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$   INVESTING IN $ILVER FOR THE END TIMES   $

The purpose of this study is to formulate a plan to prepare the generation of Christians who will be alive just before the wrath of God is poured out on the earth for survival.

Before we get to the investing portion of this study let me say this: Christians will not endure the “Wrath of God.”

1Th. 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,  

However, that does not mean that everything will be peaches and cream until the day that Jesus Christ returns and raises the dead and rescues the church. Indeed, right now in March of 2009 financial times are worse than many Christians would have expected things to get in the United States before the rapture. We don’t know how bad things will get before we are gone.

Remember, in the time before the flood the world was an exceedingly wicked place before Noah entered the safety of the ark, which represents the rapture of the church.

Gen. 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Matt. 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Likewise in the days of Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah, not even ten righteous people could be found there.

Gen. 18:32  Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

Luke 17:28-30  “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Ezek. 16:48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
Ezek. 16:49  “ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
Ezek. 16:50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

The point here is that things could get very bad before the rapture takes place. God allowed evil to grow in the time of Noah until there were only eight righteous people left in the world. In the time of Lot there were not ten righteous people between two populous cities.

So, you might ask, what does that have to do with silver investing? We will get to that. But, before we do I want to say that this plan has benefits no matter when the rapture takes place, pre-trib, mid trib, pre-wrath, post-trib, or if it doesn't even happen in our lifetime.

If the rapture is completely pre-trib and times really are great right up until the Lord rescues his church, then you can leave the silver to your unsaved children, relatives or friends so they can eat when times are bad. They will bless your name for it. If it (the rapture) is mid-trib or pre-wrath you will only use half or two thirds of it and you can do the same thing with the unused portion of it. Leave it to someone who desperately will need it. Not only that, but it is a good savings plan. Even if we are totally wrong about this being the end times you can use it for a part of your retirement nest egg later. Many experts are now recommending that ten percent of a persons retirement portfolio should be in precious metals to protect against inflation and the devaluation of the dollar due to excessive government printing of currency.

Now, what I am going to suggest is not a get rich quick scheme, or a get rich slow scheme, or a get rich scheme at all. It is merely a way to protect your purchasing power for food and the necessities of life if the governments of the world devalue all of their fiat (unbacked) currencies and defraud the working people of the world of their hard earned savings. It is a sin to defraud workers of their wages, and God hates it. Have you seen any defrauding in the recent news?

Mal. 3:5 “So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.

Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’’”

The scriptures say that the wise man sees trouble coming and protects himself, and that would also include protecting his family.

Prov. 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Prov. 27:12  The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

We know that trouble is coming, because it is the end times. We are nearing the completion of the first 6000 years of human history, which will be followed by a time of trouble unparalleled in that history, followed by the return of Jesus Christ and the Millennium, the 1000 years of peace under the rule of the Messiah, Yeshua. (The Jewish pronunciation of Jesus)

Jer. 30:7  How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it. (Jacob means the nation of Israel)

Matt. 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Matt. 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

How long will this trouble last? Probably the worst of it will last for 3 ½ years. This is confirmed by the length of the ministry of the two witnesses in Revelation preaching and giving the people of the world one last chance to be saved before the rapture takes place. Now there is much debate about the time of their ministry, is it before the “great tribulation” or afterwards? It makes no difference. The rapture cannot take place until they are dead because they have to go up in it, so whenever it is the church will still be here while they are preaching. Even if their ministry is before the tribulation begins, it is obvious that the world at large hates them, so they (the world) will hate believers also, and persecute them.

Rev. 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

The two witnesses of Revelation will prophecy for 1,260 days, which is 3 ½ biblical years. A biblical prophetic year is 360 days, not 365 like our year.

You might ask, why do they (the two witnesses) have to go up in the rapture? Well, actually, they don’t, but it doesn’t seem likely that God will exclude them, his two most faithful witnesses, from participating in the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb,” and the Millennium. If they die after the rapture they will miss both of them because those who die after the rapture will stay dead until the millennium is over.

