyhand”… • …When a foreigner resides amongyou in yourland, do notmistreatthem. Theforeignerresidingamongyoumust be treated as yournative-born. Lovethem as yourself, foryouwereforeigners in Egypt.

  5. God commands the Israelites to remember their own immigrant history • Leviticus 19:33-34: • “When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.” • Exodus 23:9 • “Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.”

  6. Immigrants are also highlighted as vulnerable groups in need of special attention • As foreigners, usually without inherited land or family, immigrants were at a disadvantage • God commanded special provisions for the care of immigrants, along with orphans and widows • Deuteronomy 24:19-21 • “When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow.” • Psalm 146:9 • “The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow.”

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