Thread by @lisasharper

1/ There are 4 pp groups constantly referenced together in scripture. Theologian, Nicolas Wolterstorff, calls them “the quartet of the vulnerable.” Includes the widows, orphans, immigrants and the poor. Note: Immigrants would have also included their ethnic “other”— non-Hebrews.

2/ There was a time when God governed the people of Israel directly (Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy). That’s where we get the 10 Commandments and all the laws that come after. Through God’s public policy, we can see God priorities.
#godlygoverance

3/ God consistently prioritizes the legal protection of the quartet of the vulnerable through public policies like the Gleaning Laws, laws on the treatment of immigrants, and the laws about The Sabbatical Year and The Year of Jubilee, among others.
#godlygovernance

4/ God governs in a way that consistently limits the personal freedoms of those w/ means to ensure access to flourishing for these vulnerable ones.

To trample over people groups that God actively protects in scripture is to declare war against God.

#goodluck

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