CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THE LORD

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I had no clue what cryptocurrency even was but had gone to a site that when it pops into my mind I will scroll titles, rarely clicking on anything unless led of the Lord. I have many many secular and prophecy news type sites I scroll if led. I don't have them bookmarked most I even know by heart over the years. I visited one such site, christian site of dreams visions and prophecy news z3news.com. It was there that a title which I scan mentioned a particular stock. So I searched it to see what it even was. It was cryptocurrency. This was Friday
the 15th of November. I had my son get me some just 100.00 but that became the first thing. Well it has grown to the Lord having me do a blog about it.

The Lord reminded me about 2 scriptures, one that he didn't come for the to call the righteous but the sinners to the Lord. The other scripture was the Lord himself was accused of being a winebibber and with publicans. Leading of the Lord I started then a blog about it.
PTL!! Cryptocurrency the Internet Craze

I wanted to know if there is any other doing this to ask that you might do on the same line as I doing a free blogspot blog and talk about the Lord to draw prople to the Lord.
Are any of you into messing with this?
I know nothing about stock markets or crypto anything but the Lord can pop scriptures into my mind writing. Anyway if there is any interested
in this type thing think about doing a blog and tying it to the Lord.
 

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I thought I saw other topics that were talking about this stuff. Is there anyone messing with it?

I do want to say and did post about it.. I have had free blogs before and never have I gotten a referral from google.com. Well I have only been blogging a week on this and got a referral from them the search engine. Shocked I was.. but the Lord knows not us. Do you know how rare it is to see a blogspot domain website in a search? Very rare, on top of that at day 5 is when I got it so less than a week.

I hope you are considering posting and talking about scripture. It is free to do to reach the publicans.
 

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I thought I saw other topics that were talking about this stuff. Is there anyone messing with it?

I do want to say and did post about it.. I have had free blogs before and never have I gotten a referral from google.com. Well I have only been blogging a week on this and got a referral from them the search engine. Shocked I was.. but the Lord knows not us. Do you know how rare it is to see a blogspot domain website in a search? Very rare, on top of that at day 5 is when I got it so less than a week.

I hope you are considering posting and talking about scripture. It is free to do to reach the publicans.
It is the currency of drug pushers, prostitutes, slave trade, and terrorism. I want nothing to do with it. They are the ones who use it the most as it's untraceable medium of exchange.

Very fragile as well as its just digits on a memory stick. Also full of fraud.
 

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I always considered Bit coins as cartoon money. It's a digital image. The software was written by an anonymous person that sold it. It sounded fishy to me, like it had a satanic beginning.
 
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I always considered Bit coins as cartoon money. It's a digital image. The software was written by an anonymous person that sold it. It sounded fishy to me, like it had a satanic beginning.
fishy cartoon.....Nemo?
 

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I always considered Bit coins as cartoon money. It's a digital image. The software was written by an anonymous person that sold it. It sounded fishy to me, like it had a satanic beginning.
There's an aspect to this currency that is not usually taken into consideration. It is a fiat currency but not legal tender. But all mediums of exchange have a half life....that includes silver, gold, and especially crypto currency.

Crypto currency is exceptionally fragile as it only exists electronically. And there's a point where it will cease to be created....and without electricity it does not exist. Meaning that one day it will cease to exist as no one will have any.
 

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There's an aspect to this currency that is not usually taken into consideration. It is a fiat currency but not legal tender. But all mediums of exchange have a half life....that includes silver, gold, and especially crypto currency.

Crypto currency is exceptionally fragile as it only exists electronically. And there's a point where it will cease to be created....and without electricity it does not exist. Meaning that one day it will cease to exist as no one will have any.
Just like cartoon money. Not tv, no cartoons. Silver and Gold, you can hold.
 

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Just like cartoon money. Not tv, no cartoons. Silver and Gold, you can hold.
Only for a while....
They have a half-life as well. Meaning that half of the world's supply of silver currency becomes lost, destroyed , or irretrievable and is gone in 25 years.
Same is true of gold.
Both are industrial metals as well as jewelry.
Gold is used for circuit boards and electrical contacts. Silver is used in a variety ways as a reagent....from photographic paper to antibacterial creams for burn patients.
All unrecoverable when used.
 

