The Mark of the Beast. 5. How could anyone dare attempt to change Gods holy day? Answer: We ask the papacy, Did you really change Sabbath to Sunday? She replies, Yes, we did. It is our symbol, or mark, of authority and power. We ask, How could you even think of doing that? Its a pertinent question. But the question the papacy officially asks Protestants is even more pertinent. Please read it carefully: You will tell me that Saturday was theJewishSabbath, but that theChristianSabbath has been changed to Sunday. Changed! but by whom? Who has authority to change an express commandment of Almighty God? When God has spoken and said, Thou shalt keep holy the seventh day, who shall dare to say, Nay, thou mayest work and do all manner of worldly business on the seventh day but thou shalt keep holy the first day in its stead? This is a most important question, which I know not how you can answer. You are a Protestant, and you profess to go by the Bible and the Bible only and yet in so important a matter as the observance of one day in seven as a holy day, you go against the plain letter of the Bible, and put another day in the place of that day which the Bible has commanded. The command to keep holy the seventh day is one of the ten commandments you believe that the other nine are still binding who gave you authority to tamper with the fourth? If you are consistent with your own principles, if you really follow the Bible and the Bible only, you ought to be able to produce some portion of the New Testament in which this fourth commandment is expressly altered.11 11Library of Christian Doctrine:Why Dont You Keep Holy the Sabbath-Day?(London: Burns and Oates, Ltd.), pp. 3, 4. Tragically, both Catholicism and Protestantism stand guilty before the judgment bar of heaven for rejecting Gods holy Sabbath, His sacred sign of identification. 6. What solemn warnings has God given regarding His law and His sign, or mark? Answer: A. God warns religious leaders against causing people to stumble by saying that some commandments do not matter(Malachi 2:7-9). For example, some ministers teach, It doesnt matter what day you keep holy. B. God warns people who want their ministers to preach smooth fables rather than the truth about His law(Isaiah 30:9, 10). C. God warns people about hardening their hearts against the truth of His law(Zechariah 7:12). D. God warns people who say it would seem strange to keep Gods lawlike the Sabbath, for example (Hosea 8:12). E. God states that the upheaval, tragedy, problems, and woes of earth come because people refuse to follow His law, and have even tried to change it(Isaiah 24:4-6). F. God warns religious leaders who refuse to preach the prophecies of the end time(Isaiah 29:10, 11). G. God solemnly warns that leaders who teach there is really no difference between sacred things (such as Gods holy Sabbath) and common things (such as Sunday) will face His indignation(Ezekiel 22:26, 31). 7. Revelation 13:16 says people will receive the mark of the beast in the forehead or in the hand. What does this mean? Answer: The forehead represents the mind (Hebrews 10:16). A person will be marked in the forehead by a decision to keep Sunday as a holy day. The hand is a symbol of work (Ecclesiastes 9:10). A person will be marked in the hand by working on Gods holy Sabbath or by going along with Sunday laws for practical reasons (job, family, etc.). The sign, or mark, for either God or the beast will be invisible to people. You will, in essence, mark yourself by accepting either Gods sign or mark, the Sabbath, or the beasts mark, Sunday. Though invisible to men, God will know who has which mark (2 Timothy 2:19).
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