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As the Stone crushes

Yesterday I reported the Bank of America’s forecast that silver would soon rise to $50/oz. I have been stating since at least as far back as 2011 that when silver passed $50/oz, it would indicate that the “arms of silver” would eclipse the “head of gold.” That, of course, is a reference to Nebuchadnezzar’s dream that Daniel interpreted (Daniel 2:32). Gold represented Babylon, and silver represented Medo-Persia, which later overthrew Babylon.

While silver is the metal of redemption, the number 50 is a Jubilee number, indicating liberty. The big banks, Goldman Sachs in particular, are the core of Mystery Babylon’s economy. So I find it interesting that Goldman Sachs is trying desperately to prop up the Fed notes by heavily shorting silver to suppress its price. A group of 6 large banks, dealing in bullion, have been suppressing the price of gold and silver for many years in order to make the Fed note look strong, relatively speaking.

In the current market, there is a severe shortage of silver and gold that is available for sale. The shortage of silver is now so acute that the premium on purchases of physical silver is now $8-10 per oz. You can “buy” a silver promise (on paper) for about $28/oz, but the price of real silver at a coin shop is closer to $35-38/oz. That’s if you can get it at all.

Inflation and Deflation: How to View It

The price of silver and gold is not going up; the value of the Fed note is going down, so it takes more Fed notes to buy the same amount of gold and silver. “Inflation” is coming, on account of the trillions of new currency being created and pumped into the economy to save it from the effects of the shutdown. When the amount of currency in circulation exceeds the value of the country, the value of money deflates, while the value of property inflates.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/04/the-fed-is-expected-to-make-a-major-commitment-to-ramping-up-inflation-soon.html

In 2008-2009 the Fed policy under the Obama administration was called Quantitative Easing (QE), because it sounded better than “money printing.” Trillions in new currency was created at the time in order to bail out the big banks. But since it was given primarily to the banks, all it did was to save the banks. The currency was quarantined in the banks and not much of it trickled down to the streets to the average person. Because of this, it created very little inflation.

But in 2020 a large portion of the newly-created trillions is being given to the people on main street. That is why this is an inflationary event, and it is why the price of gold and silver is now rising dramatically. Rather, that is why it now takes many more Fed notes to buy the same amount of gold and silver.

Babylon’s Control is Collapsing

The day silver passes $50/oz will be a prophetic time marker, I believe, in the downfall of Mystery Babylon—financially speaking. Babylon’s main product since the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913 is currency. They create it out of nothing and lend it to the government at interest. By usurping control of the medium of exchange, they control all trade and the economy of the nation. When the Fed note became the world reserve currency in 1944, these same Babylonian bankers took control of the entire world economy after World War 2.

That is what is now coming to an end, now that Babylon’s mandate has expired (2017). It takes years for such a colossal world-wide empire to be dismantled, but it is happening quickly. The US “dollar” (Fed note) is losing its status as a world currency as the SWIFT payment system is replaced by other systems not controlled by the Federal Reserve Bank.

In the first quarter of 2020, the dollar's share of trade between Russia and China fell below 50% for the first time on record, according to recent data from Russia's Central Bank and Federal Customs Service.

The greenback was used for only 46% of settlements between the two countries. 

Russia and China have drastically cut their use of the dollar in bilateral trade over the past several years. As late as 2015, approximately 90% of bilateral transactions were conducted in dollars. Following the outbreak of the U.S.-China trade war and a concerted push by both Moscow and Beijing to move away from the dollar, however, the figure had dropped to 51% by 2019.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-and-Russia-ditch-dollar-in-move-toward-financial-alliance

In other words, as late as 2015, ninety percent of the trade between China and Russia had been settled in US currency through the SWIFT system. Those payments were wired through the Fed, which charged a 4 percent fee—a tax on world trade. Such is the privilege of being the world reserve currency. But as of 2020 that figure has dropped to 46 percent, and the Fed has lost billions of dollars in revenue for its “services.”

To the average person, this means very little. But everyone is affected by it. The US government, which has been essentially a hireling of the Federal Reserve bankers, has been using the SWIFT system as a means of control and oppression of countries that refuse to bow to their wishes. The “sanctions” imposed on other countries mean that those countries can no longer send or receive payments in their exports and imports. Hence, it strangles those nations economically.

