The Mark of the Beast

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THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13

• Q. 1) In order to identify the mark we must
  first identify the beast. In prophecy, what
  does a beast represent?
• Daniel 723 Jeremiah 5017,43,44
• The fourth BEAST shall be the fourth KINGDOM.

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THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13

• Q. 2) According to Revelation 131 this beast,
  with a mark, comes up out of the sea. What does
  water represent in prophecy?
• Revelation 1715
• The watersare PEOPLE and MULTITUDES and NATIONS
  and TONGUES.

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THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13

• Q. 3) Read Revelation 131-8,18. Notice that
  this beast, which has a mark that I must not
  receive, has 8 pronounced characteristics. See
  exhibit
• 1. It would receive its power seat and
  authority. (vs2)
• 2. Would become a world wide power. (vs3,7)
• 3. Would rule for 42 months. (vs5)

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• 4. Would be guilty of blasphemy.(vs5,6)
• 5. Would receive a deadly wound which would
  heal. Then the entire world would follow him.
  (vs.3)
• 6. Would have the mystic number 666. (vs. 18)
• 7. Would be a religious power it is involved
  in worship. (vs. 5,8)
• 8. Would war with and persecute the saints. (vs.
  7)

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Identify the 666

• 1. Latin Kingdom
• LATEINOS
• L 30
• A 01
• T 300
• E 05
• I 10
• N 50
• O 70
• S 200
• total 666

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Italika Ekklesia Italian Church

• I 010 E 005
• T 300 K 020
• A 001 K 020
• L 030 L 030
• I 010 E 008
• K 020 S 200
• A 001 I 010
• Total 372 A 001
• total 294
• Final Total 666

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THE BEASTS MARK OF AUTHORITY

• Q. 4) Since we have now positively identified
  the beast as the papacy, let us permit the papacy
  to tell us what its mark is? See exhibit.
• Q. Which is the Sabbath day?
• A. Saturday is the Sabbath day.
• Q. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
• A. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because
  the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity
  from Saturday to Sunday. Peter Geiermann
  Converts Catechism.

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THE BEASTS MARK OF AUTHORITY

• Q. Have you any other way of proving that the
  church has power to institute festivals of
  precept?
• A. Had she not such power, she could not have
  done that in which all modern religionists agree
  with her, she could not have substituted the
  observance of Sunday, the first day of the week,
  for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day a
  change for which there is no Scriptural
  authority.
• A Doctrinal Catechism by Stephen Keenan

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ATTEMPTED CHANGE OF GODS LAW

• Q. 5) It seems incredible that the papacy has
  been able to change the day of worship from
  Saturday to Sunday and have virtually the entire
  world follow. Did the papacy really change Gods
  fourth commandment Sabbath to Sunday or only
  think that they had changed it.
• Daniel 725
• And THINK to change times and LAWS.

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ATTEMPTED CHANGE OF GODS LAW

• Q. 6) What was Gods criticism of His ancient
  priests or pastors?
• Malachi 27-9
• You have caused many to STUMBLE at the lawyou
  have not kept my ways, but have shown PARTIALITY
  in my law.

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ATTEMPTED CHANGE OF GODS LAW

• Q. 7) How did the people in Hoseas day regard
  the great things of Gods law?
• Hosea 812
• They were counted as a STRANGE thing.

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ATTEMPTED CHANGE OF GODS LAW

• Q. 8) God said that the religious leaders in
  Ezekiels day were profaning holy things putting
  no difference between profane and holy things and
  showing no difference between the clean and the
  unclean. What specifically did He have in mind?
• Ezekiel 2216
• They have HID their EYES from my SABBATHS.

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ATTEMPTED CHANGE OF GODS LAW

• Q. 9) What did God say about attempts to change
  His law or word in any way?
• A. Deuteronomy 42 - Do not ADD or DIMINISH a
  single thing.
• B. Proverbs 305,6 If I add to His word He
  counts me a LIAR.
• C. Luke 1617 HEAVEN and EARTH will sooner pass
  away than for one tittle of the LAW to fail.

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POPULAR CHURCHES ARE EMBARRASSED

• Q. 10) When we ask the papacy, How could you
  change Gods holy law? they are embarrassed.
  But their response is even more embarrassing to
  protestants.
• See exhibit

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• THE PAPACY ASKS A QUESTION
• Here is the famous question which the Papacy has
  repeatedly asked Protestants. And Protestants
  have remained strangely silent
• "You will tell me that Saturday was the Jewish
  Sabbath, but that the Christian Sabbath has been
  changed to Sunday. Changed! But by whom? Who has
  authority to change an express commandment of
  Almighty God? When God has spoken and said, 'Thou
  shalt keep holy the seventh day" who shall dare
  to say, nay, thou mayest work and do all manner
  of worldly business on the seventh day, but thou
  shalt keep holy the first day in its stead? This
  is a most important question which I know not how
  you can answer. You are a Protestant, and you
  profess to go by the Bible and the Bible only
  and yet, in so important a matter as the
  observance of one day in seven as a holy day, you
  go against the plain letter of the Bible, and put
  another day in the place of that which He has
  commanded. The command to keep holy the seventh
  day is one of the ten commandments you believe
  the other nine are still binding who gave you
  authority to tamper with the fourth? If you are
  consistent with your own principle, if you really
  follow the Bible and the Bible only, you ought to
  be able to produce some portion of the New
  Testament in which this fourth commandment is
  expressly altered",
• Library of Christian Doctrine Burns and Oates,
  pp. 3-4, London.

