Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone
always wanted to ensure that his loving wife of sixty-seven years would be cared for if he departed first. When we first moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, a real estate specialist showed me a massive piece of land. Pointing to an empty field, he predicted, “Twenty years from now an interstate exit will be here. The town will be coming this way with shops and gas stations. If you would borrow the money to purchase the land now, in twenty years you will be a multimillionaire and will not have to receive an offering because you can live off the income.” At that time, I could hardly afford a car and house payment. Smiling, I thanked him for his advice and went on with my ministry. Twenty-eight years passed. The interstate exit exists, along with seven hotels and three convenience stores surrounded by four restaurants. Recently, that formerly $2,000-an-acre property was selling for $100,000 to $300,000 an acre. In fact, the large parcel he suggested I purchase recently sold for an estimated $5,000,000 dollars. In the 1980s, a Christian man from North Carolina sold a piece of property for $90,000, giving the income to his church’s building program. After much prayer, he was impressed to purchase another piece of property. He did an examination for minerals that might be under the land. He was amazed to discover that titanium was present, and a Japanese company was interested in purchasing the property from him. His potential profit was millions of dollars. Land—a Generational Commodity Many early households in ancient Israel farmed small portions
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