THE FLAG OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT IS THE SABBATH.
What is God’s mark, or symbol, of authority?
“I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a SIGN between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them” (Ezekiel 20:12).
“It is a SIGN between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth” (Exodus 31:17).
“He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also” (Romans 4:11).
Answer: In these texts, God is saying that He gave us His SABBATH as a sign of His power to CREATE and His power to SANCTIFY (convert and save) us. In the Bible, the words seal, sign, mark, and token are used interchangeably.
God’s sign, the Sabbath, represents His holy power to rule as Creator and Savior. Revelation 7:1–3 says it will be written upon the foreheads (minds—Hebrews 10:16) of His people. It will signify that they are owned by Him and have His character. Hebrews 4:4–10 confirms this by saying that when we enter His rest (receive salvation), we should keep His seventh-day Sabbath holy as a symbol, or mark, of salvation. True Sabbath keeping signifies that a person has surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and is willing to follow wherever Jesus leads. Since the symbol, mark, of God’s authority and power is His holy Sabbath day, it seems likely that the symbol, or mark, of God’s challenger—the beast( Roman Catholic system)—might also involve a holy day. Let’s see if it does.
Compare Genesis 17:11 with Romans 4:11 and Revelation 7:3 with Ezekiel 9:4
What does the papacy say is her symbol, or mark, of authority?
Did God predict such an attempted change?
Answer: Yes. In describing the antichrist in Daniel 7:25, God said it would “intend to change times and law.”
A. How has the papacy tried to change God’s law? In three ways: In her catechisms she has (1) omitted the second commandment against veneration of images, and (2) shortened the fourth (Sabbath) commandment from 94 words to just eight. The Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8–11) clearly specifies Sabbath as the seventh day of the week. As changed by the papacy in its catechism, the commandment reads, “Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.” Written thus, it can refer to any day. And, finally, she (3) divided the tenth commandment into two commandments.
B. How has the papacy attempted to change God’s times? In two ways: (1) She attempted to change the time of the Sabbath from the seventh day(Saturday) to the first day(Sunday). (2) She also attempted to change God’s “timing” for the beginning and closing hours of the Sabbath. Instead of counting the Sabbath day from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night as God mandates (Leviticus 23:32), she adopted the pagan Roman custom of counting the day from midnight Saturday night to midnight Sunday night. God predicted these “changes” would be attempted by the beast, or antichrist, The Roman Catholic system.
Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism:
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Here is another Catholic statement: "The Church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact."
The papacy is saying in these references that its successful change of Sabbath observance to Sunday worship is proof that its authority is greater, or "above," Scripture.
Peter Geiermann, The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (St. Louis, B. Herder Book Co., 1957 ed.), p. 50.
The Catholic Record (London, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 1, 1923).
What solemn warnings has God given regarding His law( The constitution of His government) 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 doesn’t 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 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).
E. God warns religious leaders who refuse to preach the prophecies of the end time (Isaiah 29:10, 11).
F. God warns that leaders who teach there is really no difference between sacred things (such as God’s holy Sabbath) and common things (such as Sunday) will face His indignation (Ezekiel 22:26, 31).
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 God’s 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 God’s mark—the Sabbath—or the beast’s mark—Sunday. Though invisible to men, God will know who has which mark (2 Timothy 2:19).
According to Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14, what decisive message does God deliver to His people in the last days?
“Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; tell My people their transgression. ... If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight ... then you shall delight yourself in the Lord” (Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14).
Answer: He says to tell His people that they are sinning because they are trampling on His holy day, and He asks them to quit breaking the Sabbath so He can bless them(Isaiah 56:2). He wants His messenger to speak loudly so the people will hear. Notice that the third angel of Revelation 14:9–12, who brings the message about the mark of the beast, speaks with a loud voice also (verse 9). The message is too important to treat as ordinary. It’s a life-or-death issue! Jesus says His sheep, or people, will follow Him when He calls them (John 10:16, 27).
Do people who worship on Sunday as a holy day have the mark of the beast now?
Answer: Absolutely not! No one will have the mark of the beast until Sunday worship becomes an issue forced by law( Coming soon). At that time, those who decide to follow the false teachings of the beast and worship on Sunday—the beast’s counterfeit holy day—will receive his mark. Those who follow Jesus and obey His truth will keep His Sabbath day holy and receive His mark. Those who expect to refuse the beast’s mark in the future must step under Jesus’ Sabbath banner now. His power is available to those who obey Him (Acts 5:32). Without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). With Him, all things are possible (Mark 10:27).
