Pilgrims And Strangers
Why did Plymouth Colony collapse?
In 1621 AD, the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. There was peace between Wampanoags and Pilgrims for many years. Plymouth Colony was self-sufficient within five years, due to the help of Tisquantum (Squanto). For the first forty years, it was prosperous. Then it was beset with war, civil unrest, and economic ruin. It came to an end in 1691 AD, when what was left of it, was absorbed into the Providence of Massachusetts Bay.
In order to understand why this occurred, you have to start with the beginnings of Plymouth Colony. Like most things, the seeds that bring the end, were planted in the beginning.
The Pilgrims were not the only ones to come on the Mayflower in 1620 AD. Of the seventy three men passengers on board, only forty one were Pilgrims. The other thirty two men on board, as well as the crew of fifty men that manned the Mayflower, were called, "The Strangers" by the Pilgrims.
The Strangers were not a single group of people like the Pilgrims. They were simply any one that was not a Pilgrim. Just as Gentiles are not a single group of people, but people that are simply not Jews.
Most of the Strangers were members of the Church of England - the very organization that the Pilgrims went to the New World to escape. They did not have the same plans and purposes as the Pilgrims. They did not come to Plymouth Colony for the same reasons. However, the Mayflower Compact signed by all forty one Pilgrim men, gave the men among the Strangers an equal vote in the governance of Plymouth Colony. This had an immediate effect, before the Pilgrims even set foot on the New World.
The Pilgrims had learned after they set sail, that their representative, Thomas Weston, a Stranger that was part of the Merchant Adventurers, who financed the voyage, had reached an agreement with the London Company, also ran by Strangers, to allow them only one day off per week, instead of two days off, as they had asked. While there was no dispute that their day off would be used for going to church, there was a sharp disagreement over which day that would be. Most of the Pilgrims wanted Saturday, because it is the actual Sabbath. All of the Strangers wanted Sunday, because they did not know who changed the Sabbath. So, the first vote under the Mayflower Compact was conducted to settle the matter. The Strangers won by a single vote with only five of the Pilgrims voting with them. So, Sunday became the day of worship. If the Strangers had not been allowed to vote, then Saturday would have won by a large margin.
The Pilgrims unanimously elected John Carver as governor in January, 1621 AD to replace Christopher Martin, who died on the Mayflower, not long after it reached the shores of the New World. He was the first person to obtain their office by popular vote in America. If the Strangers wanted someone different, then they would have been outvoted.
About three months later, John Carver also died on board the Mayflower. Again there was an election for governor. This time the Pilgrims unanimously voted for William Bradford as the new governor, again making any candidate proposed by the Strangers irrelevant.
In November of 1621 AD, a second ship of colonists arrived with more Pilgrims, but also some Strangers, including Thomas Prence. This Stranger became one of the eight elders of Plymouth Colony by 1626 AD. Thomas Prence appears to have eventually became one of the Pilgrims, since he married the daughter of William Brewster.
The Strangers joined the congregations of the Pilgrims, which were at the center of life in every Pilgrim town. Soon there were divisions among the Pilgrims, effectively forming different denominations, as some Pilgrims wanted to compromise their teachings to accommodate the Strangers, and others did not.
More ships bringing in more Pilgrims and Strangers continued to arrive, until the last ship carrying Pilgrims from the Netherlands arrived in 1630 AD. The Pilgrims were still the clear majority in Plymouth Colony, but their growth from immigration was over. Only a few Pilgrims would immigrate from Plymouth, England after this. All future growth of the Pilgrims would be limited to growth through reproduction and conversions among the Strangers.
However, ships carrying new colonists continued to come to Plymouth Colony - almost all of them Strangers. The Strangers continued to gain more and more influence, especially after William Bradford died in 1657 AD. So by 1661 AD, they were running many of the affairs of Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims however managed to hold onto the position of governor until the colony came to an end.
Soon, the Strangers constant refusal to honor the treaty that the Pilgrims had made with the Wampanoag, caused trouble. In 1662 AD, Metacom, who the colonists called King Philip, came to resent the constant squatting and demands for land, outside the borders of the treaty made with the Pilgrims, that were being made by the Strangers. Metacom soon began attacking individual homes and taking hostages for ransom. These were mostly Strangers, who had violated both the law of Plymouth Colony, and the treaty, by squatting on Wampanoag land.
The Strangers were gaining control of the courts, where they were effectively changing the laws created by the Pilgrims, when they refused to give sentences that applied the penalties prescribed by those laws. The Pilgrims had sought to create a self-contained colony where they could live in accordance with the Book of Truth (The Bible), while the Strangers came to benefit from the prosperity of Plymouth Colony. This lead to ever growing unrest between the Pilgrims and Strangers in Plymouth Colony.
