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Reflections on Immigration as a Metaphor of Christian Discipleship
Annang Asumang
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The most profound and detailed story of immigration in the Bible is that of the people of Israel. While they suffered under the cruel tyranny of the Egyptians, God heard their cry for deliverance and in His own time, delivered them. Their forty years of wilderness travel was however, a mixture of the positive and the negative. There, they experienced both the power and presence of God to prepare them as His people. During the same time they experienced periods of intense testing of their faith. All immigrants, real or metaphorical, share this experience of testing and preparation with the people of Israel in the wilderness.
The Old Testament also describes the exploits of migrant women such as Sarah, Rahab, Ruth and Esther, to name but a few. These migrant women brought tremendous blessings to generations after them through their persistence and faithfulness. Ruth was the typical Gentile, who rejected her roots in order to follow Jehovah and share the heritage of God’s people. Esther may have thought she was in an impossible situation in exile. That is, until God’s time came, when she realized that she had been placed where she was at that particular time for a specific purpose in keeping with Jehovah’s kingdom.
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