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I had no clue what cryptocurrency even was but had gone to a site that when it pops into my mind I will scroll titles, rarely clicking on anything unless led of the Lord. I have many many secular and prophecy news type sites I scroll if led. I don't have them bookmarked most I even know by heart over the years. I visited one such site, christian site of dreams visions and prophecy news z3news.com. It was there that a title which I scan mentioned a particular stock. So I searched it to see what it even was. It was cryptocurrency. This was Friday
the 15th of November. I had my son get me some just 100.00 but that became the first thing. Well it has grown to the Lord having me do a blog about it.

The Lord reminded me about 2 scriptures, one that he didn't come for the to call the righteous but the sinners to the Lord. The other scripture was the Lord himself was accused of being a winebibber and with publicans. Leading of the Lord I started then a blog about it.
PTL!! Cryptocurrency the Internet Craze

I wanted to know if there is any other doing this to ask that you might do on the same line as I doing a free blogspot blog and talk about the Lord to draw prople to the Lord.
Are any of you into messing with this?
I know nothing about stock markets or crypto anything but the Lord can pop scriptures into my mind writing. Anyway if there is any interested
in this type thing think about doing a blog and tying it to the Lord.
Evangelism should not begin with a scheme, by luring sinners to their temptations then slyly slipping in a gospel message.
There is an outer direct calling of the TRUTH ( not mixed with lies or gimmicks); then an inner calling from the Lord.
The Father draws us to Christ. Christ stands at the door ( of your heart) and knocks, if anyone opens the door, He will come in. His external and internal message is: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30
He says, Believe in Me and you will be saved!

His message is holy, separate from the worldly things and ours should be too.
That said, in this world, people need money and make investments, but need to do so wisely. We are to be good stewards with whatever God has given us. And that means to be honest and truthful in our dealings with money. Someone said this crypto currency was used for all sorts of evil. So then we stay away. Many governments are getting their own digital currencies that may render some of these unstable currencies obsolete! Eventually, their goal is to move towards a cashless One World Government.
 

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I invest in both precious metals and cryptos. Why? Because the future is uncertain, and like it or not, cryptos seem to be here to stay. In the near future, I anticipate a wider adoption of the blockchain in commerce. There are lots of different cryptos out there, and they all have different functions. Bitcoin is more of a store of wealth, while other cryptos have more utilitarian uses. Investing in cryptos is a bit like investing in the stock market, albeit with more risk associated with it. The price will rise and fall depending on external factors. After Trump won the election, they all rose dramatically. I'm guessing because Trump seems to be pro crypto. In my experience, the younger generation is more into cryptos while the older generation is into precious metals, and there is a big divide between the two groups. I'm a bit of an oddity in that respect.

So, I can tell you why people like cryptos, and it's the same reason why people like precious metals. It is a means of storing and creating wealth outside of the banking system. Both groups are not fond of our current fiat system, which is devaluing the dollar on a daily basis. All fiat systems eventually collapse, and by all appearances, that day is approaching. Here in the U.S., we have an unsustainable debt. Sooner or later, it will be time to pay the piper. When that day comes, all the digits we have in our banking accounts will be worth nothing. Both cryptos and precious metals are both a means of preserving wealth during these times of uncertainty. The guys who say crypto doesn't really exist don't seem to see the irony that all the digits in their bank accounts don't actually exist either and can disappear instantly under the right circumstances.

It is the currency of drug pushers, prostitutes, slave trade, and terrorism.

In fairness, people use regular money to do these things too. Like any currency, it can be used for either good or bad. But it's no longer some fringe thing that is used only for illegal purposes; even our own government holds a substantial amount of it.
 

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I invest in both precious metals and cryptos. Why? Because the future is uncertain, and like it or not, cryptos seem to be here to stay. In the near future, I anticipate a wider adoption of the blockchain in commerce. There are lots of different cryptos out there, and they all have different functions. Bitcoin is more of a store of wealth, while other cryptos have more utilitarian uses. Investing in cryptos is a bit like investing in the stock market, albeit with more risk associated with it. The price will rise and fall depending on external factors. After Trump won the election, they all rose dramatically. I'm guessing because Trump seems to be pro crypto. In my experience, the younger generation is more into cryptos while the older generation is into precious metals, and there is a big divide between the two groups. I'm a bit of an oddity in that respect.

