A word about a comment made by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, concerning Jesus being an immigrant

WARNING, RANT AHEAD  about Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York who made a comment on yesterdays CBS Sunday Morning program discussing a new mural depicting immigrants.

While I understand what he was attempting to get across, his comment left me upset for hours, because it reveals to me that he just another “man of the cloth,” who does NOT know our Messiah (or the Bible), yet dares to “put words in his mouth!”

Here is what the Cardinal said - and you can check it out for yourself at the link to the program and make up your own mind, at approximately the 11:1 minute mark:

“When all is said and done when I stand before Jesus, he’s not going to say, ‘Hey Dolan, good work with the mural… But I need to ask you something: When I was an immigrant, did you welcome me?’ And if I say, I’m afraid I didn’t Lord, then he’s gonna say ‘Get the hell outta here!’ Right?”

What incensed me about that statement is that (1) Messiah Yeshua would NEVER talk like that, in the first place; and (2) he certainly isn’t going to be discussing his “immigrant” status of two thousand years ago – because that is NOT what the story of his birth, life, death and resurrection is all about!

The fact is, when we stand before Yeshua, his conversation will strictly center around each of US, and whether or not we were “wholehearted” toward him and His Father YHWH, by following His Divine Instructions in Righteousness (Torah)!

Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that Day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name?' 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!' (CJB)

Revelation 3:14 “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Laodicea, write: ‘Here is the message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the Ruler of God’s creation 15 “I know what you are doing: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth! (CJB)

Revelation 3:19 As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins! ²⁰ Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. ²¹ I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.”’” (CJB)

Ezekiel 22:26 Her pastors/priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them."

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of ADONAI is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. (CJB)

Proverbs 28:4 Those who abandon Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah fight them. (CJB)

And finally, I leave you with these passages to ponder:

Matthew 7:¹³ “Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it; ¹⁴ but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it. (CJB)

Matthew 7:¹⁵ “Beware of the false prophets! They come to you wearing sheep’s clothing, but underneath they are hungry wolves! ¹⁶ You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸ A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, or a poor tree good fruit. ¹⁹ Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire! ²⁰ So you will recognize them by their fruit. (CJB)