I was in a meeting with two Jewish people the other day. The fear and hatred around their race is appalling. They are hiding in plain sight, identifying with other cultures as a mask to who God created them to be. When I say them, I mean us, as I am Jewish also. My origins were unknown prior to my grandmother’s death. I grew up a Christian. But the persecution and antisemitism must end.

There is no longer a wall of separation between gentile or Jew because of Christ. He died to fulfill the law and prophets, and His Spirit within us speaks to our hearts about who we are. The hope in the Jewish culture and the Christian culture is that we are both waiting for the Messiah. The Jews, His original appearance, and Christians, His return. A spoiler alert for both cultures is that He is alive in us! He is here. He has risen. A friend just won a 4.6 million dollar lawsuit for the murder of her son. The guards at the prison mercilessly beat him and left him for dead. No money can soothe the ache of her loss. 

God sent His son, Jesus, to die on earth to reveal heaven to us, and put heaven inside us. We live in heaven and on earth simultaneously. We who simply believe in Christ will spend eternity with Him. Our level of responsibility to help Him run the universe is determined by how much we seek Him. We find Him when we seek Him with all of our hearts. When we come to the realization that He is in us, on us, and for us, we can stop trying to be relevant and just be available for how He wants to partner with us. I hope that the money from my friend’s lawsuit goes to help to prevent other young men from ending up in prison in the first place, but I most sincerely yearn for all to know Christ in us, the hope of glory! 

There were three of us on a zoom meeting. A fourth person entered the room with their camera off. We welcomed them, but they remained silent and hidden. They left, and then kept trying to come back. We checked the attendance paperwork, and didn’t see their name. We didn’t know if they were guessing at the link, and there to cause trouble, or if they were shy. 

The leader mentioned how the caregivers for his son were hard working and dedicated to him. He mentioned that they always showed up on time for work, and went out of their way to be of assistance. He said that one of the wives of a caregiver was sent back home to her nation while she was pregnant. 

If we need to have a zoom meeting have registration to monitor who participates, and be able to follow up with them, we assuredly need to have the proper paperwork for citizenship and voting. Being in a culture means you are accountable to the people around you to an extent. 

There are neighborhoods where ethnically similar cultures congregate, and that’s fantastic! We need more of that. But we also need diversity in the way we treat each other and honor one another in Christ. While everyone might not recognize Christ in them, He is still there, waiting on the deserted island of their hearts of lack and fear, waiting to be revealed. Christ died so that all will know Him. 

Our citizenship in heaven is guaranteed, where all are free, valued, and loved. Sometimes we think there’s opportunity in other places, but God promises there is opportunity in us through Him. When we are connected with our tribe in the neighborhoods of heaven, we get to eat the rich food of His word as He manifests Himself in particular people and places. 

God set boundaries on the earth for a reason. And while there are opportunities to build a new life in America, America is built on the foundation of Christ. That is why we are so attractive to other nations. 

My dad built our home thirty eight years ago. The walls crack now and then as it settles with time. We have rats that are chewing through the pipes and washing machine tubes, causing leaks and damage. 

People who know Christ, but choose to reject Him, are letting rats into the interior of their soul to cause damage to their blood streams which pumps the very blood of Jesus. Without legal documentation, we are letting criminals through our borders who are trying to destroy our country from the inside out. 

We have to walk fully in our identity in Christ, honor the boundaries and commands He wants us to follow, while respecting and honoring the laws of the land. There are consequences to breaking the rules. Deportations may seem cruel, but they are the outcome of not obeying the laws of the land.