Rev. 20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)

I just don’t think God will let Enoch and Elijah, the “Two Witnesses” miss the festivities. I could be wrong though and you are of course entitled to your own opinion.

Daniel also writes about the end times and the period of time that believers will go through before they are rescued.

Dan. 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

From the verse above it is obvious that he is speaking of the same time period spoken of by Jeremiah and Jesus above.

Dan. 12:2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan. 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

He is also speaking about the rapture, called “The First Resurrection in Revelation.”

Rev. 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Dan. 12:4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Dan. 12:8-9 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?” He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Dan. 12:10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.     (Purified, like silver)

The wicked people of the end times will not understand these things. One question, do you understand? If not, what category does that put you in? Actually, that’s two questions.

Dan. 12:11  “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

Dan. 12:12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

Dan. 12:13  “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance. ”

So, we have various time periods in the end times for different things to take place. 1,260 days for the Two Witnesses ministry, 1,290 days for desecration of the Temple, and a promise that those who make it through a period of 1,335 days will be blessed.

So, using common sense, the best thing to do is to prepare for 1,335 days of trouble. If the time period is shorter than that, wonderful! Then we have simply over prepared, like having too much food and wine at a wedding banquet. Better to have too much than too little,

Some might argue, I don’t have to prepare or think about these things because God is going to take care of me. Well, yes, that is true. It is confirmed in the Psalms and by Jesus.

Psa. 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Luke 12:7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

However, it depends on your mental makeup. God took care of the Israelites in Egypt and also the Egyptians during the seven years of famine. But, it was Joseph who prepared the stockpiles of grain for the people to eat during that time. It was to Joseph that God gave incredible wisdom. Do you want to be incredibly wise, or just plod along with the masses? If you want to be wise just follow the teachings of the bible.

Gen. 41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Gen. 41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Gen. 41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
Gen. 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Gen. 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Gen. 41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Gen. 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Gen. 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

Gen. 47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Gen. 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

The real question is, not will God provide, he definitely will provide. However, do you want to be the one standing in line to receive bread from a wise Christian brother or sister who has prepared for the time coming, or do you want to be the one passing it out? Do you want to be a Joseph, or like one of the Egyptians? I don’t know about you but I would rather be in charge of things than on the receiving end, and the scripture confirms that.

Acts 20:35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Why is it more blessed to give than to receive? For one thing, it earns rewards, eternal rewards.

Matt. 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Matt. 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matt. 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matt. 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matt. 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Matt. 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matt. 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matt. 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matt. 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matt. 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Matt. 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Matt. 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Matt. 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Another reason it is more blessed to give than to receive is because that means that we have something. A person who has nothing cannot give anything. To give you must have. If you do not have, you cannot give, Therefore a person who is giving, is giving out of their abundance that God has given them. In other words, they are blessed with more than what they need. What do you want to be? the receiver who is in need of something, or the giver who is living the abundant life. As for me, I would rather be the giver.

This does not mean that we are a to be a hoarder. That we hang on tightly to every penny we can get our hands on until the time of trouble comes. It simply means that we are wise with our finances. Jesus was using finances as an allegory in the parable when he spoke these words: “Well done though good and faithful servant.”

Matt. 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

At the same time we need to be careful that we are not laying up treasures on earth for earthly purposes. Jesus warned against that.

Matt. 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matt. 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matt. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Our purpose for wise money management needs to be so that we can care for our families and other people during troublesome times. Our purpose for using money wisely needs to be spiritual, to help others and to lay up treasure in heaven, not earthly, to heap together treasure for the last days.

James 5:1-3 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your 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.

For that reason, we are not to overdo it. Like the ant, we need to save when times are good. But the ant only saves enough to get through the winter season, not enough for his lifetime. Even if the ant were to gather together enough for a lifetime in his anthill, it would be destroyed by the flooding of the spring and summer rains, and all of his labor would be for nought.

