12

4.

R

ecei

ving

the

beas

t’s ‘m

ark’

sho

ws

alle

gian

ce to

Pap

al R

ome

and

it’s

imag

e

over

God

, whi

ch se

als o

ne to

rece

ive

the

plag

ues.

5.

Th

e ‘m

ark’

of

God

’s a

utho

rity

is th

e Sa

bbat

h—th

e se

vent

h da

y of

the

wee

k.

6.

R

ecei

ving

God

’s m

ark

seal

s on

e fo

r et

erna

l lif

e an

d pr

otec

ts o

ne f

rom

the

plag

ues.

7.

The

rem

nant

sai

nts

of G

od k

eep

all

Ten

Com

man

dmen

ts a

nd r

efle

ct t

he

ch

arac

ter o

f Jes

us p

erfe

ctly

in th

eir l

ife. T

hey

over

com

e th

e be

ast,

it’s

imag

e,

m

ark,

and

the

num

ber

of h

is na

me,

and

ther

efor

e ha

ve a

rig

ht to

eat

of

the

Tr

ee o

f Life

. T

he t

hird

ang

el’s

mes

sage

can

thu

s be

ren

dere

d: “

and

the

third

mes

sage

ac

com

pani

ed t

he f

irst

two,

pro

clai

min

g w

ith a

gre

at n

oise

, he

who

pro

stra

tes

hi

mse

lf in

hom

age

to th

e pa

pacy

and

apo

stat

e Pr

otes

tant

ism ,

and

keep

s the

sig

n of

th

eir

auth

ority

(Su

nday

) as

enf

orce

d by

the

sta

te b

y co

nvic

tion

(bel

ief)

or

co

mpu

lsio

n (f

orce

); th

e sa

me

shal

l par

take

of

the

plag

ues

of G

od, w

hich

is m

ixed

w

ithou

t mer

cy d

ue to

His

righ

teou

s ang

er.

And

he

shal

l suf

fer t

he s

econ

d de

ath

in

view

of h

eave

nly

bein

gs a

nd Je

sus;

and

the

resu

lt of

thei

r pun

ishm

ent l

asts

for a

ges

unto

age

s: a

nd th

ere

is n

o re

laxa

tion

durin

g th

e pu

nish

men

t for

thos

e w

ho p

rostr

ate

them

selv

es in

hom

age

to th

e pa

pacy

and

apo

stat

e Pr

otes

tant

ism

by

keep

ing

the

sign

of

thei

r aut

horit

y (S

unda

y). H

ere

is th

e st

eadf

ast e

ndur

ance

of t

he H

oly

One

s: H

ere

are

the

elec

t of G

od th

at p

rote

ct, h

arbo

r, an

d gu

ard

His

law

and

hav

e th

e ch

arac

ter

of Je

sus p

erfe

ctly

refle

cted

in th

eir o

wn.

” “T

he th

ird

ange

l's m

essa

ge h

as b

een

sent

fort

h to

the

wor

ld, w

arni

ng m

en a

gain

st re

ceiv

ing

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t or o

f his

imag

e in

thei

r for

ehea

ds o

r in

thei

r han

ds.

To r

ecei

ve th

is m

ark

mea

ns to

com

e to

the

sam

e de

cisio

n as

the

beas

t has

don

e,

and

to a

dvoc

ate

the

sam

e id

eas,

in d

irec

t opp

ositi

on to

the

Wor

d of

God

. If t

he li

ght

of

trut

h ha

s be

en

pres

ente

d to

yo

u,

reve

alin

g th

e Sa

bbat

h of

th

e fo

urth

co

mm

andm

ent,

and

show

ing

that

the

re i

s no

fou

ndat

ion

in t

he W

ord

of G

od f

or

Sund

ay o

bser

vanc

e, a

nd y

et y

ou s

till

clin

g to

the

fals

e sa

bbat

h, r

efus

ing

to k

eep

holy

the

Sabb

ath

whic

h G

od c

alls

"M

y ho

ly d

ay,"

you

rece

ive

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t. W

hen

does

this

take

pla

ce?

Whe

n yo

u ob

ey th

e de

cree

that

com

man

ds y

ou to

cea

se

from

labo

r on

Sund

ay a

nd w

orsh

ip G

od, w

hile

you

kno

w th

at th

ere

is n

ot a

wor

d in

th

e Bi

ble

show

ing

Sund

ay to

be

othe

r th

an a

com

mon

wor

king

day

, you

con

sent

to

rece

ive

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t, an

d re

fuse

the

seal

of G

od.”

