Posted on 04/27/2022 11:25:26 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor” (Proverbs 28:8).
“He that by usury,” that's the Bible term for interest bearing loans. “He that by usury and unjust gain,” notice how he connects usury with unjust gain. I don’t know what that says for the banking system in the world, but it ain’t good. It is just unjust gain, and that's using people's money to make more money.
“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.” How do you figure that out? Well, number one; the Bible does not condemn the free enterprise system, buying and selling, but it does condemn the banking system. If we could get rid of the banking system in America, it would straighten out the free enterprise system. That way people couldn’t borrow money to buy things that they can’t afford.
“And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase” (Leviticus 25:35-37).
“Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him” (Ezekiel 18:13). God will recompense judgment upon him and his money will go to someone else. It will likely go to someone that did have pity on the poor.
There is an example of this in Zechariah 14:14, “And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance” (Zechariah 14:14).
The world, under the leadership of the Antichrist is going to steal everything they can from the Jews during the Tribulation, just like the Nazi’s did under Hitler. They took all the wealth like it did under the Catholic inquisition. And what God is going to do, is at the Second Coming of Christ and Zechariah 14:14 will be fulfilled. The Jews will wind up with all that ill-gotten gain.
Just like when the Jews went to Egypt. They came out with all the abundance of the Egyptians. They had gathered it all unjustly from the Jews, and God gave it all back to them. I’m glad that there is a God in heaven, and that He makes it all right.
If there wasn’t a God in heaven, you just might as well blow your brains right out. Nothing is going to be right. Nothing is ever going to come out right, there's no right! I think if a man is not saved and knows better, he’s got to be insane.
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