Prov. 6:6-11 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!  It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

So, we need to save enough to make it, to eat, through 1,335 days if necessary, but not more than that unless we have a very large family of many people who are depending on us for support. If you have to support eight people you should double the amount, and so forth. Just save what you need, not more. Use the rest of your wealth as God directs to lay up treasure in heaven.

In ancient time a silver denarius was a days pay. Jesus verified this in his parable about the vineyard and it is verified in Revelation.

Matt. 20:1-2 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

Rev. 6:6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

Rev 6:6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."   NASB

The Denarius – from Wikepedia
Its (the denarius) purchasing power in terms of bread has been estimated at US$21, from 2005, in the first century. Classical historians regularly say that in the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire the daily wage for an unskilled laborer and common soldier was 1 denarius without tax, or about US$20 in bread. (By comparison, a laborer earning the minimum wage in the United States makes US$47 for an 8-hour day, before taxes.

The word translated “a days wages” is actually “a denarius” which is a normal days wages for a common laborer or a soldier. A denarius is a silver coin that weighs a little less than a troy ounce of silver. You should be able to feed a family of four with one troy ounce of silver per day, and have some left over to help others. The family of four may just be eating one quarter to a half of a loaf of bread, plus some broth you can make from whatever else you can find. In other words, it’s going to be soup and sandwich time, not steak and potatoes. But, it will keep you and those who depend on you alive in the famine.

Why silver anyway? Why not stocks or bonds, or cash in a CD or the money market? Well, because the word translated ‘money” in the bible, is in most cases “silver.” Silver means money in the bible. In genesis Abraham bought his wife’s burial place for 400 shekels of silver. Silver was money in the bible, right from Genesis onward.

Gen. 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

In Jeremiah, God instructed him to buy a field with silver, and God promised that fields would be bought again with silver in the future.

Jer. 32:9 so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver.
Jer. 32:10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Jer. 32:25 And though the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, you, O Sovereign LORD, say to me, ‘Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.’”
Jer. 32:44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.”

Not only is silver the money of the old testament and in the book of Revelation, but it was money in the time of Jesus, in fact, he was betrayed by Judas for 30 pieces of silver.

Zech. 11:12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

Matt. 26:15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
Matt. 27:3   When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.

The refining of silver is used by God to represent the purifying of his people.

Zech. 13:9  This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold.  They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

Will silver always be worth something? No, the time will come, when the wrath of God is striking the earth that men will throw their gold and silver into the streets. It will be of no help during that time period.

Ezek. 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them in the day of the LORD’S wrath. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them stumble into sin.

Is. 2:20  In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

Zeph. 1:18  Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the LORD’S wrath.  In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live in the earth.”

Their will come a time when silver cannot even be sold. No one will buy it, or much of anything else that was formerly of great value. When the wrath of God is being poured out all material things will become worthless and meaningless.

Rev. 18:9  “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her.
Rev. 18:10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “ ‘Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!’
Rev. 18:11  “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more—
Rev. 18:12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
Rev. 18:13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.
Rev. 18:14  “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’
Rev. 18:15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn

So, silver is not a long, long term investment. It is a temporary haven for storing value when the governments of the world do away with the dollar standard and create a new currency or a new means of making financial transactions. It is also a way to make sure that one has exactly enough money saved up to feed a family of four for 1,335 days. The days immediately preceding the “Wrath of God” being poured out on an unbelieving world.

You may say, well, I’m just going to work during that time so I’m not going to save. Great idea, I’m going to work too if it’s available, but what if you are laid off? What if there is no work? Wouldn’t you like to eat anyway? You may say, well, I can collect unemployment or welfare. Maybe. But, remember, the 1,335 ounces of silver is just enough according to Revelation to cover the cost of food. What if you live in a cold climate and want a roof over your head and some heat too? You may need to use what you earn for that. If you have food covered in advance, you may be able to have a roof over your head too by your earnings and not have to eat the food living in a tent.

