Eschatology and Politics – Jews, Puritans, and the Rise of Postmillennialism in 17th Century England

How Jewish influence of Christian eschatology led to sympathy and the eventual readmission of Jews into England after 366 years of banishment. 🧵1/14 It begins with Sephardic Jews fleeing Spain (1492) settled in the Netherlands, notably Amsterdam, creating an intellectual hub. Figures like Menasseh ben Israel emerged, influencing Christian thought through "Mikveh Yisrael" (1650), tying Jewish dispersion to messianic hope. 2/14

In honor of the renaming of Mt. McKinley, let's talk about the assassination of President McKinley in 1901.
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President William McKinley was assassinated on September 6, 1901, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was shot twice by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, while shaking hands in a public receiving line.

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This MLK Day, let's talk about colonization or in other words the "Back to Africa" movement of early 19th century America and how this movement was destroyed by Jewish and English abolitionists radically shifting how Christians viewed race, citizenship, and slavery.

🧵 1/17 As a movement colonization promoted the relocation of free Black Americans to Africa and culminated in the establishment of Liberia as a colony in 1822.

The American Colonization Society (ACS) was the primary organization behind the movement and was founded in 1816 by Robert Finley.

Notable members included:

Henry Clay, Speaker of the House and later Secretary of State.

James Monroe, President who supported the movement and for whom Monrovia, Liberia's capital, was named.

Bushrod Washington, Supreme Court Justice and nephew of George Washington

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