So, I can tell you why people like cryptos, and it's the same reason why people like precious metals. It is a means of storing and creating wealth outside of the banking system. Both groups are not fond of our current fiat system, which is devaluing the dollar on a daily basis. All fiat systems eventually collapse, and by all appearances, that day is approaching. Here in the U.S., we have an unsustainable debt. Sooner or later, it will be time to pay the piper. When that day comes, all the digits we have in our banking accounts will be worth nothing. Both cryptos and precious metals are both a means of preserving wealth during these times of uncertainty. The guys who say crypto doesn't really exist don't seem to see the irony that all the digits in their bank accounts don't actually exist either and can disappear instantly under the right circumstances.



In fairness, people use regular money to do these things too. Like any currency, it can be used for either good or bad. But it's no longer some fringe thing that is used only for illegal purposes; even our own government holds a substantial amount of it.
Crypto is precisely linked to the US Dollar without much space between.

As such it has primarily used by criminals as a medium of exchange.

It's NOT legal tender. It's a boutique money that costs a minimum of 25% service fee for use at the few places that accept it.

It's something a few traders and gamblers play with. It's not a store of value like gold or silver.

It's not a commodity like Coffee, copper, or wheat.
 
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Crypto is precisely linked to the US Dollar without much space between. As such it has primarily used by criminals as a medium of exchange.

Everything is linked to the US dollar in some regard. Stocks, cryptos, and precious metals are all influenced by the dollar (for now). Before crypto, criminals used paper money for illegal activity because it is anonymous and still do.

It's something a few traders and gamblers play with. It's not a store of value like gold or silver. It's not a commodity like Coffee, copper, or wheat.

I think you undervalue its worth. There are plenty of wealthy people, companies, and governments who own cryptos. That should tell you something. It's not just some novelty or fringe asset. I'm not opposed to gold and silver; I own some. But we're moving into a digital age, and I believe cryptos will play a larger role.
 
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Everything is linked to the US dollar in some regard. Stocks, cryptos, and precious metals are all influenced by the dollar (for now). Before crypto, criminals used paper money for illegal activity because it is anonymous and still do.



I think you undervalue its worth. There are plenty of wealthy people, companies, and governments who own cryptos. That should tell you something. It's not just some novelty or fringe asset. I'm not opposed to gold and silver; I own some. But we're moving into a digital age, and I believe cryptos will play a larger role.
Everything is fun until the power goes out.

I like commodities because of the complexity of the exchanges. Crop reports vx currency exchange rates which is based on GDP of various nations.

But a container of coffee is still a commodity. Based on what someone will pay for it. Crypto has issues with being real. Many cases of fraud exist over these unverified coins. To the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars worth held by banks.

I have zero faith in any crypto anywhere at anytime.
 

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Everything is fun until the power goes out.

Sure, and if it does, even toilet paper is as good as gold. And if it's out long enough, gold, silver, and crypto will be the least of our problems.

Crypto has issues with being real.

For now, but you have to think in future tense. What way is the world going? Digital. Cryptos, for all of their faults, are allowing people for the first time ever to cut out the middlemen and not be reliant on banks.

I have zero faith in any crypto anywhere at anytime.

I have zero faith in the fiat dollar.
 

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Hitler tryed to get out of the worlds money systen back in the day and that's one reason why the War kicked off.
Hitler brought a new system into play for Germany, by some Jew. Then the world took up Hitlers system.
The USA has been the foundation of the world system that all used as a key. but the USA is broke and others do not have much faith in the USA anymore.
So out comes cryptos ?
I would of thought that the USA would go to War with anyone who tryed to get out of it's system.
But the USA is broke so what to do ? play games !

Every system has it's down falls.

I talk about Super with people and people think their Super is so solid ? well if a WW3 did start it would all disapear in fact ! so how many people could aford a world War ?
Not to mention the west can not afford to look after it's people as it is, just look at the debt all Nations are in !