Now, I’m not trying to scare you. I’m just showing you what the bible says is going to happen in the last days and trying to show you a biblical way to prepare for it.

You may say, “what if the rapture takes place before I need the silver?” Great! Wonderful! You should have it in your will to leave it to the person you care most about that is not saved. Your children, your best friend, your relatives or anyone you love most. They will surely need it and bless you for it. Leave with it a bible and the plan of salvation. A prophecy book might help too.

Again, some may say, I don’t even believe we are in the end times. It may be thousands of more years before Christ returns. If that’s the case well and good. 1,335 ounces of silver will allow you to sell one ounce of silver a week for 25 years.

1,335 / 52 = 25.6. By the time I retire I expect silver to be $50.00 an ounce, so that’s an extra $200.00 a month to live on. That will help make up for inflation because the social security increases surely do not reflect all of the inflation that takes place. And remember, as inflation grows, so does the silver price. If you are still living 20 years after retirement silver may be $100.00 an ounce, giving you $400.00 a month extra income.

So, accumulating 1,335 troy ounces of silver seems like a good plan no matter what happens. If the raptures comes early, leave it to your kids. If it comes later, you can eat. If nothing happens in our lifetimes, use it for a retirement supplement. But, always remember, the Lord owns it all, not us.

Hag. 2:8 ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty.

We are just stewards of the things He has put under our stewardship. We are to do the best we can with what we have for the Master, who is the Lord Jesus Christ.

1Pet. 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

We were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, not gold or silver.  Silver and gold are simply things we use down here to purchase food for our mortal bodies. The time is coming when we will receive our new bodies that have no need of such things, but until then we need to manage what the Lord has given us as wisely as possible and prepare to feed those whom the Lord has put under our care when the bad times come. This is God’s command.

1Tim. 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

1Tim. 5:8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

If you file a tax return and have dependants on it or check the “Head of Household” box, then you need to prepare for the future. Even if you don’t have dependants now, what if your children or your parents need your help in the end times? As a Christian, you are obligated to help them, as the verses above indicate. So the time to prepare is NOW!

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Appendix – Silver purchase information

When purchasing silver for the future you should only purchase coins or bars that have the weight and purity stamped or minted on them. I recommend one troy ounce rounds that also say 999 pure silver.

My favorite coins are the American silver eagle, the Canadian silver maple leaf, and Australian coins. Mexican onza’s are ok also. These coins have their weight and purity guaranteed by a reliable government. There is not much chance of being sold a fake coin.

You can buy them from almost any reputable coin shop in your town. Don’t let them talk you into rare expensive coins though, unless you collect them for your own personal enjoyment. An ounce of pure silver is worth just that, no matter whose picture is on it or what date it is.

The dealer I buy from charges two dollars over spot price for a coin. He will buy it back for one dollar under spot price. If current spot price is $13.00 then I will pay $15.00 for a one ounce coin. If I wanted to sell it back He would pay me $12.00. Since I plan to hold it for the rest of my life or until needed for food I’m not too worried about selling it back. I expect that inflation will drive the price of silver up 3 to 5 percent a year until Christ returns.

If you don’t have any reputable dealer near you APMEX (American Precious Metals Exchange) is an internet dealer that I have found to be honest, reliable and has fast shipping. Just Google APMEX. Look in their “clearance” department for the best deals.

For the current spot price of silver and a lot of good information go to http://www.kitco.com/

You may say “I can’t afford to invest in silver.” You can start small. Just buy one ounce a month for about $15.00. As the Lord blesses you buy more. American silver eagles can also be assigned to your 401k or 403b retirement account.

You might say, “well, if I can only afford to buy a little bit each month, why bother.” The answer is that if you are faithful in using what little you have to prepare, God will help you finish the job.