Finally, in 1675 AD, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, who had came into the House of Truth through the work of Pilgrims, was killed by other members of the Wampanoag tribe for doing so. Some of the advisors of Metacom were arrested by the Pilgrims for the crime. They were tried for murder by a jury consisting of twelve colonists and six other members of the Wampanoag tribe, who had came into the House of Truth. They were found guilty and executed.
Metacom responded by organizing all of the tribes in New England to wage guerilla warfare on all of the colonies in New England. When Metacom was killed in 1676 AD, and Prince Philip's War came to an end, the casualties among the colonists were high. In fact, proportional to the population it was the bloodiest conflict in American history. It was twice as costly, in these terms, as the American Civil War.
It was especially devastating to Plymouth Colony, which never really recovered economically from the damage done during the war. The Pilgrims were already a minority in their own colony. The Strangers were unwilling to do the things that the Pilgrims had done to make Plymouth Colony great. It was certain that the Strangers would have gained complete control of Plymouth Colony, if it had not been absorbed into the Providence of Massachusetts Bay in 1691 AD.
The story of Pilgrims and Strangers in Plymouth Colony is a microcosm of the story of the United States. The United States was founded by people, who wanted to live in accordance with the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), like the Pilgrims. It created a constitution modeled after the Mayflower Compact. It created a three branch form of government patterned off of the government created by the Pilgrims. However, it has always had those, who came over to gain the benefits that came from laws based on the Book of Truth, but did not want to obey those laws, like the Strangers. They have ignored the treaties made with Native Americans, like the Strangers. They have sought to change the laws that made America great, like the Strangers.
Around 1870 AD, waves of these immigrants started coming over for the benefits, until they became the majority in many cities, like the Strangers. Like the Strangers, they began changing the laws of America through a subtle influence, until homosexuality went from a capital crime, to the point that people are living, like they were married in Sodom. Like the Strangers, they joined congregations and denomination to subtly steer them away from following the Book of Truth, so that the Spirit of Truth is no longer the American Spirit. Like the Strangers, they have so little in common with the Pilgrims, that they have caused the disintegration of Thanksgiving. Eventually, they so influenced America, like the Strangers, that many Americans have been given over to the Dawkins Delusions.
This has led to great division in America, like that between Pilgrims and Strangers. It has led to disastrous unending wars for America, like Plymouth Colony, because there is the resolve to fight them, but not the resolve to win them quickly. These wars have strained the economy of America, like King Philip's War strained that of Plymouth Colony. All of these factors make the death of America a certainty, just like it did for Plymouth Colony.
So, why did the Pilgrims even allow the Strangers into their colony?
The Pilgrims needed the Stranger Thomas Weston and the Merchant Adventurers to finance their voyage. They needed Strangers to sail the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony. They hired Miles Standish, who was one of the Strangers when they hired him, to train them to provide for their own defense. They needed various other Strangers to provide the understanding and skills necessary for Plymouth Colony to survive.
The Pilgrims lacked the skills to create a colony that could survive, much less thrive, on their own. Most of them were lacking in education and useful skills. They were so afraid of the education systems, that many attempted to home school their children. This was often the uneducated educating the uneducated. They had became so separate from the world, that they did not have what it took to thrive in the world. They simply never learned how to win at Greco-Judeo wrestling.
This fear does not come from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD)! Moses (Moishe) was educated by the Egyptians, but his heart still belonged to the Father of Truth (Acts 7:22-25)!
Daniel and his three friends did not lose faith by eating the unclean food of the Babylonians (Daniel 1:8-13). Yet they were the top of the class at the university of Babylon (Daniel 1:18-20).
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) was taught by the greatest Rabbi of his day (Acts 22:3). He was among the most educated men of his day (Acts 26:24). He exceeded all others in the teachings of Judaism (Galatians 1:14). Yet, when his ignorance ended, he put that zeal for the Father of Truth into telling people about the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) (1 Timothy 1:12-14).
The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) are called be in this world, even though they are not part of it (John 17:14-16). This fear of obtaining education is not from the Father of Truth, but a sound mind is (2 Timothy 1:7).
The Children of Truth must talk to their children all the time about living a life that is pleasing to the Father of Truth, while they are young (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). If they do this, then there is nothing to fear from education, because their children will not depart far from what their parents taught them (Proverbs 22:6).
The Children of Truth should go into every noble profession, and be a light there (Matthew 5:14-16). The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) that lives in them, cannot be overcome by the spirit of this world (1 John 4:2-4).
People every where need to know how to come into the House of Truth!
They need to know, that they need to surrender control of their lives to the Man of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead, so they can come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth!
