Awesome Truths and Amazing Facts
Richard Vaughn

Today: “Prophecy – The Mark of the Beast – Part 4”
If you are reading this article for the first time, it is important for you to read the nine previous articles on Daniel 2, Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. They clearly identified from God’s Word, the little horn power of Daniel 7 and the Beast power of Revelation 13 as being the government of Papal Rome. If you need to catch up, all previous articles can be read in Microsoft word.doc at http://victorysdachurch.org/newspaper2.html
Continuing; Does anyone have the Mark of the Beast right now?  Do people who now observe Sunday as a holy day, have the mark of the beast?
Revelation 13:16,17 "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 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." 
Note-NO ONE has the mark of the beast right now. No one receives the mark of the beast until the law forces a person to stop buying and selling unless he has the mark. When a National Sunday law is passed enforcing cessation of work on Sunday and its observance as a holy day, then those who work on God's Sabbath and those who observe Sunday sacredness will be marked with the Mark of the Beast. However, those who keep God's Sabbath in spite of the punishment will receive God's special mark, His seal, which we will discuss in a later article called “The Seal of God.” Sabbath breaking, however, even today is a serious matter, because it involves sin, 1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." The Bible definition for sin is breaking any one of God’s commandments.
God reads our innermost thoughts and motives. We are held accountable for what we know. Those who knowingly profane God's holy day now, will lose the ability to think and see clearly and will end up in darkness. John 12:35 "Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth."
Who shall receive God's wrath in the last days? Revelation 14:9,10 "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:" It will be those who receive the mark of the beast. Everyone will have decided for eternity. The beast's mark or God's seal?
Note- God's wrath is contained in the seven last plagues. The marking of the two groups will not involve a great deal of time. Once that period has ended, mankind's probation period will end and the seven last plagues will begin. God's grace and mercy will be no where to be found. It will be eternally too late to offer any prayer for help. Those who have rejected His gift of salvation, and turned their heads on God's law, can blame no one for their loss, not their pastors or priests, not even Satan. What more could God have done for them.
How does God know and decide who it is that we serve? Romans 6:16 "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"
Note- God chooses to save everybody, 1 Timothy 2:3,4 "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." 
Satan desperately wants everyone to be lost. We choose whom we will serve by whom we obey. When I step under God's Sabbath banner, I have chosen to serve Him. When I, with my eyes wide open, step under the Sunday banner of the beast, God counts me as serving the beast. There will be no middle ground. 
How does God count me if I am neutral? Matthew 12:30 "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."
Believers rejecting God's Sabbath will join the ranks of the unbelievers and receive the Mark of the Beast. Man doesn't say it. God inspired Word does! A lot of good professed Christian people will be lost on the matter of obedience to God's Word. Jesus never said if you love Me, feel good. He said if you love Me, keep My commandments. Heaven will consist of only those that are safe to save. Choose this day who you will serve. Will you embrace God's Holy Sabbath day, or will you reject His Love Gift to the world. Jesus was the creator and He made the Sabbath. It was He who wrote the commandments on stone. Pick one: Jesus's Sabbath or the Papacy's Sabbath? The Seal of God or the Mark of the Beast?
Next Week: “Prophecy – The Seal of God – Part 1”