Invest in Gold!
The Financial Experts are advising their clients, or anyone that will listen to their voices to buy Gold. They claim it's the best safeguard for the impeding financial collapse that is just around the corner. The Gold dealers are trying to convince everyone that if you have Gold you won't suffer any losses when the pendulum finally stops swinging. The Gold dealers are the latest group to add (advise) disinformation to the already existing state of confusion. Gold will not help anyone when the world's currencies are no longer accepted for payment or services. When people stop pretending (refuse to believe) that the pretty paper has real value.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Revelation 3:17-19
This suggestion from Jesus is for those that rely on their earthly riches to cover for their inherent mere human shortcomings; Many who are professed Christians awaiting "His" return and "His" salvation. But, it also applies to all (believers, atheists, or pagans) those materialists that think that they can line their coffers with Gold for a rainy day, and ensure that they will not be deprived of goods and services if the modus vivendi were to change drastically.
Here are a few more scripture readings that warn against trusting in gold or riches:
19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 2:19-21
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalm 135:15
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Proverbs 8:19
18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Ezekiel 7:18-20
3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Hosea 8:3-5
17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Zephaniah 1:17-18
7And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
9The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Haggai 2:7-9
Jesus instructed "His" Disciples thus:
8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Matthew 10:8-10
The Apostle James states:
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
James 5:2-4
Jesus and The Rich Young Ruler:
20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark 10:20-22
This is what the Lord Jesus wills that we do from now on, and today on "His" Sabbath day, dear brethren:
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Maranatha.
Arsenio.
P.S. In 1987, when I worked on Maiden Lane in the financial district of Manhattan;
On two occasions while returning from Broadway, I came upon an armored truck outside the N.Y. Federal Reserve, and once accross the street in front of Chase Plaza loading (or unloading) pallets of gold bars. There were several armed guards with weapons drawn around the trucks, while some guards stacked gold bars on pallets. I was startled and amazed by the awesome sight, yet, I kept walking. This was in the Spring and Summer of 1987, several months before the October crash of the N.Y. Stock Market.
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Gold bars without the assurance of God's acceptance are no better than an iron anchor. You will sink with one, and be saved with the other. Strive to do "His" will today!
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