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The Illegals' Cost
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Currently, 29% of convicted felons (630,000 individuals) in American prisons are illegal aliens, costing the tax payer $1.6 billion dollars.
Conversion: Turning to God
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe are like new immigrants to the Kingdom of God; we still carry the traits of our countries of origin. We must take on the characteristics of God's nation.
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (2002)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe stranger rising above Israel is a curse God warns of in Deuteronomy 28:43-49: the stranger within shall get up very high while Israel comes down very low, lending to Israel while Israel cannot lend to him, becoming the head while Israel becomes the tail. This follows from Israel's disobedience. The mention of a language they cannot understand points to culture, which works like leaven in dough, costs enormous sums, and will lead to open clashes. The 1965 Immigration Reform Act opened the door, and now immigrants, legal and illegal, flood the United States, Britain, Canada, France, and other Israelitish nations. God sends these peoples, as He sent Midian and Amalekites against Israel in Judges 6, not as armies but as multitudes that devoured the nation's increase and impoverished it. Israel invited them in, and the nations pay the price for their conduct before God. The burdens show up in economics, crime, education, politics, and national pride. The gravest threat comes from Islamic peoples, descended from ancient enemies of Israel, whose culture and religion share almost nothing with Israel's and who clash with it. God told Israel not to mix cultures or intermarry, because mixing breeds idolatry and religion shapes culture. Political correctness now hampers these nations' leaders. God's people must not be unequally yoked with unbelievers (II Corinthians 6:14-7:1), but remain separate, holy, and different, since their citizenship is in heaven and they follow God, not worldly events.