Prophecy

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THE BEAST AND HIS MARK
By Paul Taylor part 3 of 3

Now, let’s see what God’s word has to say concerning the Sabbath and the yearly festivals. In Deuteronomy 6:8 and 11:18 God reminds the Hebrews that these were a sign (mark) between the frontlet of their eyes and upon their hand as He told them 40 years earlier in Exodus 13:9, and Exodus 31:13-17. Let’s look at this passage to see exactly what God originally told the children of Israel.

13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for IT IS A SIGN (mark) BETWEEN ME AND YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath; therefore, for it is holy unto you: everyone that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, FOR A PERPETUAL COVENANT. 17 IT IS A SIGN (mark) between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

We see in these verses where God is telling the people that the seventh day Sabbath and the yearly Sabbaths are His sign or mark between Him and His people as a perpetual covenant. Perpetual means without ceasing, forever never ending, and later in Deuteronomy He reminds them that they were to bind them as a sign (mark) between the frontlets of their eyes (the forehead) and upon their hand.

We now should understand that the mark of God is the true worship of Him through keeping His commandments, and statutes in obedience to His will and by doing so you have the mark of the living God in your forehead and upon your hand, not a physical mark, or an electronic chip.

Ezekiel 9:1-10 gives a perfect scenario of how God will deal with those not having His mark upon their forehead and hand.
In Revelation 13:16 we are told of another mark to be upon man; And he causeth all, both small and great, rich, and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

In Revelation 13 we see a beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns, Daniel 7 describes this same beast with a smaller little horn coming up amongst the ten horns having eyes like a man and speaking great things.

Jumping ahead to Revelation 17, we see a woman decked in scarlet, wealthy and opulent in riches riding a scarlet-colored beast full of names of blasphemy. From our chart of Biblical symbols, we know this is a religious order (church) holding massive political and religious power, filled with sin and corruption, going forth destroying any and all who oppose her doctrines.

Many theologians throughout history have identified this woman and beast as the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy. She fits the description of Daniel and Revelation. The earlier reformers and protestants taught this as part of their doctrine but beginning in the early to mid-1800’s, Protestant churches began moving away from teaching this prophecy as being relevant to the Church of Rome.

We have now looked at scripture identifying Gods mark as the obedience to His laws and commandments by keeping them in our foreheads and showing our loyalty and obedience in worship to Him through our actions (hand), so then this should also be a reflection of the prophecy of Revelation 13:6 where the mark of the beast is introduced and all are forced to worship the beast through his mark on their forehead and or hand, and those not worshipping the beast by refusing to adhere to the mark should be killed.

In AD321 Constantine changed the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the week and in AD364 the Church of Rome adopted this edict and made it and the annual feasts and Sabbaths officially unlawful to follow, and over the centuries it has become embedded in the protestant churches along with other pagan practices originating through the Roman Church.

Since we have identified the beast as the Roman Catholic Church and have shown that it changed Gods laws to benefit its agenda, the following are a couple of quotes from the Catholic church to show their complete disregard of Gods laws and statutes. Most all Christian denominations today follow the agenda instituted by the Roman Catholic Church from AD364, and the Catholic Church readily boasts of changing Gods Sabbath as being their own doing and not scripturally inspired.

Sunday is our MARK of authority… The Church is above the Bible, and the transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact…. Catholic Record, September 1, 1923 (Ontario)

The Catholic Church changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallible authority given to her by her Founder, Jesus Christ. The Protestant, claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. In this matter the Sabbath keeper heretical groups are the only consistent Protestants. The Catholic Universe Bulletin, Aug. 14, 1942, p.4

Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is the law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” The Catholic Church says no. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy Catholic Church—Thomas Enright, CSSR, President, Redemptorist College (Roman Catholic), Kansas City, Mo., Feb.18,1864

We see in these quotes, and I have many more, from the Catholic Church which shows their arrogant and boastful actions of disregarding and changing Gods laws and changing His Holy Sabbath day from the seventh day to the first day SUNDAY as being their MARK of authority.

So in conclusion, if the Catholic Church has been identified as the beast described by Daniel, and John in the book of Revelation, as the one enforcing a MARK on all the earth, and those not accepting should not be able to buy or sell, and also be killed, then those Christians who are presently observing Sunday as the Sabbath and rejecting the yearly feasts and Sabbaths, can be construed as worshipping the image of the beast, and have accepted the mark of the beast on their forehead as referenced by their actions of adhering to the beast’s mark through the deceptive teachings of the protestant churches, and are worshipping the beast...

If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it. Asa Blagden

Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. (see also Deut.13:1-4)

We are at the midnight hour, near to close of probation with very little time left to choose which mark we will abide by. You need to choose today who you will worship, MAN or GOD!
The choice is yours and you only have a short time to decide.
CHOOSE WISELY!

May God add a blessing to the going forth of His word and to those reading.

Paul Taylor
November 29 ,2021

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