Originally posted by GodsWordisTrue
A false teaching of Seventh Day Adventism:
THE SABBATH IS THE SEAL OF GOD AND THOSE WORSHIPING ON SUNDAY WILL RECIEVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST
It is well known that Adventists teach Sabbath-keeping. What is not so well known is that they teach that it is the seal of God and that those who worship on Sunday before the Rapture will receive the mark of the beast. Ultimately, according to Adventist theology, salvation in the last days boils down to the day you worship on!
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Hi GodsWordisTrue,
First I'd like to say that you chose a very nice name. I hope that you truly believe that all of Jesus' word is true, including the word about the Sabbath. I do. Please remember this: Matthew 7:21-23
The Bible does teach that the Sabbath (Saturday observance) is a sign (seal, mark) between Himself and His true people.
To truly understand what the "Mark of the Beast" is, we must understand what the "Seal (Mark) of God" is.
The mark of the beast is actually the opposite of the mark (seal) of God. However, if we receive the seal of God then we don't have to worry about the mark of the beast.
Let's look at a desciption of the mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or [U]in their foreheads[/U]: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Now, let's look at a description of the mark of God.
Deuteronomy 11:13,18
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
What is between our eyes? Yes, our foreheads--our minds, our choice. You can also find this thought in Deuteronomy 6:5,8.
Revelation 13:16 mirrors Deuteronomy 11:18. However, Revelation 13:16 is talking about the mark of the beast and Deuteronomy is talking about the mark of God.
The word "mark" and "sign" mean the same thing.
The original Greek for the word "mark" in Revelation 13:16 is "charagma". This means "mark."
The original Hebrew for the word "sign" in Deuteronomy 11:18 is "owth." This means "mark or seal."
The word of God never changes.
Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
The mark (sign or seal) of God is clearly the keeping of His 10 Commandments throught the Holy Spirit--because we love Him with all our heart, mind and soul. However, it get's more interesting than this. It gets deeper.
Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Ezekiel 20:20 And hollow my sabbaths and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye my know that I am the Lord your God.
Whereas, loving Jesus with all our hearts by the keeping of the 10 Commandments of Jesus' is His mark generally, the keeping of the Sabbath (Saturday) is the very mark(sign or seal) of Jesus, specifically.
Now if the keeping of Jesus' 10 Commandments, specifically the Sabbath (Saturday), is the Mark (sign, seal) of God, what is the Mark of the Beast? The Mark of the beast is the very opposite. It is the betrayal of Jesus by choosing (the forhead, the mind) to live in iniquity, generally, and not keeping the Sabbath, specifically (this is what the Sunday sanctity does).
No one, as of now, has received the mark for Sunday keeping (in place of Sabbath keeping or ignoring the Sabbath). However, this issue will become very important in these last days.
Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgement is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters
Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hollowed it.
Let us all aim for the seal (sign, mark) of Jesus. Let us obey all of His word--through the Spirit.
Thanks for replying.
Your brother in Christ,
TheTruthSeeker
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