The following video provides an interesting comparison of the 1980 setting of gold investment versus today’s environment. Though I am not familiar with the creators of this video nor do I endorse their website, they provide some interesting, concise statistics:
Men will continue the quest to control countries by controlling the medium of exchange. Our Heavenly Father says in Haggai 2: 8 The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts. Maybe that is why men don’t want to use these metals as the global medium of exchange. Any attempt to manipulate would be met with judgment.
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