Money moves the world. Simply put, people move daily because of money. It is a necessary evil. Thousands will kill for it, millions will die to make it. It controls people. If you have it, it can control you as well as give you power to control others… Why, because people flock to where money is and they will flock to you if you have it.
This makes money a source of power and a means to secure power. Hence, many have developed an insatiable appetite to make money at all cost, just to have the power and control it wields. Others will strive for power and use the power to amass wealth. Unbeknown to money lovers, however, is that they can end up being controlled by it: it is a good servant but a bad master!
In many regions where idolatry and paganism are still practised, people believe and are taught, that they can easily get money and/or power by sacrificing others and using their blood. Indeed, thousands have been killed and used as a sacrifice by others to get wealth, including infants and pregnant women. In some cases, the body parts of the victims are taken away. Some even exhume corpses and use their bones as rituals for money and power while others can bury their victims alive or join occult societies…
In advanced and Christian nations, however, such practices are unheard of, but Satan has another means for money lovers there…
Come with me to the 1880s through to the middle 1900s… a young man born to a wealthy family in Parma, Italy, left home to the University, only to spend his fees and personal money on gambling, bars, clubs etc. Under the influence of friends, Carlo Pietro Giovanni G. T. Ponzi, wasted all his time and money until he was so broke that he run away on a ship to the US. While on the ship to the States, he gambled away all his savings and was left with only $2.5 when he arrived in the US.
He worked at odd jobs on the East coast but was fired for theft and cheating customers. Failing to do well in the US; he left for Canada in 1907 and worked as a teller with another Italian banker in Montreal. Here, Charles/Carlo Ponzi learned about “robbing peter to pay paul” from his CEO, Luigi Zarossi. Luigi gave his customers higher interests (6%) on deposits to attract more customers. Bad loans eventually collapsed the bank and Luigi fled. Charles Ponzi was later arrested for forging a customer’s check and was imprisoned for three (3) years….
On his release in 1911, he returned to the US but was arrested again and jailed for two (2) years for smuggling illegal migrants. At the prison, he learned about stock trading and swindling schemes from Charles Morse, a wealthy Wall Street businessman. On his release, he wandered about with menial jobs until he founded a company to trade in postal stamps. He promised his investors 50% interest/profit in 45 days and 100% profit in 90 days…
Now the plot thickens. Watch out for the last showdown next week….
A Happy Sabbath to all and a peaceful weekend!