Whi

te, T

he R

evie

w a

nd

Her

ald,

July

13,

189

7.

The

cho

ice

is yo

urs.

Will

you

follo

w J

esus

or

Papa

l Rom

e? W

ill y

ou k

eep

God

’s tr

ue S

abba

th o

r th

e fa

lse

Sund

ay a

s the

day

of w

orsh

ip?

AN

SWE

RS: 1) The third angel’s m

essage. 2) Yes. 3) To all the w

orld. No. 4) The seven headed beast of R

evelation 13—Papal

Rom

e. 5) An organization that reflects the character of the beast. 6) A

ll are required to have a mark. 7) In the forehead or hand. 8)

God’s Tim

es and Laws. 9) Specifically the fourth. 10) K

eep men’s com

mandm

ents over God’s com

mandm

ents. 11) HE C

reated the heavens. 12) The seventh day of creation. 13) H

is Sabbaths. 14) Keep H

is Sabbaths holy. 15) God. 16) The Forehead. 17) The

seal of God. 18) In their forehead. 19) The Law

of God. 20) H

e writes them

in their hearts. 21) We w

ill love to obey His law

s. 22) The nam

e of the heavenly Father. 23) They receive the wrath of G

od. 24) The plagues. 25) Yes. 26) Those w

ho abide with G

od. 27) Those w

ith the mark of the beast. 28) R

ighteous and unrighteous. 29) Totally depending upon the Father like Jesus did. 30) The saints w

ho defeat the beast. 31) By having the pow

er of Jesus manifest in their life. 32) To eat of the tree of life.

1

Rev

elat

ion

14 d

escr

ibes

thr

ee a

ngel

s br

ingi

ng

mes

sage

s of

w

arni

ng

to

the

wor

ld.

We

pr

evio

usly

lea

rned

, am

ong

othe

r th

ings

, th

at

the

first

ang

el’s

mes

sage

dec

lare

d th

at t

he

judg

men

t ho

ur h

as b

egun

—O

ctob

er 2

2, 1

844.

Th

e se

cond

ang

el’s

mes

sage

acc

ompa

nied

the

fir

st

and

decl

ared

th

at

thos

e pr

otes

tant

ch

urch

es

who

re

ject

ed

the

judg

men

t ho

ur

mes

sage

as

give

n by

the

firs

t an

gel,

had

beco

me

‘Bab

ylon

’ fa

llen.

The

m

essa

ge o

f the

third

ang

el s

ums

up th

ese

war

ning

s an

d co

ncer

ns th

e be

ast,

his i

mag

e, a

nd h

is m

ark.

Let

us s

ee ju

st w

hat t

his w

arni

ng e

ntai

ls...

1.

W

hat i

s the

mos

t sol

emn

mes

sage

to b

e fo

und

in th

e B

ible

?

Reve

latio

n 14

:9-1

1

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

The

loud

voi

ce in

dica

tes

that

the

mes

sage

will

be

proc

laim

ed s

o th

at a

ll m

ay

hear

. It a

lso

emph

asiz

es th

e im

porta

nce

of th

e m

essa

ge.

“The

thir

d an

gel i

s re

pres

ente

d as

flyi

ng in

the

mid

st o

f hea

ven,

sho

win

g th

at

the

mes

sage

is to

go

fort

h th

roug

hout

the

leng

th a

nd b

read

th o

f the

ear

th. I

t is

the

mos

t sol

emn

mes

sage

eve

r gi

ven

to m

orta

ls…

” W

hite

, Gos

pel W

orke

rs,

p.29

1.

Ete

rnal

Tru

th M

inist

ries

Pres

ents

Les

son

17

“The

Thi

rd A

ngel

’s M

essa

ge”

Stud

ies o

n B

ible

Pro

phec

ySt

udie

s on

Bib

le P

roph

ecy

“...f

or th

e w

ords

are

clo

sed

up a

nd se

aled

till

the

time

of th

e en

d.”

Dan

iel 1

2:9

2

2.

Is t

his t

he la

st w

arni

ng m

essa

ge b

efor

e C

hris

t com

es?

Rev

elat

ion

14:1

4, 1

5

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

Th

e na

ture

of

the

thre

e an

gels

’ m

essa

ges

and

the

fact

tha

t im

med

iate

ly

follo

win

g th

em t

he c

omin

g of

Chr

ist

is d

iscu

ssed

, sh

ow t

hat

the

thre

e

mes

sage

s are

God

’s fi

nal m

essa

ge o

f war

ning

to th

e w

orld

. 3.

