Awesome Truths and Amazing Facts
Richard Vaughn

Today: “Prophecy – The Image to the Beast – Part 3”
Previously we identified the United States as the lamblike two horned beast described in Revelation 13:11 as “coming up out of the earth” that later “spoke like a dragon.” It rose up out of the earth about the time the beast of verse 1 & 2 (Papal Rome) ended it's period of rule in verse 5, (which was in 1798 as we have previously studied), and was due to receive a deadly wound, verse 3. 
Also we were able to show that no other country but the United States can fit this prophecy. In 1776, the United States of America declared her independence. The two horns of the lamblike beast represented the two principles that formed the basis of this government, civil and religious liberty.
We also discovered that this Nation ends up speaking like a dragon in Revelation 13:11 "Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon."
God has warned us in this book of Revelation that the United States is going to repudiate the liberties it was founded on, pass a national Sunday law forcing obedience to the mark of the beast, and violators will be subject to punishments starting with their loss of the right to buy and sell, then they suffer imprisonment and ultimately the death penalty.  
Revelation 13:12,16, 15 "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” “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:" “And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”  
Also in our previous studies we were able to show that the mark of the beast is Sunday sacredness created by the Papacy in the 4th century. God’s Seventh Day Sabbath was literally cast out and today is trampled upon.
Keeping God's fourth commandment Sabbath will become the focal issue and heaven is watching how we take our stand. Listen, if we are not a commandment keeper, we will receive the mark of the beast, be lost, and if still living, suffer in the seven last plagues. America will lead out in forcing people to receive the mark of the beast. 
A thorough understanding of the light that God has been pleased to shine on this book of Revelation, can keep you from forfeiting eternal life. God said through the prophet Hosea, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” He's not talking about world loving hopeless sinners, He's talking about believers. "My People" And here in the time of the end, He is calling His people to come out of Babylon.
Babylon in Revelation is describing the apostate churches that teach false doctrine and embrace traditions of the church over the plain spoken word in scripture. How do you know whether or not you’re in Babylon? The churches today that are identified as Babylon, uphold the man made pagan day of worship Sunday. God is giving a last call message to what He calls, “My People”, to come out of Babylon and repair the breech made in God’s law by keeping His seventh day Sabbath holy.
What can I do to make certain that I will not receive the mark of the beast? Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus."
Let’s look at Revelation 14: 9-11 These verses apply to the very generation we are living in now. This is the last generation before probation ends. Verse 9-11 "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, 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. 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.”" Verse 9 warns against receiving the mark of the beast. Verse 12 tells what the victorious saints do to avoid the mark. They keep the commandments of God, all ten of them, and have Jesus' faith. It is Jesus' faith that makes the miracle of commandment keeping possible.
Next Week: “Prophecy – The Image to the Beast – Part 4”