But using the SWIFT system as a control mechanism has rattled many other countries, who see that this might happen to them as well. For this reason, they have developed alternative payment systems. (China’s is called CIPS.) So the heavy-handed use of the SWIFT system as a way to punish various nations (like Iraq, Iran, etc.) has now come back to bite the Babylonians on their “tender” spots (legal tender, of course!).

Understand, of course, that God is using ungodly nations to destroy Babylon. We see this especially in Revelation 17:16, 17, where the “beast” turns on the “woman” riding it and devours her. This is really a prophetic explanation of the fall of Jezebel, who was eaten by dogs (1 Kings 21:23). We are now seeing the “dogs” eat the great harlot of Revelation 17:1. She rides the beast until the beast turns on her, roasts her and eats her flesh. Revelation 17:17 attributes this turn of events to God Himself, for God is sovereign enough to make Jezebel look like a tasty morsel and to make the beast hungry enough to eat her.

In other words, God freely claims credit for using ungodly people to judge Babylon. God does not need righteous people to accomplish His plans and purposes. He has use for everyone, some as vessels of honor and others as vessels of dishonor. Everyone has his place in the plan, whether they are aware of it or not. Most remain unaware, but we who know the plan by studying the Scriptures and by personal revelation are not blind to what is happening around us.

The Stone Kingdom is Rising

Daniel indicates that the next world empire will be the “stone”. The prophet said that it would arise as the fifth kingdom and crush the previous four, beginning with the feet and toes. We are privileged to live in the days of this crushing and to understand that the chaos we now see around us is the fulfillment of this very thing. The turmoil is not designed to hurt us or crush us but to crush that which has kept us in bondage for thousands of years. It is God’s answer to prayer, and it is for our good. We have no cause to fear God’s answer to prayer.

Unfortunately, many Christians today do not see this as an answer to prayer. They see it as the rise of the Antichrist and the rise of Mystery Babylon. For this reason, they are afraid and place their hope in a “rapture” where they can escape this “tribulation.” Such believers remain at a disadvantage, not knowing the purposes of God. They see Donald Trump as the last man to defend the Israeli state against its enemies, essentially postponing the tribulation for a season.

Such believers can only hope for a postponement, for that is their view of prophecy. They have no expectation of ultimate success. Others, of course, believe that Trump is part of the problem and is a hireling of Mystery Babylon. That view only causes more distress, as they would think of Trump as a possible candidate for the position of Antichrist.

Whichever view one takes, God’s purpose will be fulfilled. The stone will either crush Trump along with the Babylonian leaders, or God is using Trump to crush the beast system. Neither view is going to change the outcome. God’s saints win either way. Meanwhile, I have followed Paul’s admonition to pray for our political leaders (1 Timothy 2:1-3). Just as I prayed for Bill Clinton, Bush, and Obama, so also do I pray for Trump.

Jesus is the “Stone” that the builders rejected. He is the King, and His Kingdom is also the “stone” that replaces the various metals of the Babylonian succession of empires. After the “little horn” phase of the fourth empire, the authority is given to the saints of the Most High (Daniel 7:21, 22). Scripture is silent about any transition from Babylon to the Kingdom. But then, Daniel’s prophecies, though explicit, give only a few details and present an incomplete picture.

In fact, Daniel’s prophecy of the “little horn” needed supplementation in Revelation 13, where we find that the “little horn” was to come in two phases, or beasts. The beast from the sea (the religious phase) was to be joined by a beast from the earth (the banking phase). John’s revelation went beyond Daniel, showing us that when the religious beast of Rome received its fatal wound (1798), the wound was to be healed (1804) with the restoration of the papacy. At the same time, the modern banking system began to arise with the Rothschild banks, who were empowered by the beast from the earth.

It is this banking system that is now ending. More specifically, the economy and its money system is being wrenched from the beast of the earth and, after a brief transition, will be given to the saints of the Most High. Those taking over the system today are acting as custodians for the Kingdom until such time as the saints are ready to take the responsibility of ruling the world.