T

o w

hom

is

this

wor

ld-w

ide

mes

sage

of

war

ning

a

ddre

ssed

and

doe

s it

excl

ude

anyo

ne?

R

evel

atio

n 14

:9

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“The

mos

t fea

rful

thre

aten

ing

ever

add

ress

ed t

o m

orta

ls i

s co

ntai

ned

in t

he

thir

d an

gel's

mes

sage

. Tha

t mus

t be

a te

rrib

le s

in w

hich

cal

ls d

own

the

wra

th

of G

od u

nmin

gled

with

mer

cy. M

en a

re n

ot to

be

left

in d

arkn

ess

conc

erni

ng

this

impo

rtan

t mat

ter;

the

war

ning

aga

inst

this

sin

is to

be

give

n to

the

wor

ld

befo

re th

e vi

sita

tion

of G

od's

judg

men

ts, t

hat a

ll m

ay k

now

why

they

are

to b

e in

flict

ed,

and

have

op

portu

nity

to

es

cape

th

em.”

W

hite

, Th

e St

ory

of

Re

dem

ptio

n, p

.383

. 4.

W

ho is

the

‘bea

st’ t

he a

ngel

is sp

eaki

ng o

f?

Rev

elat

ion

14:9

; 13:

1-10

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

Th

e th

ird a

ngel

is

war

ning

the

wor

ld a

gain

st w

orsh

ippi

ng t

he s

even

hea

ded

beas

t of

Rev

elat

ion

13 o

r Pa

pal

Rom

e—Th

e R

oman

Cat

holic

Chu

rch.

The

se

cond

be

ast—

the

two-

horn

ed

beas

t (n

amel

y,

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es)—

solic

its t

he w

orsh

ip o

f m

en f

or t

he

first

bea

st.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at t

his

war

ning

will

ha

ve u

ltim

ate

forc

e on

ly a

fter

the

heal

ing

of t

he

dead

ly w

ound

to th

e se

ven

head

ed b

east

(Rev

. 13:

3),

and

the

form

atio

n of

the

imag

e to

the

beas

t (se

e v.

14),

whe

n th

e m

ark

of t

he b

east

bec

omes

an

issu

e (s

ee

v.16

). A

s pr

each

ed to

day,

the

third

ang

el’s

mes

sage

is a

war

ning

con

cern

ing

issu

es t

o co

me,

a w

arni

ng th

at w

ill e

nlig

hten

men

as

to th

e is

sues

invo

lved

in

the

dev

elop

ing

stru

ggle

and

ena

ble

them

to m

ake

an in

telli

gent

cho

ice.

Thi

s is

yet f

utur

e.

5.

Wha

t is t

he ‘i

mag

e’ to

the

beas

t as m

entio

ned

by th

e an

gel?

R

evel

atio

n 14

:9; 1

3:14

, 15

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

The

wor

d ‘im

age’

is

Stro

ng’s

#15

04:

eiko

n {i

-kon

e'} w

hich

mea

ns…

‘an

imag

e, f

igur

e, l

iken

ess.’

So

the

two-

horn

ed b

east

of

Rev

elat

ion

13 (

Uni

ted

11

31.

How

wer

e th

ey a

ble

to o

verc

ome?

Rev

elat

ion

12:1

1

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

32.

Wha

t ri

ght

is

give

n to

th

ose

who

ha

ve

faith

fully

ke

pt

the

com

man

dmen

ts o

f God

? Re

vela

tion

22:1

4

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

Sum

mar

y of

the

Thr

ee A

ngel

’s M

essa

ges

Firs

t Ang

el:

1.

Th

is is

not

a li

tera

l ang

el, b

ut a

wor

ldw

ide

mes

sage

. 2.

This

mes

sage

con

sist

s of t

he p

erpe

tual

goo

d ne

ws o

f sal

vatio

n; th

at t

hrou

gh

C

hris

t’s m

erits

we

can

refle

ct th

e im

age

of G

od p

erfe

ctly

in o

ur li

fe h

ere.

3.

This

mes

sage

tells

us t

he ti

me

of th

e M

essi

ah’s

firs

t Adv

ent.

4.

Th

at H

is t

rue

chur

ch (

the

body

of

Chr

ist)

will

be

givi

ng t

his

mes

sage

to

ev

ery

natio

n, to

ngue

, and

peo

ple.

5.

