The Advent Truth
The mindset behind the death decree of Revelation 13 is already here.
For years, Seventh-day Adventists have been mocked for teaching that religious liberty will eventually collapse, church and state will unite, worship will become a matter of civil law, and those who refuse the coming counterfeit sabbath will ultimately face a death decree.
Yet listen to what some Christian nationalists are openly discussing.
Joel Webbon has advocated a theonomic vision of civil government, and a clip circulating from him discusses the death penalty in connection with Sabbath violation.
Think carefully about what that means.
I am NOT saying Joel Webbon is advocating the Adventist-prophesied Sunday law. Nor am I claiming that his comments themselves fulfill Revelation 13.
The argument is already being made within professed Christianity that civil government should enforce religious law—and that certain violations of God’s law can legitimately deserve death.
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast… and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” — Revelation 13:15
Adventists have never taught that America suddenly wakes up one morning and randomly decides to execute Sabbathkeepers. Revelation describes a progression. Religious conviction gains political power. Religious observance becomes civil legislation. Economic coercion follows (Revelation 13:16–17). Finally comes the death decree.
And the final issue won’t be enforcing God’s seventh-day Sabbath. Prophecy points to a counterfeit system of worship in which Sunday sacredness is enforced by civil authority, while those who remain faithful to God’s commandments refuse to comply.
When Christians become comfortable saying, “The government should enforce God’s religious requirements, even unto death,” the philosophical foundation for persecution has already been laid.
The question is whether the mindset capable of producing it exists today.
the answer is staring us in the face.
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him…” — Revelation 13:8
The mindset behind the death decree of Revelation 13 is already here.
For years, Seventh-day Adventists have been mocked for teaching that religious liberty will eventually collapse, church and state will unite, worship will become a matter of civil law, and those who refuse the coming counterfeit sabbath will ultimately face a death decree.
Yet listen to what some Christian nationalists are openly discussing.
Joel Webbon has advocated a theonomic vision of civil government, and a clip circulating from him discusses the death penalty in connection with Sabbath violation.
Think carefully about what that means.
I am NOT saying Joel Webbon is advocating the Adventist-prophesied Sunday law. Nor am I claiming that his comments themselves fulfill Revelation 13.
The argument is already being made within professed Christianity that civil government should enforce religious law—and that certain violations of God’s law can legitimately deserve death.
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast… and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” — Revelation 13:15
Adventists have never taught that America suddenly wakes up one morning and randomly decides to execute Sabbathkeepers. Revelation describes a progression. Religious conviction gains political power. Religious observance becomes civil legislation. Economic coercion follows (Revelation 13:16–17). Finally comes the death decree.
And the final issue won’t be enforcing God’s seventh-day Sabbath. Prophecy points to a counterfeit system of worship in which Sunday sacredness is enforced by civil authority, while those who remain faithful to God’s commandments refuse to comply.
When Christians become comfortable saying, “The government should enforce God’s religious requirements, even unto death,” the philosophical foundation for persecution has already been laid.
The question is whether the mindset capable of producing it exists today.
the answer is staring us in the face.
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him…” — Revelation 13:8
The Advent Truth
The mindset behind the death decree of Revelation 13 is already here.
For years, Seventh-day Adventists have been mocked for teaching that religious liberty will eventually collapse, church and state will unite, worship will become a matter of civil law, and those who refuse the coming counterfeit sabbath will ultimately face a death decree.
Yet listen to what some Christian nationalists are openly discussing.
Joel Webbon has advocated a theonomic vision of civil government, and a clip circulating from him discusses the death penalty in connection with Sabbath violation.
Think carefully about what that means.
I am NOT saying Joel Webbon is advocating the Adventist-prophesied Sunday law. Nor am I claiming that his comments themselves fulfill Revelation 13.
The argument is already being made within professed Christianity that civil government should enforce religious law—and that certain violations of God’s law can legitimately deserve death.
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast… and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” — Revelation 13:15
Adventists have never taught that America suddenly wakes up one morning and randomly decides to execute Sabbathkeepers. Revelation describes a progression. Religious conviction gains political power. Religious observance becomes civil legislation. Economic coercion follows (Revelation 13:16–17). Finally comes the death decree.
And the final issue won’t be enforcing God’s seventh-day Sabbath. Prophecy points to a counterfeit system of worship in which Sunday sacredness is enforced by civil authority, while those who remain faithful to God’s commandments refuse to comply.
When Christians become comfortable saying, “The government should enforce God’s religious requirements, even unto death,” the philosophical foundation for persecution has already been laid.
The question is whether the mindset capable of producing it exists today.
the answer is staring us in the face.
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him…” — Revelation 13:8
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