After the Babylonian Captivity, a remnant of Jews returned to Jerusalem. They had rebuilt their temple and now needed a wall for protection. God told Nehemiah, who was neither a priest nor politician, but a builder, to rebuild the broken walls around Jerusalem. The destruction and deterioration of Jerusalem’s wall exposed its people to harm and was a source of disgrace. A new wall would be a warning to Israel’s enemies. It would provide protection and dignity to a people that suffered the judgment of God but had later been restored. A broken wall left its people defenseless. It would allow enemies to enter and cause “great trouble” to its people. Rebuilding the wall showed God’s blessing in that he wanted them protected.

God knows well the dangers of this world. To think otherwise is irrational. Nancy Pelosi obviously either doesn’t care or is oblivious. When she refused to meet with those that lost loved ones to illegal aliens (enemies), I contend the former.

Anyone who reads scripture understands that we live in a fallen world. And as such we need to protect ourselves from those that would hurt us. An immigration policy that is organized that vets potential citizens or guests makes so much sense that disputing it or attempting to negotiate it downward makes absolutely no sense.

What we are up against is either astounding ignorance or blatant stupidity. In the January 22, 2019 edition of the Los Angeles Times, they said, “Terrorism isn’t a big threat anymore. So, why build a wall?” How about this? Our southern neighbor is a thoroughly corrupt, unstable country with a murder rate 5X that of the United States! Having not had a major terrorist attack lately isn’t because the enemy has changed their minds, it is because we haven’t changed ours. Thank you, President Trump. Being in Los Angeles, I would ask those at the LA Times to keep their doors unlocked at night.

No one anticipated 9/11. No one expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. No one expected Kate Steinle to die in her father’s arms from a gunshot wound in San Francisco from an illegal alien deported five times. No one expected a police officer to be shot and killed by an illegal alien during Christmas week leaving a wife and young son. No one expected an illegal alien from El Salvador to be charged with murdering four people in Nevada. No one expected to arrest an illegal alien for killing two elderly people in a home invasion/robbery in Reno just two weeks ago.