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The Wycliffe Bible Translators, John Mott & Rockefeller Connections The Wycliffe Bible Translators, John Mott & Rockefeller Connections 1 Timothy 6:9-11 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness." One must understand who the Rockefellers are/were in order to comprehend the significance of all their associations and projects. The Rockefeller family is viewed by many as a family that has helped humanity globally, and from a humanistic perspective, one cannot dispute that some of their ventures have indeed helped in some way. Their involvement in issues traverse the political, banking, economic, religious, educational and environmental affairs. The desire for wealth and power is not restricted to those mentioned in this article, like J. Howard Pew, Nelson Bunker Hunt, but many more in the oil and commodities industry and others who sought the same things Rockefeller did. Some authors suggest that the Rockefellers are merely a front for the workings of the Rothschild's. It should be noted that all banking and economic systems are interconnected as are those families involved. Each is a cog in a very large wheel. We are reminded as Christians, that "we wrestle not against flesh and blood..." For our purposes, due to the vastness of their historical connections, we will focus on a fraction of what and who the Rockefeller's are involved with and connected to. Skeletons in the Closet: Rockefeller History Galatians 5:19-21 "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." The history of the Rockefeller family began, not with Standard Oil and not with honor, but with a con man, womanizer and a thief. Various authors note that the Rockefeller "oil" beginnings were not solely from "crude oil." John D. Rockefeller Seniors father, William Avery Rockefeller, "Big Bill," was a traveling salesman who advertised himself as a "William Rockefeller, the Celebrated Cancer Specialist" and who hawked "herbal remedies" and other bottled medicines." He guaranteed "All Cases of Cancer Cured Unless They Are Too Far Gone". Those claims allowed him to charge $25 for his magic cancer, which he retailed for $25 a bottle, a sum then equivalent to two month's wages. The "cure" survived until quite recently as Nujol, consisting principally of petroleum and peddled as a laxative. Nujol was manufactured by a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey, called Stanco, whose only other product, manufactured on the same premises, was the famous insecticide, Flit. [1] "William posed as the town’s peddler that sold cheap novelties with a small board with the words "I am deaf and dumb" chalked across it, tied by a string to his shirt. Big Bill can be described as a faker that lived-off scamming from others, posing as mentally challenged" [2]. "He fled from a number of indictments for horse stealing, eventually disappearing altogether as William Rockefeller and magically re-emerging as a Dr. William Levingston of Philadelphia, a name which he retained for the rest of his life. An investigative reporter at Joseph Pulitzer's New York World received a tip that was followed up. The World then disclosed that William Avery Rockefeller had died May 11, 1906 in Freeport, Illinois, where he was interred in an unmarked grave as Dr. William Levingston." [3] He married Eliza Davison in 1837, and shortly thereafter brought Nancy Brown home, as a "housekeeper" who became an alternate lover and who also bore his children. [4] "On June 28, 1849, he was indicted for raping a hired girl in Cayuga, New York; he later was found to be residing in Oswego, New York and was forced once again to decamp for parts unknown. He had no difficulty in financing his woman-chasing interests from the sale of his miraculous cancer cure and from another product, his "Wonder Working Liniment", which he offered at only two dollars a bottle. It consisted of crude petroleum from which the lighter oils had been boiled away, leaving a heavy solution of paraffin, lube oil and tar, which comprised the "liniment". [5] 1 John 2:16-17 "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) laid claim to the title of being the "most ruthless American." He was a war profiteer during the Civil War selling unstamped Harkness liquor to Federal troops at a high profit, gaining the initial capital to embark on his drive for monopoly in the oil business. In 1870 Rockefeller, along with his associates and older brother William, incorporated his petroleum holdings into the Standard Oil Company (Ohio). Rockefeller bought out his competitors or put them out of business through tactics that included price cutting and the acquisition of such supporting enterprises as pipelines, oil terminals, and cooperage plants. By 1881, when Rockefeller formed a trust with nine directors to control Standard Oil and its affiliates, he had a near monopoly of the petroleum industry in the United States. Rockefeller was also prominent in the affairs of railroads and banks, being second only to J. P. Morgan in the domain of finance. When the United States Steel Corporation was formed (1901), Rockefeller was one of the directors. From 1897 Rockefeller had turned his interests toward philanthropy. He funded the Baptist Church, the YMCA, and to the Anti-Saloon League, and founded (1892) and endowed the University of Chicago, ultimately giving the school more than 80 million dollars. He endowed major philanthropic institutions, including the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, founded (1901) in New York City and since 1965 known as Rockefeller University, the General Education Board (1902), organized (1902) to make gifts to various educational and research agencies; the Rockefeller Foundation (1913), established to promote public health and to further the medical, natural, and social sciences; and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Foundation (1918), named for his late wife. [6] From the Rockefeller Foundation History 7, "... 1889 Rockefeller [made] the first of what would become $35 million in gifts, over a period of two decades, to found the University of Chicago. ... In 1903 he created the General Education Board at an ultimate cost of $129 million to promote education in the United States....Rockefeller was prepared to begin the Rockefeller Foundation in 1909, even signing a deed of trust to turn over 72,569 shares of Standard Oil of New Jersey stock worth $50 million. But delays and difficulties in seeking a federal charter for the Foundation, ... resulted in a lapse until 1913, when the Foundation was officially incorporated in the state of New York. Since its inception the Rockefeller Foundation has given more than $2 billion to thousands of grantees worldwide and has assisted directly in the training of nearly 13,000 Rockefeller Foundation Fellows...." From an article about Rockefeller and UFO's: "By the 1920s John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Rockefeller dynasty, was funding the notorious "racial hygiene" think tank Eugenics Records Office. Its ideas of mass sterilization, the 'inferiority' of Black people and "breeding better humans" directly influenced Adolf Hitler and provided 'scientific legitimacy' for the Nazi race humans" directly influenced Adolf Hitler and provided 'scientific legitimacy' for the Nazi race laws...." [8] John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., (1874-1960) was the only son and heir of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. ... After graduating from Brown University in 1897, he worked in family enterprises. In New York City he financed the Rockefeller Center .... By donating land in New York City, Rockefeller was instrumental in the decision to locate the United Nations headquarters in the United States. Riverside Church in New York City was built through his gifts. Rockefeller had one daughter, Abby (born 1903), and five sons: John D. III, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David. [9] The General Education Board started by John D. Rockefeller Sr. in 1902-- "In Raymond Fosdick's memorial history of the Board, he indicates that it was part of John D. Rockefeller Jr's effort toward "this goal of social control." [as cited in Research Manual: America 2000/Goals 2000, p. 54] The Rockefeller Foundation History also states: 1923...John D. Rockefeller, Jr., creates the International Education Board in 1923 with $20 million to promote education abroad, a parallel effort to the U.S. General Education Board." The RF History also adds this important information about the activities of the Rockefellers: ."..The American Council of Learned Societies, which from the beginning derived most of its support from the General Education Board and then from RF, receives the first of many additional grants to support fellowships in humanistic studies....Beginning in 1933 and extending for more than 20 years, RF expends $1.5 million in identifying and assisting 300 scientists and scholars from Nazi Germany to settle in friendly locations; many relocate to U.S.
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