In Australia the Governments made a new Law that you have to be 67yo to get retirment, because they claimed that they could not afford such, no Vote on the matter was alowed ! but they wast so much on total nonsense, that it's down right criminal intent !
would anyone spend, waste money like they do, like a total drunken fool ! or an outright Idiot, we see such waste all the time ! no company would be that stupid ! someone would be sacked for such ! Lack of regard for the People is what it comes down to ! it's only your money !

Are the People truly being Played for fools ?
 

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Hitler tryed to get out of the worlds money systen back in the day and that's one reason why the War kicked off.
Hitler brought a new system into play for Germany, by some Jew. Then the world took up Hitlers system.
The USA has been the foundation of the world system that all used as a key. but the USA is broke and others do not have much faith in the USA anymore.
So out comes cryptos ?
I would of thought that the USA would go to War with anyone who tryed to get out of it's system.
But the USA is broke so what to do ? play games !

Every system has it's down falls.

I talk about Super with people and people think their Super is so solid ? well if a WW3 did start it would all disapear in fact ! so how many people could aford a world War ?
Not to mention the west can not afford to look after it's people as it is, just look at the debt all Nations are in !

In Australia the Governments made a new Law that you have to be 67yo to get retirment, because they claimed that they could not afford such, no Vote on the matter was alowed ! but they wast so much on total nonsense, that it's down right criminal intent !
would anyone spend, waste money like they do, like a total drunken fool ! or an outright Idiot, we see such waste all the time ! no company would be that stupid ! someone would be sacked for such ! Lack of regard for the People is what it comes down to ! it's only your money !

Are the People truly being Played for fools ?
The USA isn't going broke. The economy of the USA is huge. So huge, the banks could close. The market place here flys under the radar of the Federal Gov't. People buy and sell constantly, furniture, cars, electronics. etc. Its just too huge. Garage sells, flea markets, and you can buy or trade for most anything. Cash is still king, without it, the barter system. You can still import and export without the internet. My friend buys containers off ships. Actions houses are everywhere, and estate sales galore.
 

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There's an aspect to this currency that is not usually taken into consideration. It is a fiat currency but not legal tender. But all mediums of exchange have a half life....that includes silver, gold, and especially crypto currency.

Crypto currency is exceptionally fragile as it only exists electronically. And there's a point where it will cease to be created....and without electricity it does not exist. Meaning that one day it will cease to exist as no one will have any.

Yep, when the grid goes down, you're broke!

The Lord doesnt use crypto currency and the currency in heavenly stores is called love and blessings. Things will not cost money in heaven. There is no money in the traditional sense. You go into a store in heaven and see something that you need or want for your house or whatever and your looking at it, and a Brother or Sister appears and says take it Brother and bless you...

But how do these shopkeepers stay in business? Easy, whenever one blesses another then the blessing is returned to them twofold? 10 fold? 100 fold? I dont know the rate but it's all done by blessing each other. Scripture says a river of living water flows thru you...so when you are blessed by the Lord you be a river and go bless someone else so they too can share the blessing. If you got blessed and retained it then you wouldnt be a river, you'd be a lake or a reservoir!
 

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Share prices for companies are ultimately long term tied to a company success or failure and are priced in dollars.
With the share prices volatility day by day intensely traded on speculation related to greed and fear, they are in a way a kind of virtual currency in their own right.

People ought to invest in markets, many have. I have for decades. Trading wont commend you to God, there is a principle being taught here.
Jesus talked about trading and related it to the Kingdom of God in a way people could comprehend.
This money was His and given to certain people from whom He expected at minimum, a return with interest.
And the ones who did well received great rewards from Him. While the fearful hid the money and did nothing with it at all. They were the losers and had everything taken away from them by the Lord and given to the ones who had done the best job with the Master's money.

For believers this is about bearing good fruit to God, and good works which bring glory to God.
Those who have nothing good, either fruit or works, they loose everything at the judgement.

The Parable of the Minas​

11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. 12 Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten [e]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

15 “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ 19 Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’

20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. 21 For I feared you, because you are [f]an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ 25 (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) 26 ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 27 But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”