According to the book of Revelation, who did John see in God’s eternal kingdom? Answer: The answer is threefold and very clear:
A. Those who have God’s mark—sign (His Sabbath)—in their foreheads (Revelation 7:3, 4).
B. Those who refused to identify with the beast or his image and who refused to have his mark or name in their foreheads (Revelation 15:2).
C. The people who—today and for eternity—follow where Jesus leads, trusting Him fully in everything (Revelation 14:4).
What is Jesus saying to people today?
“He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life” (John 8:12).
Answer: What a fantastic promise! If we follow Him, we will not end up in darkness but will, instead, have glorious truth. Further, following Him and keeping His Sabbath will put God’s mark on our foreheads and protect us from the dreadful plagues (Psalm 91:10) that will fall upon the disobedient (Revelation 16). It also marks us as ready for translation at Jesus’ second coming. What blessed protection and assurance God has offered us!
It will take much courage and faith to stand for God in the last days. Like the three Hebrew men in the Old Testament book of Daniel, when they refused to worship an idol, choosing to face the death penalty rather than violate God’s commandments. (See Daniel 3.) What’s fascinating is that, using imagery borrowed from Daniel’s story, the book of Revelation foretells a time when people in the last days will also have the chance to take a PUBLIC STAND for God by refusing to “worship the beast and his image,” even on pain of death (Revelation 14:11).
What is God’s mark, or symbol, of authority?
“I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a SIGN between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them” (Ezekiel 20:12).
“It is a SIGN between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth” (Exodus 31:17).
“He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also” (Romans 4:11).
Answer: In these texts, God is saying that He gave us His SABBATH as a sign of His power to CREATE and His power to SANCTIFY (convert and save) us. In the Bible, the words seal, sign, mark, and token are used interchangeably.
God’s sign, the Sabbath, represents His holy power to rule as Creator and Savior. Revelation 7:1–3 says it will be written upon the foreheads (minds—Hebrews 10:16) of His people. It will signify that they are owned by Him and have His character. Hebrews 4:4–10 confirms this by saying that when we enter His rest (receive salvation), we should keep His seventh-day Sabbath holy as a symbol, or mark, of salvation. True Sabbath keeping signifies that a person has surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and is willing to follow wherever Jesus leads. Since the symbol, mark, of God’s authority and power is His holy Sabbath day, it seems likely that the symbol, or mark, of God’s challenger—the beast( Roman Catholic system)—might also involve a holy day. Let’s see if it does.
Compare Genesis 17:11 with Romans 4:11 and Revelation 7:3 with Ezekiel 9:4
What does the papacy say is her symbol, or mark, of authority?
Did God predict such an attempted change?
Answer: Yes. In describing the antichrist in Daniel 7:25, God said it would “intend to change times and law.”
A. How has the papacy tried to change God’s law? In three ways: In her catechisms she has (1) omitted the second commandment against veneration of images, and (2) shortened the fourth (Sabbath) commandment from 94 words to just eight. The Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8–11) clearly specifies Sabbath as the seventh day of the week. As changed by the papacy in its catechism, the commandment reads, “Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.” Written thus, it can refer to any day. And, finally, she (3) divided the tenth commandment into two commandments.
B. How has the papacy attempted to change God’s times? In two ways: (1) She attempted to change the time of the Sabbath from the seventh day(Saturday) to the first day(Sunday). (2) She also attempted to change God’s “timing” for the beginning and closing hours of the Sabbath. Instead of counting the Sabbath day from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night as God mandates (Leviticus 23:32), she adopted the pagan Roman custom of counting the day from midnight Saturday night to midnight Sunday night. God predicted these “changes” would be attempted by the beast, or antichrist, The Roman Catholic system.
Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism:
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Here is another Catholic statement: "The Church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact."
The papacy is saying in these references that its successful change of Sabbath observance to Sunday worship is proof that its authority is greater, or "above," Scripture.
Peter Geiermann, The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (St. Louis, B. Herder Book Co., 1957 ed.), p. 50.
The Catholic Record (London, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 1, 1923).
What solemn warnings has God given regarding His law( The constitution of His government) 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 doesn’t 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 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).
E. God warns religious leaders who refuse to preach the prophecies of the end time (Isaiah 29:10, 11).
F. God warns that leaders who teach there is really no difference between sacred things (such as God’s holy Sabbath) and common things (such as Sunday) will face His indignation (Ezekiel 22:26, 31).