This

mes

sage

cal

ls pe

ople

to

glor

ify G

od i

n bo

dy a

nd i

n Sp

irit.

To f

ollo

w

G

od’s

hea

lth la

ws i

s an

inte

gral

par

t of t

his m

essa

ge!

6.

Th

is m

essa

ge p

rocl

aim

s tha

t the

re is

a ju

dgm

ent t

hat a

ll m

ust f

ace

on a

n

in

divi

dual

bas

is be

fore

God

. 7.

This

mes

sage

tells

us t

hat t

he ti

me

of th

e ju

dgm

ent h

as o

pene

d, b

ringi

ng to

an

en

d th

e lo

nges

t tim

e pr

ophe

cy i

n th

e Bi

ble

(Dan

iel

8:14

), an

d an

y fu

rther

prop

heci

es b

ased

upo

n de

finite

tim

e. O

n O

ctob

er 2

2, 1

844

the

grea

t C

ourt

fr

om w

hich

the

re i

s no

app

eal

conv

ened

in

the

mos

t ho

ly p

lace

of

the

he

aven

ly sa

nctu

ary.

Se

cond

Ang

el:

1.

Th

e Se

cond

mes

sage

acc

ompa

nies

the

first

one.

2.

The

seco

nd m

essa

ge w

as n

ot o

rigin

ally

giv

en w

ith a

loud

voi

ce li

ke th

e fir

st

and

third

, but

will

be

repe

ated

with

a m

ight

y vo

ice

in th

e fu

ture

. 3.

Bab

ylon

spo

ken

of is

not

the

liter

al c

ity b

uilt

by N

imro

d or

the

one

rule

d by

Neb

ucha

dnez

zer.

The

Lite

ral

city

of

Bab

ylon

no

long

er e

xist

s an

d w

ill

ne

ver b

e re

built

. 4.

Bab

ylon

is

sym

bolic

of

a ha

rlot

from

Rom

e; a

mot

her

who

has

har

lot

da

ught

ers.

5.

Pa

pal R

ome

is th

e m

othe

r har

lot a

nd a

post

ate

prot

esta

nt c

hurc

hes a

re h

er

ha

rlot d

augh

ters

. 6.

Papa

l Rom

e fe

ll ce

ntur

ies

befo

re th

e tim

e of

the

seco

nd a

ngel

’s m

essa

ge s

o

the

mes

sage

‘Ba

bylo

n is

falle

n, is

falle

n’ d

escr

ibes

the

reje

ctio

n of

the

first

an

gels

mes

sage

by

apos

tate

pro

test

ant c

hurc

hes.

7.

Pa

pal

Rom

e an

d he

r da

ught

ers

(apo

stat

e Pr

otes

tant

chu

rche

s),

will

wor

k

to

geth

er w

ith th

e st

ate

to e

nfor

ce th

eir r

elig

ious

dec

rees

. T

hird

Ang

el:

1.

Th

e B

east

is th

e se

ven

head

ed b

east

of c

hapt

er 1

3—Pa

pal R

ome.

2.

The

Imag

e is

apo

stat

e Pr

otes

tant

ism

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith th

e st

ate

in o

rder

to

en

forc

e re

ligio

us d

ogm

as.

3.

Th

e ‘m

ark’

of a

utho

rity

for t

he B

east

(Pap

al R

ome)

and

his

imag

e (a

post

ate

Pr

otes

tant

ism) i

s Sun

day

wor

ship

. Thi

s mar

k is

futu

re a

nd is

not

yet

enf

orce

d.

10

whe

re t

he d

esol

atio

n of

Edo

m i

s de

scrib

ed.

Isai

ah’s

st

atem

ent,

“The

sm

oke

ther

eof

shal

l go

up

for

ever

,”

mea

nt u

ntil

it w

as c

ompl

etel

y bu

rned

up.

We

know

this

be

caus

e th

e fir

e is

not

stil

l bu

rnin

g to

thi

s da

y, a

nd

be

caus

e th

e co

untry

be

cam

e a

deso

late

w

aste

land

in

habi

ted

by

wild

be

asts

(v

erse

s 10

–15)

. So

th

e

de

scrip

tion

deno

tes

com

plet

e de

stru

ctio

n. T

he ‘

mar

k of

his

nam

e’ is

the

sam

e as

the

mar

k or

sig

n of

his

aut

horit

y—Su

nday

, an

d an

yone

who

acc

epts

thi

s m

ark

will

rece

ive

of th

e pl

ague

s. “T

he S

abba

th q

uest

ion

is to

be

the

issu

e in

the

grea

t fin

al c

onfli

ct, i

n w

hich

all

the

wor

ld w

ill a

ct a

par

t. M

en h

ave

hono

red

Sata

n's

prin

cipl

es a

bove

the

pri

ncip

les

that

rul

e in

the

hea

vens

. Th

ey h

ave

acce

pted

the

spu

rious

sabb

ath,

whi

ch S

atan

has

exa

lted

as th

e si

gn o

f his

aut

hori

ty.

