Gold is good

"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: …"

Genesis 2:10-12

From our opening scripture today, we see another truth in the Word of God that debunks the belief that gold is evil. God created gold, therefore, gold is good. In fact the Lord Himself said in Haggai 2:8, "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts."

Another thing you need to understand is the law of first mention in scriptural interpretation. This law teaches that when a word is used for the first time in the Bible, what is said about it is what is used as a rule of interpretation for that thing throughout scripture.

It has been said in some quarters that after Exodus 32, God did not have anything to do with gold again because of the golden calf that was made by the children of Israel. They forget that in Exodus 35:5, God instructed Moses to collect offerings of gold from the people. Also in Exodus 37:2, the ark of God was overlaid with gold inside and outside. The utensils of worship in the temple were all made of pure gold (Exodus 37:16,17,22-24). Even the altar was made of gold in Exodus 40:5. In 1 Kings 7 when Solomon built the temple, he overlaid it with gold. Revelation 21:21, the last place in which gold is used in the Bible, shows us that even the streets of heaven shall be of pure gold. That is to say that there is gold in heaven. And we know that there is no evil in heaven.

Therefore, I encourage you to read your Bible and let the Bible define what you believe and not man's opinion.

Prayer.

Dear Father, I ask that you expose every seed of falsehood that have entered into my belief system in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:

Acts 17:11, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

Doing the Word

Let what the Bible teaches form your opinion.