Length: {1:14 minutes}

To understand the magnitude of the problem, we need to look back at Europe and the historical role of money changers. These money changers were referenced by James Madison and were even mentioned in the Bible, where Jesus drove them out of the temple. This event marked the only time Jesus used force in his ministry.

Money changers were in the temple because Jews coming to Jerusalem for the Temple tax had to pay with a specific coin, the half-shekel of the sanctuary. This coin was a half-ounce of pure silver and the only coin acceptable to God, as it was free from the image of a pagan emperor. However, these coins were scarce because the money changers had monopolized them, driving up their price to make exorbitant profits. This exploitation violated the sanctity of God’s house, according to Jesus.

To understand the magnitude of the problem, we need to look back at Europe and the historical role of money changers. These money changers were referenced by James Madison and were even mentioned in the Bible, where Jesus drove them out of the temple. This event marked the only time Jesus used force in his ministry.

Money changers were in the temple because Jews coming to Jerusalem for the Temple tax had to pay with a specific coin, the half-shekel of the sanctuary. This coin was a half-ounce of pure silver and the only coin acceptable to God, as it was free from the image of a pagan emperor. However, these coins were scarce because the money changers had monopolized them, driving up their price to make exorbitant profits. This exploitation violated the sanctity of God’s house, according to Jesus.

Money changers were in the temple because Jews coming to Jerusalem for the Temple tax had to pay with a specific coin, the half-shekel of the sanctuary. This coin was a half-ounce of pure silver and the only coin acceptable to God, as it was free from the image of a pagan emperor. However, these coins were scarce because the money changers had monopolized them, driving up their price to make exorbitant profits. This exploitation violated the sanctity of God’s house, according to Jesus.

• INDEX (with correct start and stop times opening in a new window):
• 1. Intro {10:38 minutes}
• >>2. The Money Changers {1:14 minutes}<<
• 3. Roman Empire {1:35 minutes}
• 4. The Goldsmiths {4:40 minutes}
• 5. Talley Sticks {4:55 minutes}
• 6. The Bank of England {4:20 minutes}
• 7. The Rise of the Rothschilds {5:35 minutes}
• 8. The American Revolution {6:30 minutes}
• 9. The Bank of North America {2:35 minutes}
• 10. The Constitutional Convention {2:51 minutes}
• 11. First Bank of the United States {4:20 minutes}
• 12. Napoleon’s Rise To Power {2:41 minutes}
• 13. Death of the First Bank {2:10 minutes}
• 14. Waterloo {6:05 minutes}
• 15. Second Bank of the U.S. {1:20 minutes}
• 16. Andrew Jackson {9:52 minutes}
• 17. Abe Lincoln {16:23 minutes}
• 18. The Return of the Gold Standard {10:41 minutes}
• 19. Free Silver {5:10 minutes}
• 20. J.P. Morgan and the Crash of 1907 {4:55 minutes}
• 21. Jekyll Island {11:45 minutes}
• 22. Fed Act of 1913 {11:37 minutes}
• 23. World War I {7:21 minutes}
• 24. Great Depression {13:58 minutes}
• 25. FDR/WWII {13:00 minutes}
• 26. IMF/World Bank {11:51 minutes}
• 27. Conclusions {27:52 minutes}