But

God

has

set

His

sea

l up

on H

is r

oyal

req

uire

men

t. Ea

ch

Sabb

ath

inst

itutio

n, b

oth

true

and

fals

e, b

ears

the

nam

e of

its

auth

or, a

n in

effa

ceab

le m

ark

that

sho

ws

the

auth

ority

of e

ach.

Th

e gr

eat d

ecis

ion

now

to b

e m

ade

by e

very

one

is, w

heth

er h

e w

ill r

ecei

ve th

e m

ark

of th

e be

ast a

nd h

is im

age,

or

the

seal

of t

he li

ving

and

true

G

od.”

Whi

te, T

he S

igns

of t

he T

imes

, Mar

ch 2

2, 1

910.

28

. I

n th

e en

d th

ere

will

be

only

two

part

ies.

Who

are

they

?

Mat

thew

25:

31-3

4, 4

1; R

evel

atio

n 14

:12

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

“S

tead

fast

end

uran

ce o

f th

e H

oly

ones

” is

a be

tter

rend

erin

g. T

hrou

gh t

he

conf

lict w

ith th

e be

ast a

nd h

is im

age,

the

faith

ful s

aint

s st

eadf

astly

end

ure

and

mai

ntai

n th

eir i

nteg

rity

to G

od a

nd H

is c

omm

andm

ents

eve

n th

ough

thre

aten

ed

with

dea

th.

29.

Wha

t is '

the

faith

of J

esus

'? J

ohn

12:4

4-50

; Rom

ans 8

:3-5

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

The

faith

of

Jesu

s an

d th

e ke

epin

g of

the

com

man

dmen

ts

repr

esen

t tw

o im

porta

nt a

spec

ts o

f C

hris

tian

livin

g. T

he

com

man

dmen

ts o

f G

od a

re a

tra

nscr

ipt

of t

he c

hara

cter

of

God

. The

y se

t for

th th

e di

vine

sta

ndar

d of

righ

teou

snes

s th

at

God

wou

ld h

ave

man

atta

in b

ut w

hich

in

his

unco

nver

ted

stat

e he

can

not a

ttain

to. “

The

carn

al m

ind

… is

not

sub

ject

to

the

law

of G

od, n

eith

er in

deed

can

be”

(R

om. 8

:7).

But

Je

sus

cam

e to

ena

ble

men

to b

e re

stor

ed to

the

divi

ne im

age.

Th

roug

h H

is p

ower

men

are

ena

bled

to k

eep

the

divi

ne re

quire

men

ts a

nd th

us

refle

ct th

e di

vine

imag

e.

30.

Who

will

stan

d on

the

sea

of g

lass

? Re

vela

tion

15:2

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

3

Stat

es)

is g

oing

to m

ake

a lik

enes

s to

the

seve

n he

aded

bea

st of

R

evel

atio

n 13

(P

apal

R

ome)

. A

n im

age

wou

ld

be

an

orga

niza

tion

func

tioni

ng o

n m

uch

the

sam

e pr

inci

ples

as

its

(Pap

al

Rom

e)

orga

niza

tion.

A

mon

g th

e

pr

inci

ples

by

whi

ch P

apal

Rom

e op

erat

es is

the

use

of t

he s

ecul

ar a

rm t

o su

ppor

t re

ligio

us

in

stitu

tions

. In

imita

tion

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es w

ill r

epud

iate

its

prin

cipl

es o

f rel

igio

us fr

eedo

m a

s th

e ch

urch

pre

vails

upo

n th

e st

ate

to f

irst

ena

ct (‘

spea

k’),

then

enf

orce

(‘c

ause

’) it

s do

gmas

. Sin

ce th

ese

are

relig

ious

law

s, th

ey w

ill c

ut a

cros

s th

e co

nsci

entio

us

conv

ictio

ns o

f man

y.

