Types of Rapture (~9.1 MB) - Moriel Ministries

Jewish American History
to be beholden to a heathen nation with
an evil religion After he finished begging
and licking, Bush’s Saudi master sent
him back to Washington empty handed.
A Jewish American Hero
IT WAS A SAD WEEK
To this add the tragic events in Burma/Myanmar
where a junta aligned to
the Chinese regime in Beijing refused to
allow emergency aid to its own people,
and an earthquake in China left 5 million
homeless. I personally believe it is
God’s judgment on China for its role in
supporting the unspeakable actions of the
governments of Myanmar and of Robert
Mugabe in Zimbabwe and of the debauchery
in Sudan. China‚s persecution of
Christians will invoke the wrath of God,
just as divine wrath is going to be soon
unleashed on the Moslem world for its hatred
of Israel and persecution of Christians.
All of this was in just one week – last
week. Moreover, as the fallen world becomes
sicker, and more twisted and depraved,
so much of the Christian Church
becomes likewise more and more twisted
and depraved from the demented replay
of the Toronto & Pensacola deceptions
now underway in Lakeland, Florida, with
the ridiculous hype artistry and biblical
ignorance of Todd Bentley, to the Purpose-Driven
Lie of Rick Warren, to the
ecumenical deception of Chuck Colson, to
the apostasy of Brian McLaren’s Emergent
Church. Last week, Franklin Graham, head
of Billy Graham Crusades, turned against
Christians in sport‚ saying that Christians
should not preach the Gospel at the Beijing
Olympics. If the Church has lost its
mind, what should we expect from the
world With a backslidden Church, how
can nations be otherwise With scum in
our pulpits, what else can we expect to
have in our governments Quite a week.
Yet the worst week, which will also
be the best week, is yet to come. The 70th
week of Daniel will yield more badness,
more madness, and more sadness than all
of the other weeks in all of human history
combined. But, ironically, it will also herald
the most gladness, eclipsing the badness,
madness, and sadness. While that
week will be the most bad, the most mad,
and the most sad, it will also be the most
glad. It is this same week that Jesus will
come. May we be ready. Yes, it is getting
bad, it is getting mad, and it is getting sad.
But Jesus said that when we
see these things happening we
should lift up our heads for
our redemption draws near.
Haym Solomon (or Salomon) (1740–1785) was a prime financier of the American
side during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain. A Jew, he was born
the son of a rabbi in Leszno (Lissa), Poland. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Solomon came to New York from Poland in 1772 and joined the Sons of Liberty.
In 1776 he was captured by the British, but he used his knowledge of German to convince
his Hessian jailer to let him out. It was during this period of incarceration that
he contracted tuberculosis. After this he joined the American forces evacuating New
York at the time. Haym Solomon was a merchant. He traveled south with Washington’s
Army and eventually settled in Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia he married Rachael
Franks, the daughter of loyalist merchant and slave trader David Franks, of Philadelphia.
They kept one slave, a young woman who helped Mrs. Solomon in their home.
Solomon was an astute merchant and auctioneer who succeeded in accumulating a
fortune, which he subsequently devoted to the use of the American government during the
American Revolution. For example, he personally supported various members of the Continental
Congress during their stay in Philadelphia, including James Madison. Acting as the
patriot he was, he never asked for repayment. Solomon also negotiated the sale of a majority
of the war aid from France and Holland, selling bills of exchange to American merchants.
A Key Figure
Solomon became an associate of prominent Philadelphian Robert Morris, a member of
Congress with close ties to Benjamin Franklin. Morris brokered many financial transactions
that helped the revolutionary cause gather steam early on. By the winter of 1780-81 the colonial
government was broke and Morris was appointed superintendent of finance. Solomon entered
into more than seventy-five financial transactions with Morris between 1781 and 1784.
He was almost the only broker for the sale of bills of exchange -- bonds sold to provide funds
for the war effort and salaries of top government officeholders. Solomon may have backed
many of these with his own assets. Moreover, he was the principal broker for subsidies from
France and Holland to help the American independence effort, and turned over his commissions
on these transactions to the cause as well. He was also named an agent for merchandise
that was seized by privateers loyal to the colonists, which he sold to help finance the war.
Records show that Solomon advanced over $211,000 to Morris when the latter
was superintendent of finance, and entered into other transactions with the government
to the tune of over $353,000. There were also several promissory notes totaling
$92,000. In all, the sum that Solomon advanced to help the war cause was over $658,000,
an amount which was later recognized by Congress as valid. Some of these transactions
were in specie (Revolutionary paper), and as such declined considerably in value
after the war. The loans that Solomon advanced to men such as future presidents James
Madison and James Monroe were assumed to have been settled between the parties.
Solomon maintained his Philadelphia brokerage throughout these years, and was also a
devout practitioner of his faith. He was active in the city’s Congregation Mikveh Israel, and
once appeared before the Board of Censors to speak in opposition to a religious oath required
of civil servants designed to keep those of the Jewish faith from such jobs. His firm began to
experience financial losses after a 1783 recession, and he planned to relocate to New York City
in 1785. According to one story, he petitioned the government for repayment, and was sent a
sheaf of documents on a Saturday, the Jewish holy day. Solomon would not sign them because
of the Sabbath laws against transacting business. On Monday he fell gravely ill. Other sources
note that he had not yet tabulated the debts and presented his claim officially. What is certain
is that Solomon died on January 6, 1785 in Philadelphia, a death attributed to tuberculosis.
When Solomon died, it was discovered he had been speculating in various currencies
and debt instruments. His family sold them at market rates, which had greatly depreciated because
of the weakened state of the American economy in the 1780s. Subsequent generations
misunderstood his truly patriotic actions and appealed to Congress for more money, but were
turned down twice. A myth grew that he had lent the young United States government about
$600,000, and at his death about $400,000 of this amount had not been repaid. This sum was
added to what he really had lent to statesmen and others while performing public duties and
trusts. Jacob Bader Marcus wrote in Early American Jewry that the sum owed to Solomon was
$800,000. That amount in 1785 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $39,264,947,368.42
(using relative share of GDP which indicates purchasing power) in 2005 US dollars.
26 June 2008 • Moriel Quarterly