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POPULAR CHURCHES ARE EMBARRASSED

• Q. 11) Where is the beast mark placed on
  people?
• Revelation 1316
• In their right HAND or in their FOREHEAD.

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POPULAR CHURCHES ARE EMBARRASSED

• Q. 12) Do people who now observe Sunday as a
  holy day have the mark of the beast?
• Revelation 1316,17
• And that NO man might BUY or SELL save he that
  had the MARK.

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POPULAR CHURCHES ARE EMBARRASSED

• Q. 13) In these last days, God has commanded His
  angels to hold back the winds of strife from the
  earth until something happens to His people.
  What is that something?
• Revelation 71-3
• Hurt not the EARTH till we have SEALED the
  SERVANTS of God in their FOREHEADS.

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POPULAR CHURCHES ARE EMBARRASSED

• Q. 14) Who will receive Gods wrath in the last
  days?
• Revelation 149,10
• Those who receive the MARK of the BEAST.

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 15) How does God decide who it is we serve?
• Romans 616
• His SERVANTS you are to WHOM you OBEY.

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 16) How does God count me if I am neutral?
• Matthew 1230
• He that is not WITH me is AGAINST me.

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 17) According to Revelation 1311, John saw
  another beast rise up out of the earth about the
  time that the beast of verse 1 went into
  captivity (vs.10). Whom do you think this beast
  represents?
• THE UNITED STATES

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 18) What two tragic things does this second
  beast cause people to do?
• Revelation 1312,16
• To WORSHIP the first beast and to receive a
  MARK in the hand or FOREHEAD.

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 19) How will the second beast convince people
  they should listen to him?
• Revelation 1313,14
• And he DECEIVES thoseby those SIGNS/MIRACLES
  which he was GRANTED /POWER to do.

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A TEST OF LOYALTY

• Q. 20) To whom will this second beast make an
  image?
• Revelation 1314
• Sayingthat they should MAKE an IMAGE to the
  BEAST which was WOUNDED and LIVED.

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GODS PEOPLE LOVINGLY OBEY

• Q. 21) What did the disciples say about whether
  we should obey God or man?
• Acts 529
• We ought to obey GOD rather than MEN.

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GODS PEOPLE LOVINGLY OBEY

• Q. 22) What can I do to make certain I will not
  receive the mark of the beast?
• Revelation 1412
• Keep the COMMANDMENTS of GOD, and the FAITH of
  JESUS.

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GODS LAST WARNING MESSAGE

• Gods last message to the world, Revelation
  146-12 includes
• a. Worship the Creator
• b. Do not receive the mark of
• the beast

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GODS LAST WARNING MESSAGE

• Q. 23) Is it now clear to you that a person who
  receives the mark of the beast is lost?

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GODS LAST WARNING MESSAGE

• Q. 24) When you decide to accept Jesus and fully
  follow Him, what happens?
• Matthew 1128-30
• You will find REST for your souls. For My yoke
  is EASY, and My burden is LIGHT.

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• Q. 25) Jesus is waiting at the door of your
  heart for your answer. Revelation 320.

Will you decide now to receive His glorious sign
as evidence that you accept Him as your redeemer?
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Lesson 19 - Quiz

• Yes or No
• 1. Satan causes many to receive the Mark of the
  Beast, and the mark is a sign of loyalty to him.
• 2. The Mark of the Beast is already placed
  upon many people.
• 3. When the law forces a person to stop buying
  and selling unless he has the Mark of the
  Beast, the Beasts Mark is then received by many.

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Lesson 19 Quiz continued

• 4. Gods wrath is upon those who receive the
  Mark of the Beast.
• 5. The Wrath of the Beast is upon those who
  receive the seal of God in their foreheads!

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Lesson 19 - Quiz

• Yes or No
• 1. Satan causes many to receive the Mark of the
  Beast, and the mark is a sign of loyalty to him.
• 2. The Mark of the Beast is already placed
  upon many people.
• 3. When the law forces a person to stop buying
  and selling unless he has the Mark of the
  Beast, the Beasts Mark is then received by many.

YES NO YES
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Lesson 19 Quiz continued

• 4. Gods wrath is upon those who receive the
  Mark of the Beast.
• 5. The Wrath of the Beast is upon those who
  receive the seal of God in their foreheads!

YES YES