In 1621 AD, the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. There was peace between Wampanoags and Pilgrims for many years. Plymouth Colony was self-sufficient within five years, due to the help of Tisquantum (Squanto). For the first forty years, it was prosperous. Then it was beset with war, civil unrest, and economic ruin. It came to an end in 1691 AD, when what was left of it, was absorbed into the Providence of Massachusetts Bay.
In order to understand why this occurred, you have to start with the beginnings of Plymouth Colony. Like most things, the seeds that bring the end, were planted in the beginning.
The Pilgrims were not the only ones to come on the Mayflower in 1620 AD. Of the seventy three men passengers on board, only forty one were Pilgrims. The other thirty two men on board, as well as the crew of fifty men that manned the Mayflower, were called, "The Strangers" by the Pilgrims.
The Strangers were not a single group of people like the Pilgrims. They were simply any one that was not a Pilgrim. Just as Gentiles are not a single group of people, but people that are simply not Jews.
Most of the Strangers were members of the Church of England - the very organization that the Pilgrims went to the New World to escape. They did not have the same plans and purposes as the Pilgrims. They did not come to Plymouth Colony for the same reasons. However, the Mayflower Compact signed by all forty one Pilgrim men, gave the men among the Strangers an equal vote in the governance of Plymouth Colony. This had an immediate effect, before the Pilgrims even set foot on the New World.
The Pilgrims had learned after they set sail, that their representative, Thomas Weston, a Stranger that was part of the Merchant Adventurers, who financed the voyage, had reached an agreement with the London Company, also ran by Strangers, to allow them only one day off per week, instead of two days off, as they had asked. While there was no dispute that their day off would be used for going to church, there was a sharp disagreement over which day that would be. Most of the Pilgrims wanted Saturday, because it is the actual Sabbath. All of the Strangers wanted Sunday, because they did not know who changed the Sabbath. So, the first vote under the Mayflower Compact was conducted to settle the matter. The Strangers won by a single vote with only five of the Pilgrims voting with them. So, Sunday became the day of worship. If the Strangers had not been allowed to vote, then Saturday would have won by a large margin.
The Pilgrims unanimously elected John Carver as governor in January, 1621 AD to replace Christopher Martin, who died on the Mayflower, not long after it reached the shores of the New World. He was the first person to obtain their office by popular vote in America. If the Strangers wanted someone different, then they would have been outvoted.
About three months later, John Carver also died on board the Mayflower. Again there was an election for governor. This time the Pilgrims unanimously voted for William Bradford as the new governor, again making any candidate proposed by the Strangers irrelevant.
In November of 1621 AD, a second ship of colonists arrived with more Pilgrims, but also some Strangers, including Thomas Prence. This Stranger became one of the eight elders of Plymouth Colony by 1626 AD. Thomas Prence appears to have eventually became one of the Pilgrims, since he married the daughter of William Brewster.
The Strangers joined the congregations of the Pilgrims, which were at the center of life in every Pilgrim town. Soon there were divisions among the Pilgrims, effectively forming different denominations, as some Pilgrims wanted to compromise their teachings to accommodate the Strangers, and others did not.
More ships bringing in more Pilgrims and Strangers continued to arrive, until the last ship carrying Pilgrims from the Netherlands arrived in 1630 AD. The Pilgrims were still the clear majority in Plymouth Colony, but their growth from immigration was over. Only a few Pilgrims would immigrate from Plymouth, England after this. All future growth of the Pilgrims would be limited to growth through reproduction and conversions among the Strangers.
However, ships carrying new colonists continued to come to Plymouth Colony - almost all of them Strangers. The Strangers continued to gain more and more influence, especially after William Bradford died in 1657 AD. So by 1661 AD, they were running many of the affairs of Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims however managed to hold onto the position of governor until the colony came to an end.
Soon, the Strangers constant refusal to honor the treaty that the Pilgrims had made with the Wampanoag, caused trouble. In 1662 AD, Metacom, who the colonists called King Philip, came to resent the constant squatting and demands for land, outside the borders of the treaty made with the Pilgrims, that were being made by the Strangers. Metacom soon began attacking individual homes and taking hostages for ransom. These were mostly Strangers, who had violated both the law of Plymouth Colony, and the treaty, by squatting on Wampanoag land.
The Strangers were gaining control of the courts, where they were effectively changing the laws created by the Pilgrims, when they refused to give sentences that applied the penalties prescribed by those laws. The Pilgrims had sought to create a self-contained colony where they could live in accordance with the Book of Truth (The Bible), while the Strangers came to benefit from the prosperity of Plymouth Colony. This lead to ever growing unrest between the Pilgrims and Strangers in Plymouth Colony.