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 God’s 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 God’s mark—the Sabbath—or the beast’s mark—Sunday. Though invisible to men, God will know who has which mark (2 Timothy 2:19).
According to Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14, what decisive message does God deliver to His people in the last days?
“Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; tell My people their transgression. ... If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight ... then you shall delight yourself in the Lord” (Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14).
Answer: He says to tell His people that they are sinning because they are trampling on His holy day, and He asks them to quit breaking the Sabbath so He can bless them(Isaiah 56:2). He wants His messenger to speak loudly so the people will hear. Notice that the third angel of Revelation 14:9–12, who brings the message about the mark of the beast, speaks with a loud voice also (verse 9). The message is too important to treat as ordinary. It’s a life-or-death issue! Jesus says His sheep, or people, will follow Him when He calls them (John 10:16, 27).
Do people who worship on Sunday as a holy day have the mark of the beast now?
Answer: Absolutely not! No one will have the mark of the beast until Sunday worship becomes an issue forced by law( Coming soon). At that time, those who decide to follow the false teachings of the beast and worship on Sunday—the beast’s counterfeit holy day—will receive his mark. Those who follow Jesus and obey His truth will keep His Sabbath day holy and receive His mark. Those who expect to refuse the beast’s mark in the future must step under Jesus’ Sabbath banner now. His power is available to those who obey Him (Acts 5:32). Without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). With Him, all things are possible (Mark 10:27).
According to the book of Revelation, who did John see in God’s eternal kingdom? Answer: The answer is threefold and very clear:
A. Those who have God’s mark—sign (His Sabbath)—in their foreheads (Revelation 7:3, 4).
B. Those who refused to identify with the beast or his image and who refused to have his mark or name in their foreheads (Revelation 15:2).
C. The people who—today and for eternity—follow where Jesus leads, trusting Him fully in everything (Revelation 14:4).
What is Jesus saying to people today?
“He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life” (John 8:12).
Answer: What a fantastic promise! If we follow Him, we will not end up in darkness but will, instead, have glorious truth. Further, following Him and keeping His Sabbath will put God’s mark on our foreheads and protect us from the dreadful plagues (Psalm 91:10) that will fall upon the disobedient (Revelation 16). It also marks us as ready for translation at Jesus’ second coming. What blessed protection and assurance God has offered us!
It will take much courage and faith to stand for God in the last days. Like the three Hebrew men in the Old Testament book of Daniel, when they refused to worship an idol, choosing to face the death penalty rather than violate God’s commandments. (See Daniel 3.) What’s fascinating is that, using imagery borrowed from Daniel’s story, the book of Revelation foretells a time when people in the last days will also have the chance to take a PUBLIC STAND for God by refusing to “worship the beast and his image,” even on pain of death (Revelation 14:11).
THE FLAG OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT IS THE SABBATH.
What is God’s mark, or symbol, of authority?
“I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a SIGN between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them” (Ezekiel 20:12).
“It is a SIGN between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth” (Exodus 31:17).
“He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also” (Romans 4:11).
Answer: In these texts, God is saying that He gave us His SABBATH as a sign of His power to CREATE and His power to SANCTIFY (convert and save) us. In the Bible, the words seal, sign, mark, and token are used interchangeably.
God’s sign, the Sabbath, represents His holy power to rule as Creator and Savior. Revelation 7:1–3 says it will be written upon the foreheads (minds—Hebrews 10:16) of His people. It will signify that they are owned by Him and have His character. Hebrews 4:4–10 confirms this by saying that when we enter His rest (receive salvation), we should keep His seventh-day Sabbath holy as a symbol, or mark, of salvation. True Sabbath keeping signifies that a person has surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and is willing to follow wherever Jesus leads. Since the symbol, mark, of God’s authority and power is His holy Sabbath day, it seems likely that the symbol, or mark, of God’s challenger—the beast( Roman Catholic system)—might also involve a holy day. Let’s see if it does.
Compare Genesis 17:11 with Romans 4:11 and Revelation 7:3 with Ezekiel 9:4
What does the papacy say is her symbol, or mark, of authority?
Did God predict such an attempted change?
Answer: Yes. In describing the antichrist in Daniel 7:25, God said it would “intend to change times and law.”
