Great question.
There will come a time, sooner than later where we all will need to make a choice. A lot of people confuse what the mark of the beast is, despite the scriptures clearly telling us.
The mark of the beast is about
worship:
Revelations 14: 6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come;
and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
This verse takes you right back to God's Sabbath commandment:
Exodus 20: 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who
is within your gates. 11 For
in six days the
Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
The Sabbath is
eternal Psalms 111:7,8 which is why we will worship Him on the New Earth each and every Sabbath Isaiah 66:23
Worship was changed and clearly documented. The Catholic church proudly takes credit for changing God's Sabbath. They
want you to know when you worship on Sunday you are not obeying a commandment of God, but the commandment of the Catholic church:
It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of
Sunday.
Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.
—Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ on March 18, 1903.
Protestants ... accept
Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change... But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that ... in observing
Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the pope.
—Our Sunday Visitor, February 5th, 1950.
there are many more direct quotes.....
Jesus warns us of obeying commandments of man:
Mathew 15
8: These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with
their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching
as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
Revelations:14 8 And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
God wants us to get out of confusion (look at all the comments over God's 4th commandment) and get back to worshipping Him who is Creator of all things. The only day in the Bible God deemed Holy is the seventh day, His Sabbath.
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone
worships the beast and his image, and receives
his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. 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 ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
The mark is not a literal mark- it is who we worship. In our forehead (minds)and on our hand (through our actions).
That's why the next verse says:
12 Here is the patience of the saints; here
are those
who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
And this promise:
Revelations 22:14 Blessed
are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
God bless