Finally, in 1675 AD, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, who had came into the House of Truth through the work of Pilgrims, was killed by other members of the Wampanoag tribe for doing so. Some of the advisors of Metacom were arrested by the Pilgrims for the crime. They were tried for murder by a jury consisting of twelve colonists and six other members of the Wampanoag tribe, who had came into the House of Truth. They were found guilty and executed.
Metacom responded by organizing all of the tribes in New England to wage guerilla warfare on all of the colonies in New England. When Metacom was killed in 1676 AD, and Prince Philip's War came to an end, the casualties among the colonists were high. In fact, proportional to the population it was the bloodiest conflict in American history. It was twice as costly, in these terms, as the American Civil War.
It was especially devastating to Plymouth Colony, which never really recovered economically from the damage done during the war. The Pilgrims were already a minority in their own colony. The Strangers were unwilling to do the things that the Pilgrims had done to make Plymouth Colony great. It was certain that the Strangers would have gained complete control of Plymouth Colony, if it had not been absorbed into the Providence of Massachusetts Bay in 1691 AD.
The story of Pilgrims and Strangers in Plymouth Colony is a microcosm of the story of the United States. The United States was founded by people, who wanted to live in accordance with the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), like the Pilgrims. It created a constitution modeled after the Mayflower Compact. It created a three branch form of government patterned off of the government created by the Pilgrims. However, it has always had those, who came over to gain the benefits that came from laws based on the Book of Truth, but did not want to obey those laws, like the Strangers. They have ignored the treaties made with Native Americans, like the Strangers. They have sought to change the laws that made America great, like the Strangers.
Around 1870 AD, waves of these immigrants started coming over for the benefits, until they became the majority in many cities, like the Strangers. Like the Strangers, they began changing the laws of America through a subtle influence, until homosexuality went from a capital crime, to the point that people are living, like they were married in Sodom. Like the Strangers, they joined congregations and denomination to subtly steer them away from following the Book of Truth, so that the Spirit of Truth is no longer the American Spirit. Like the Strangers, they have so little in common with the Pilgrims, that they have caused the disintegration of Thanksgiving. Eventually, they so influenced America, like the Strangers, that many Americans have been given over to the Dawkins Delusions.
This has led to great division in America, like that between Pilgrims and Strangers. It has led to disastrous unending wars for America, like Plymouth Colony, because there is the resolve to fight them, but not the resolve to win them quickly. These wars have strained the economy of America, like King Philip's War strained that of Plymouth Colony. All of these factors make the death of America a certainty, just like it did for Plymouth Colony.
So, why did the Pilgrims even allow the Strangers into their colony?
The Pilgrims needed the Stranger Thomas Weston and the Merchant Adventurers to finance their voyage. They needed Strangers to sail the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony. They hired Miles Standish, who was one of the Strangers when they hired him, to train them to provide for their own defense. They needed various other Strangers to provide the understanding and skills necessary for Plymouth Colony to survive.
The Pilgrims lacked the skills to create a colony that could survive, much less thrive, on their own. Most of them were lacking in education and useful skills. They were so afraid of the education systems, that many attempted to home school their children. This was often the uneducated educating the uneducated. They had became so separate from the world, that they did not have what it took to thrive in the world. They simply never learned how to win at Greco-Judeo wrestling.
This fear does not come from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD)! Moses (Moishe) was educated by the Egyptians, but his heart still belonged to the Father of Truth (Acts 7:22-25)!
Daniel and his three friends did not lose faith by eating the unclean food of the Babylonians (Daniel 1:8-13). Yet they were the top of the class at the university of Babylon (Daniel 1:18-20).
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) was taught by the greatest Rabbi of his day (Acts 22:3). He was among the most educated men of his day (Acts 26:24). He exceeded all others in the teachings of Judaism (Galatians 1:14). Yet, when his ignorance ended, he put that zeal for the Father of Truth into telling people about the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) (1 Timothy 1:12-14).
The Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) are called be in this world, even though they are not part of it (John 17:14-16). This fear of obtaining education is not from the Father of Truth, but a sound mind is (2 Timothy 1:7).
The Children of Truth must talk to their children all the time about living a life that is pleasing to the Father of Truth, while they are young (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). If they do this, then there is nothing to fear from education, because their children will not depart far from what their parents taught them (Proverbs 22:6).
The Children of Truth should go into every noble profession, and be a light there (Matthew 5:14-16). The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) that lives in them, cannot be overcome by the spirit of this world (1 John 4:2-4).
People every where need to know how to come into the House of Truth!
They need to know, that they need to surrender control of their lives to the Man of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead, so they can come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth!
posted by The House Of Truth @ November 22, 2018
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