Was Jesus a Refugee?

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In Matthew 2 .13, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,

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Rise, take the baby Jesus and his mother Mary, and flee to Egypt. Remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.

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So Joseph took his family to Egypt and remained there until Herod died. Now some have claimed this means

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Jesus was a refugee. Usually this is to score political points or make some kind of argument about immigration.

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Generally speaking, a refugee is someone who's forced to flee their own country because of violence or a natural disaster.

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Given that Joseph with his family were fleeing the wrath of Herod, maybe they could be considered refugees, but recognize the family never left the

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Roman Empire. They left Bethlehem and fled to Egypt to the Jewish settlement at Alexandria. This means they were staying with their own people in a thriving community and likely used the gifts the

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Magi gave Jesus to pay for their stay. When Herod died a short time later, they returned to Joseph's hometown of Nazareth.

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The politicians who say Jesus was a refugee are often quite liberal. They advocate for the murder of the unborn and the redefinition of marriage.

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This means they're not of the court of King Jesus, but with the court of King Herod, who killed children and hated

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God's definition of marriage. They'd have done Herod a favor and killed Jesus before he was born.

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Jesus did not come to us as a refugee. He was born King of Kings, before whom every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is