Here’s a dilemma that I see if we assume that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were illegal immigrants. We know from scripture that an angel of God gave Joseph instructions to go to Egypt. If they were illegal immigrants like the ones we have in the US part of their identity is to be deceitful which would break the commandment of not bearing false witness. So are we to assume that a holy God commanded Joseph to engage in an act that would require them to bear false witness to a government, a government that Jesus told us was in power because of God? Further Jesus is supposed to be blameless. our
Here’s a dilemma that I see if we assume that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were illegal immigrants. We know from scripture that an angel of God gave Joseph instructions to go to Egypt.Below is a map of the Roman Empire in 6 BC, the best guess we have of Jesus's birthdate. Both Judea and Egypt were part of the Roman Empire. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were not Roman citizens, but rather Roman subjects. And it was totally normal for citizens and subjects to travel within the Empire's borders. But nobody confused Eric Swalwell as a biblical or historical scholar.
