Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

the gods and would never enter the sacred edifices to steal from the temple coffers. History reveals that empires have actually invaded one another for the purpose of accumulating the other nation’s gold or material wealth. This occurred twice in Israel’s history —first, when the Babylonians marched to Jerusalem and stole the gold and silver temple vessels, and again in a.d. 70 when the Roman Tenth Legion raided the sacred temple and shipped the wealth of God’s house back to Rome. In his book War Cycles—Peace Cycles , author Richard Kelly Hoskins notes that the four major empires of biblical prophecy initiated wars with one another to cancel their own debts with the nation they invaded and to seize their gold and silver. Media Persia invaded Babylon, and later the Greeks overtook the Medes and Persians. Years later the Romans overpowered the Greeks, forming the Roman Empire. Each empire was heavily taxed and relieved or canceled their tax burden and debts by invading and defeating their creditors.4 From the beginning of time, gold has continually maintained its attraction as a precious metal. In modern times, gold as a commodity rises in value during difficult economic times. In 1999, a friend suggested that in a few years gold would sell for over $1,000 an ounce. After studying the significance of gold, my wife and I cashed in a special retirement bond to purchase several one-ounce old gold coins from a coin dealer. We purchased them for $265 each. Years later, the same coin was valued at more than $1,050. Usually when gold rises, silver follows. In the late 1990s a gentleman gave our ministry hundreds of one-ounce silver rounds to sell and fund missionary trips. I held on to them for a