I do not believe that anyone has the mark of the beast simply because he keeps Sunday. That mark will be placed only upon those who, having received a knowledge of the Scriptural claims of the Sabbath, willfully continue to keep the papal Sunday.
“When Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God.
He is paying homage to Rome, and to the power which enforces the institution ordained by Rome. He is worshiping the beast and his image. As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of His authority and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome—‘the mark of the beast.’
And it is not until the issue is thus plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive ‘the mark of the beast.’”
— The Great Controversy, p. 449
Have you been brought to choose between the Sabbath and Sunday as your holy day? The Sabbath was made for man, but the Sabbath does not fall on Sunday. The "seventh day" of the week alone is the Sabbath of the Lord your God, and that is between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday.
You may continue to gather for worship on Sunday, but do you do so at the expense of the Sabbath...as a substitute for the Sabbath day? PS
No comments:
Post a Comment