Revelation 14:9
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
The Roman Catholic Church says:
ReplyDeleteThe "MYSTERY" of the Trinity is the central teaching upon which all others are based. We know the Harlot riding the Beast has "MYSTERY BABYLON THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS" written on her forehead. We know the 144,000 have the Father's name written on their forehead. We know that those who hold the Trinity will also hold Sunday as sacred and profane the 7th-day Sabbath. So, this must be what is meant by receiving the mark, the name, the number of the name, in the right hand or in the forehead. The breaking of the Sabbath is something done against the authority of God, but the Trinity is something held in the mind, or in the forehead, about God and Christ.
So in the forehead=Trinity
In the right hand=Sunday
In the forehead=Non-Trinity
in the right hand=Sabbath.
Make sense?
Okay... I have the passage from U. Smith's Daniel and the Revelation which deals with this subject. I mean, is there anything more important for us to know at this moment?
ReplyDeleteQuote from: Daniel And the Revelation
Only a few more particulars respecting the 144,000, in addition t...o those given in Revelation 7,
will claim our attention:
They have the name of the Lamb's Father written in their foreheads. In Revelation 7, they are said to have
the seal of God in their foreheads. An important key to an understanding of the seal of God is thus
furnished, for we at once perceive that the Father regards His name as His seal. That commandment of the
law which contains God's name is therefore the seal of the law. The Sabbath commandment is the only
one that contains the descriptive title which distinguishes the true God from all false gods. Wherever this
was placed, there the Father's name was said to be. (Deuteronomy 12: 5, 14, 18, 21; 14: 23; 16: 2, 6; etc.)
Therefore whoever truly keeps this commandment has the seal of the living God.
So, by this reckoning, the whole of the SDA Church would be saved, and all the Jews too right? What would be the problem if they weren't? Well, the Jews reject the son of God, which, by implication must not deal with the Sabbath right? And Catholics don't admit to rejecting the son of God, but their doctrine of God implies that Jesus is not a literal begotten son, which therefore prevents them from receiving the Father's name in their forehead. So, you tell me now, who is going to be able to fulfill the implications of these marks and why? It is only if the seal of God contains His name in the doctrine of Christ, and if the people with a correct understanding of the Father and son and also choose to keep the Sabbath commandment as it is written.
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