A. How has the papacy tried to change God’s law? In three ways: In her catechisms she has (1) omitted the second commandment against veneration of images, and (2) shortened the fourth (Sabbath) commandment from 94 words to just eight. The Sabbath commandment (Exodus 20:8–11) clearly specifies Sabbath as the seventh day of the week. As changed by the papacy in its catechism, the commandment reads, “Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.” Written thus, it can refer to any day. And, finally, she (3) divided the tenth commandment into two commandments.
B. How has the papacy attempted to change God’s times? In two ways: (1) She attempted to change the time of the Sabbath from the seventh day(Saturday) to the first day(Sunday). (2) She also attempted to change God’s “timing” for the beginning and closing hours of the Sabbath. Instead of counting the Sabbath day from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night as God mandates (Leviticus 23:32), she adopted the pagan Roman custom of counting the day from midnight Saturday night to midnight Sunday night. God predicted these “changes” would be attempted by the beast, or antichrist, The Roman Catholic system.
Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism:
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Here is another Catholic statement: "The Church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact."
The papacy is saying in these references that its successful change of Sabbath observance to Sunday worship is proof that its authority is greater, or "above," Scripture.
Peter Geiermann, The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (St. Louis, B. Herder Book Co., 1957 ed.), p. 50.
The Catholic Record (London, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 1, 1923).
What solemn warnings has God given regarding His law( The constitution of His government) 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 doesn’t 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 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).
E. God warns religious leaders who refuse to preach the prophecies of the end time (Isaiah 29:10, 11).
F. God warns that leaders who teach there is really no difference between sacred things (such as God’s holy Sabbath) and common things (such as Sunday) will face His indignation (Ezekiel 22:26, 31).
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 God’s 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 God’s mark—the Sabbath—or the beast’s mark—Sunday. Though invisible to men, God will know who has which mark (2 Timothy 2:19).
According to Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14, what decisive message does God deliver to His people in the last days?
“Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; tell My people their transgression. ... If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight ... then you shall delight yourself in the Lord” (Isaiah 58:1, 13, 14).
Answer: He says to tell His people that they are sinning because they are trampling on His holy day, and He asks them to quit breaking the Sabbath so He can bless them(Isaiah 56:2). He wants His messenger to speak loudly so the people will hear. Notice that the third angel of Revelation 14:9–12, who brings the message about the mark of the beast, speaks with a loud voice also (verse 9). The message is too important to treat as ordinary. It’s a life-or-death issue! Jesus says His sheep, or people, will follow Him when He calls them (John 10:16, 27).
Do people who worship on Sunday as a holy day have the mark of the beast now?
Answer: Absolutely not! No one will have the mark of the beast until Sunday worship becomes an issue forced by law( Coming soon). At that time, those who decide to follow the false teachings of the beast and worship on Sunday—the beast’s counterfeit holy day—will receive his mark. Those who follow Jesus and obey His truth will keep His Sabbath day holy and receive His mark. Those who expect to refuse the beast’s mark in the future must step under Jesus’ Sabbath banner now. His power is available to those who obey Him (Acts 5:32). Without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). With Him, all things are possible (Mark 10:27).
According to the book of Revelation, who did John see in God’s eternal kingdom? Answer: The answer is threefold and very clear:
A. Those who have God’s mark—sign (His Sabbath)—in their foreheads (Revelation 7:3, 4).
B. Those who refused to identify with the beast or his image and who refused to have his mark or name in their foreheads (Revelation 15:2).
C. The people who—today and for eternity—follow where Jesus leads, trusting Him fully in everything (Revelation 14:4).
What is Jesus saying to people today?
“He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life” (John 8:12).
Answer: What a fantastic promise! If we follow Him, we will not end up in darkness but will, instead, have glorious truth. Further, following Him and keeping His Sabbath will put God’s mark on our foreheads and protect us from the dreadful plagues (Psalm 91:10) that will fall upon the disobedient (Revelation 16). It also marks us as ready for translation at Jesus’ second coming. What blessed protection and assurance God has offered us!
It will take much courage and faith to stand for God in the last days. Like the three Hebrew men in the Old Testament book of Daniel, when they refused to worship an idol, choosing to face the death penalty rather than violate God’s commandments. (See Daniel 3.) What’s fascinating is that, using imagery borrowed from Daniel’s story, the book of Revelation foretells a time when people in the last days will also have the chance to take a PUBLIC STAND for God by refusing to “worship the beast and his image,” even on pain of death (Revelation 14:11).
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