How do we know that receiving the mark of the
beast is a result of going against God's law? ... Revelation 14:12 ...'Here
is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.' ... Straight after
the third angel warns of receiving the beast's mark, he announces that those who don't receive the mark are those who are
KEEPING GOD's COMMANDMENTS and the faith of Jesus. In other words, the true church of God are those who follow in Jesus
footsteps, and what did Jesus say? ... John 15:10 ...'If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as
I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.' ... Are we not to follow Jesus? The sad thing is, the
truth of God's law has been cast down by satan and many professing Christians are deceived into thinking that keeping
God's Ten Commandments is not important.'
Who is it that causes people to receive the mark of the beast? See america
in prophecy and image of the beast for
important information on this.
Now we know from Revelation 13 that the beast's mark is received either in the forehead or in the hand ... Revelation 13:16
...'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.' ... There is also another set of people that have a mark on their foreheads ... Revelation 14:1 ...'And
I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name
written in their foreheads.' ... So during the last days we have two sets of people. One with the mark of the beast and
one with God's name written on their foreheads. Now will these people be walking around with a literal mark on their foreheads,
or the name of God actually written on their foreheads? I don't believe so, I believe these marks will be spiritual ones.
Remember, the book of Revelation is full of symbolic language. Take the harlot women for instance in Revelation 17:3,5 ...'and
I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.' ... Is this going to be a literal prostitute riding a literal beast with
those names on her forehead? Of course not, this is symbolic, just like the mark of the beast and the seal
of God.'
You will notice from Revelation 13 that the beast has a number, and that number is 666. It also says that the number is
the 'number of a man'. For the origins of that mysterious number 666, see mark
of the beast.
Is there any significance to receiving the mark in the forehead or hand? Yes there is, which we can see from the following Old
Testament scripture.
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 .....'And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt
teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by
the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they
shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.'
Deuteronomy 11:8,18 .....'Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong,
and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it. 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 does it mean to bind God's Words, His law upon their hands and foreheads? God wasn't asking them to literally write
them on their hands and heads, He wanted them to keep His Commandments in their minds to stop them from sinning. And the
hand represents the actions. So if the people had the mark of His law in their hands and foreheads, then it meant that
they were keeping God's law in their minds spiritually, the way Jesus taught us, and their actions showed that they were
keeping God's Commandments.
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.'
God would 'seal' His law in the hearts of His people, and they would be the one's keeping the
Bible ten Commandments and would not be deceived into receiving the mark of the beast.
Isaiah 8:16 .....'Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.'
Remember, end times prophecy reveals that we would
have two groups of people during the last days. One group of people with the seal of God,
and the other group with the mark of the beast. In other words, we will have one group who will yield their minds and
actions to the beast, and have the beast's mark, and another group that will yield their minds and actions to God and
have God's seal, or His name spiritually written in their foreheads. To understand this further, we need to find out
what the truth is about the name of God. Is it just a set of words, or does it have a deeper meaning to it?
Exodus 34:5-7 .....'And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the
LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and
abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by
no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto
the third and to the fourth generation.'
Do you see the truth about the name of God in the above verses? God proclaimed His Name to Moses on Mount Sinai, but God
didn't tell Moses to command people to use certain words for His Name, no, He proclaimed His Name to be His CHARACTER! -
merciful, gracious, forgiving, longsuffering etc. God reveals that the 'name of the Lord' is His character, Just as Jesus
confirmed ... John 17:6 ...'I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they
were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.' ... Jesus didn't just go around pronouncing the 'name of
God' in the correct way, He displayed God's character in His life. So now we can see that when it says in Revelation that
the one group of people have God's name in their foreheads, it means that God's character has become a deep part of their
lives, thinking and actions. The same way as the other group of people have given their thoughts and actions to the beast
and receive the beast's mark.
As we mentioned earlier, the sea beast in Revelation 13 is the Papal Church of Rome (Roman Catholic Church), and the mark
of the beast is the mark of the Roman Catholic Church. Take a look at the following interesting quotes from the Catholic
Church.
"Of course the change (from Sabbath to Sunday) was her act .... and the act is a MARK of her
ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters." (signed by H.F.Thomas, Chancellor for Cardinal Gibbons, in a
letter dated Nov. 11, 1895)
"the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is
proof of that fact." (Catholic record of London, Ontario, Sept. 1, 1923)
So if the beast is the Roman Catholic Church, then we just need to ask her what her mark is. And what does she say? Changing
the sabbath to Sunday is her MARK! The Roman Catholic Church believe that changing the Sabbath Day from the seventh day to
the first is her "MARK" of
authority. The Roman Catholic Church is also the
little horn power in Daniel that "thinks to change times and laws"
(Daniel 7:25).
On the next page you will find an interesting connection between the Beast
Mark and Sabbath.
