China’s ‘petro-yuan’ successfully introduced; Why is Russia accumulating gold?

China finally launched what has been called the ‘petro-yuan’:

March 27, 2018

While It seems to be gaining some ground this morning, the greenback is under pressure from a one-two punch:

China’s new yuan-denominated oil futures contract, which is open to foreign investors, challenges the buck as the currency base for commodities. Oil exporters usually re-invest their proceeds from US sales in Treasury bonds. The rise of the petro-yuan could thereby also jeopardize a key source for US deficit spending.

Global central banks are planning to convert some of their currency reserves to euro, at the expense of the dollar. According to some analysts, this is a direct consequence of Trump’s trade negotiation strategy with China. However, if that’s true, central banks may revert their exposure if and when trade war jitters come to a close. https://www.investing.com/analysis/opening-bell-200300959

March 27, 2018

Two of the world’s biggest oil traders gave China’s crude futures contract a go on its long-anticipated trading debut.

Commodity giants Glencore and Trafigura Group were among foreign participants as the yuan-denominated futures started on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange Monday. After an initial surge in volume that outpaced overnight transactions in global benchmark Brent crude in London, trading tapered off toward the end of the session and the contract closed at 429.9 yuan a barrel ($US68.22). The contract was trading around 428 yuan on Tuesday.

In a first for Chinese commodities, the futures are open to foreign participation, which is seen as critical for the long-term success of the contract. …

While he’s not particularly watching it closely for the moment, ANZ’s Chinese desk is very focused on it, he said.

Then there are the bulls, such as hedge fund manager Adam Levinson, who says the start of a “petro-yuan” will be a “huge story” and increase the use of the Chinese currency in trade settlements. http://www.afr.com/business/energy/oil/global-trading-giants-dip-toes-in-china-oil-futures-20180327-h0y10d#ixzz5AxBtOQt1

So, the ‘petro-yuan’ has been introduced, the introduction looks like a financial success, it is intended to increase the acceptance of the Chinese yuan, and thus also decrease the need to use US dollars in international trade.

This is something regular readers of this COGwriter Church of God News page realize I have warned about for some time (watch also US Dollar being challenged by Gold-Petro-Yuan). There is also movement towards the Euro.

These are not the only developments related to attempts to bypass the US dollar.

While the expulsion of Russian diplomats is dominating a lot of the international news, consider something that few seem to be aware of related to Russia:

March 27, 2018

The US’s overhang of debt and looming trade war is worrisome on many levels as the value of the dollar keeps decreasing and the national debt spiraling. So, what should we make of the fact that the Central Bank of Russia has been steadily amassing vast gold reserves since 2015? By the end of 2017, its total gold reserves rose to 1,828.56 tons, usurping China’s place as the country with the fifth largest gold reserves.

Russia has been aggressively increasing its gold reserves for a reason. It has seen the US dollar dominate as a global currency and is working with China to end the US/Western currency supremacy. Their strategy appears to be working. Russia and China are in the midst of rumors of introducing gold-backed futures to circumvent the U.S dollar.

With speculation of Russia and China working on a gold-backed currency, a shift in monetary power from the West to the East seems to be their ambitions. The situation between East and West is exacerbated by recent tensions between Russia and the UK, since the alleged Kremlin poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. British Prime Minister Theresa May has ousted 23 Russian diplomats from Great Britain. Geopolitical tension is once again, high.

It seems Russian may have tossed aside Das Kapital as its economic guidebook. Not only is creating a gold-backed currency appearing more likely month over month, but Russia has also brought inflation way down over the past decade. More importantly, Russia continues to lower their national debt, while the US has been increasing its debt to a record $21 trillion. …

Russia’s financial strategy is making the country less vulnerable to volatile geopolitics. Not only is it a significant player in gold, but it is also the world’s third-largest gold producer, with the Central Bank of Russia buying up its supplies. During the past decade, Russian has mined more than 2,000 tons of gold, with tonnage expected to increase by 400 tons annually by 2030. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-26/russia-stockpiles-gold-why

While the Bible does NOT show that China or Russia will be the premier trading nations during the Great Tribulation, the Bible does show that gold will have value during that time.

Consider the following scriptures:

40 “At the time of the end…43 He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver (Daniel 11:40,43)

14… And the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. (Zechariah 14:14)

12 … merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls … 16 … ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! (Revelation 18:12, 16)

4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls (Revelation 17:4)

There are no similar statements backing up the future value of paper items, like the US dollar or the British pound (scripture, indirectly, teaches their elimination, for details see Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel). Daniel 11:24 shows that the leader mentioned in Daniel 11:40-43 will somehow also be accumulating wealth prior to this time, and that may involve gold accumulation (cf. Daniel 11:38). Perhaps to back up a European supported currency, he also may end up with personal and/or national gold reserves and/or wealth from the Vatican. The Vatican has a vast amount of wealth and is prophesied to be improperly involved with the kings of the earth in the end times per Revelation 17.

The Bible teaches that in the end time, the highly indebted nation will be taken over (Habakkuk 2:2-8)–no nation is more indebted than the USA–and on a per capita basis, the UK is one of the most indebted. They will be taken over and conquered during the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21; Daniel 11:39; wacth also Do these 7 prophesies point to the end of the USA?).

We are getting closer to the start of the Great Tribulation (see also When Will the Great Tribulation Begin?) and final time of the Gentiles that Jesus spoke of (Matthew 24:21; Luke 21:24).

Gentile nations are taking steps that the Anglo-American nations will one day regret.

Yet, most of the news media seems to pay little attention to what is really happening.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

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