Trekking to slavery

How is it that people will line up to leave their family and homes behind in exchange for shackles? What can they be told that will make them trek hundreds or thousands of miles over lousy roads through worse weather to reach a foreign country? Lastly, what has that got to do with Passover? ...A promise of something they lack.

As the Passover closes for the year, the remembrance of the Israelites' emancipation from Egyptian slavery is relived through the ceremonies. What is not fully recalled is how Jacob and his extended family came to be in bondage. It began with lack. A time of drought had brought devastating famine to the region of Canaan and the Hebrews were suffering. Yet God had set a solution in motion years before by submitting Jacob's favorite son to servitude, prison and resultant favor (Genesis 37-50). By the time the famine had a sure hold on the family, Joseph had risen to power as Pharaoh's second in command. From that place of authority he was able to offer succor to his father and family, enticing them to move all their goods to the land of Goshen in Egypt. Here they were fed and flourished until the Pharaoh that esteemed Joseph died, and grace toward the Hebrews died with him. It took over a hundred years for the Israelites to fall from favor, slowly being subjected to more and more bondage until they finally became slaves who built monuments to honor their masters, brick by brick. Brought to a land of plenty by a promise of not just survival but wealth and health, the Hebrews became a proverb for mistreatment and abuse. Even the spirituals sung by slaves in the South recalled their suffering and salvation. Despite the harsh reality of their lives, still the Hebrews were loath to abandon the known misery for the unknown. Had they learned to distrust promises? The difference was that God offered entry into the Promised Land rather than a prince or potentate making the proposal. The move called for the people's trust to match the nature of the guarantor. It also called for the people to be industrious if they wished to see the promise fulfilled. God cared for them in the wilderness but they had to obediently work and fight for the promise. It wasn't just a handout.

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So, what other correlation is there between the Israelites and the "caravans?" The unexpected consequence of slavery

In the case of the so-called >caravans rolling through the Mexican countryside and cities, it's the false pledge of free food, medicine, clothing and housing that is leading them to trundle toward the USA as their "promised land." All they need do is collect the cash being provided by >anti-American organizations (most partially >funded by Soros' Open Society Foundation), follow the crowd packing onto >buses, trains and trucks and appear as if they've walked all the way in utter despair, claiming to be victims of crime and climate change. The media bolsters the tale of poor, pressured sojourners with carefully staged and edited film depicting beaten down mothers and children straggling through streets. Images of suitably clothed and shod young men and women gabbing on $500 cell phones slip through the biased news coverage, revealing the false witness colored to instill pity among news consumers in America. So, what other correlation is there between the Israelites and the "caravans?" The unexpected consequence of slavery. The Hebrews never supposed that they'd end up in servitude, though it took a couple of generations for the brunt of the whip to be felt across their backs. Trusting God was their rescue but it took 400 years before He led them back home. Those marching toward our southern border believe the lies they've been fed that sustenance and housing come without a price. It may appear that way when first they arrive. By the time freebies are exhausted and they find themselves living in overcrowded, undernourished poverty, having become pawns to the cartels, coyotes, and corrupt nonprofits and politicians, it's too late to reverse course. The permanent underclass will continue to be exploited by those indifferent manipulators. Seduced by a fiction, the mobs head north willingly, unable to see how they're bound for economic and political slavery. The only ones who will prosper from the invasion are those who control the goods and services meted out to the victims of false promises. Once a victim is indoctrinated to go all the way for a pipedream, being given just enough to keep them on track, many can't convince themselves it was always a lie. Pride is the worst kind of bondage.