1Th. 5:24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

Also, we may have quite a bit of time left to complete our task. By quite a bit I mean 10-20 years. The view that Christ would return 2000 years after his birth has been proven false, because it is already 2009 and it has not happened.

This is perfectly in line with the scriptures as Hosea indicates that Christ will return and rescue Israel after the completion of two days (2000 years) from the time of his ascension. (He (Christ) went back to his place at the right hand of God, and will not return until the Jews acknowledge their guilt in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah, and start getting saved) This is beginning to happen now with the Messianic Jewish movement, but it has a long ways to go.  

Hos. 5:14  For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
Hos. 5:15  Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt.  And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
Hos. 6:1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
Hos. 6:2  After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
Hos. 6:3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;

Since the Roman calendar we use is unreliable the best we can do is speculate that the 2000 years from Christ’s ascension will be completed sometime between 2018 and 2034. So you should have plenty of time to obtain 1,335 troy ounces of silver if you begin today.

Some also may say, I’m just going to put my money in the bank, in a savings account or in CD’s. They are insured by the FDIC so I don’t have to worry about losing any money. That would be correct, to a degree. The federal government will probably always give you their paper money for the amount of your account. But, it is already in the plans to replace the dollar with the “Amero,” a currency that will replace the American dollar, the Mexican peso and the Canadian dollar. When the exchange is made sometime between 2012 and 2018, you can expect to lose 30% of the value. In other words $100.00 will be worth about $70.00. The $30.00 will be an invisible tax to pay for the trillions of dollars our government is spending today for the bailouts of 2009. Later the Euro and the Amero will probably be merged and the holders of Amero’s will lose another 30%, this time to the World Bank, to help bail out other nations and deal with the worlds problems. When Antichrist comes to power, he will do it again when he implements his system. So a hundred dollars will be worth about $10.00. When you add in the inflation of the next 20 years, the net value in purchasing power of $100.00 in the bank will be lucky to be $3.00. I expect that by 2026 all dollar denominated assets, stocks, bonds, CD’s, money market funds, cash and everything else will be virtually worthless.

When God blessed Abraham with wealth, he didn’t give him little pieces of green paper. He gave him land and commodities. Land and commodities revalue according to the currency being used. Example: If the Amero is only worth $70.00 after being exchanged for dollars, then $100.00 worth of silver before the exchange of currency will now be worth about 130 Amero’s. Commodities hold their value no matter which type of paper money is used. That’s why God blessed Abraham with commodities, land, cattle, silver and gold.

Gen. 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Gen. 13:14-17 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Gen. 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

You may ask? What is wrong with gold? Why not save gold instead of silver? Good question. Gold is good, but it is very expensive and not easy for a normal working person to accumulate. One ounce of gold is typically worth 50 to 70 times the price of an ounce of silver. Also, how will a merchant make change for an ounce of gold? Picture this: You stop at a farmers roadside stand to buy two watermelons and a bag of corn for $25.00, the value of an ounce of silver at that time. You give the farmer a silver coin, take your food and go on your way and eat for the day. Now what if you have an ounce of gold in your pocket, you get it out and try to give it to the farmer for the same purchase and he says, I'll accept the gold but I can't make change for it. Remember if an ounce of silver is worth $25.00 then an ounce of gold will probably be worth $1,750 dollars. What will you do? Give him the gold or go hungry?. Gold is good for the rich or for retirement savings, but it is too valuable for everyday transactions. That is why silver has been used more down through the centuries for everyday purchases. After you have your 1,335 ounces of silver if you want to add some gold to your collection, fine. But get the silver first.

For more information about silver investing go to Amazon.com and buy “Get the Skinny on Silver Investing,” by David Morgan, or “Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver” by Michael Maloney. There are no doubt many other good books on the subject, just type in ‘silver investing” in the Amazon search box or visit your local library or bookstore.

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