The holy word of God is totally against oppression and people being mistreated for any reason whatsoever. The Torah required that anyone who does work for you be paid for their labor.
Most people of Biblical times knew servants were taken care of by the ones they worked or labored for . Some servants were bond; bonded labor, this is someone who would work to pay off a debt and this kind of service still exists in parts of Asia. Most of the time when people are oppressed it is done by a culture of people who feel superior over other people and it is a very old part of world history.
When President Abraham Lincoln wanted to end American slavery, with his introduction of the Emancipation Proclamation , some felt that the African people were sub-human and didn’t deserve freedom. The word of God even from Torah, says give everyone fair treatment even strangers, orphans and widows.
The Lord hears all cries of pain and suffering done to His people, just because we don’t see people in chains and force to labor doesn’t mean slavery doesn’t exist . Modern day oppression is done in factories like sweatshops, and sadly children are force in the slavery in the form human trafficking’s to sex slaves , forced marriages or child soldiers. We can try to fight for world peace and a try to stop world wide oppression, but sadly brothers and sister it won’t happen until the father of lies and murder , is put to death and those who practice his acts of murder and oppression go with him. God bless you all, the Lord Jesus loves you and so do I. Samuel Head
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