“The

‘im

age

to t

he b

east

’ re

pres

ents

tha

t fo

rm o

f ap

osta

te P

rote

stan

tism

w

hich

will

be

deve

lope

d w

hen

the

Prot

esta

nt c

hurc

hes

shal

l see

k th

e ai

d of

th

e ci

vil

pow

er f

or t

he e

nfor

cem

ent

of t

heir

dogm

as.”

Whi

te,

The

Gre

at

Con

trove

rsy,

p.4

45.

6.

H

ow w

ill th

e w

orsh

ip o

f the

bea

st a

nd h

is im

age

be e

nfor

ced?

Reve

latio

n 13

:16,

17

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

The

Gre

ek

wor

d he

re

for

‘Mar

k’

is

char

agm

a

(kha

r'-ag

-mah

), w

hich

mea

ns:

an i

mpr

ess;

a s

tam

p; a

m

ark.

Thi

s is

a b

adge

of

loya

lty t

o th

e be

ast

(Pap

al

Rom

e),

som

e sp

ecia

l fe

atur

e th

at d

enot

es t

hat

the

one

disp

layi

ng s

uch

a m

ark

wor

ship

s th

e fir

st b

east

, who

se

dead

ly w

ound

was

hea

led.

The

bea

st a

nd th

e im

age

are

unite

d in

thei

r aim

s an

d po

licie

s an

d in

thei

r dem

and

that

men

rece

ive

a m

ark

of lo

yalty

to th

e be

ast.

Hen

ce, o

ne w

ho w

orsh

ips

the

beas

t als

o w

orsh

ips

the

imag

e an

d is

a b

eare

r of

the

mar

k.

“No

one

has

yet r

ecei

ved

the

mar

k of

the

beas

t. Th

e te

stin

g tim

e ha

s no

t yet

co

me.

The

re a

re t

rue

Chr

istia

ns i

n ev

ery

chur

ch,

not

exce

ptin

g th

e Ro

man

C

atho

lic c

omm

unio

n. N

one

are

cond

emne

d un

til th

ey h

ave

had

the

light

and

ha

ve se

en th

e ob

ligat

ion.

..” W

hite

, Eva

ngel

ism

, p.2

34.

7.

W

here

do

thos

e w

ho w

orsh

ip th

e be

ast r

ecei

ve th

e m

ark?

Reve

latio

n 13

:16

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

This

mar

k be

ing

in th

e ha

nd o

r in

the

fore

head

indi

cate

s th

at n

ot o

nly

one’

s la

bor

(the

hand

) bu

t als

o on

e’s

belie

f (fo

rehe

ad)

is a

ffect

ed. T

he p

hras

e al

so

desi

gnat

es tw

o cl

asse

s—th

ose

who

sub

mit

to th

e de

cree

s of

the

beas

t mer

ely

from

exp

edie

ncy

and

thos

e w

ho s

o do

fro

m p

erso

nal c

onvi

ctio

n. I

n or

der

to

dete

rmin

e sp

ecifi

cally

wha

t th

e m

ark

of t

he b

east

is,

we

mus

t co

nsid

er t

he

char

acte

ristic

s of

the

beas

t—Pa

pal R

ome.

4

8.

Wha

t did

this

bea

st p

ower

(Pap

al R

ome)

thin

k to

cha

nge?

D

anie

l 7:2

5

_

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

Th

e sp

ecia

l ch

arac

teris

tic o

f Pa

pal

Rom

e, a

nd t

here

fore

of

his

imag

e, i

s th

e br

eaki

ng o

f G

od's

com

man

dmen

ts.

Says

Dan

iel,

of t

he l

ittle

hor

n (P

apal

R

ome)

, "H

e sh

all t

hink

to c

hang

e tim

es a

nd la

ws"

(Dan

iel 7

:25)

. And

Pau

l st

yled

the

sam

e po

wer

the

"man

of s

in,"

(2 T

hess

alon

ians

2:

3) w

ho w

as to

exa

lt hi

mse

lf ab

ove

God

. One

pro

phec

y is

a c

ompl

emen

t of t

he o

ther

. Onl

y by

cha

ngin

g G

od's

law

co

uld

Papa

l R

ome

exal

t its

elf

abov

e G

od;

who

ever

sh

ould

und

erst

andi

ngly

kee

p th

e la

w a

s th

us c

hang

ed

wou

ld b

e gi

ving

sup

rem

e ho

nor

to t

hat

pow

er b

y w

hich

the

cha

nge

was

mad

e—in

eff

ect

wor

ship

ping

tha

t po

wer

. Suc

h an

ac

t of o

bedi

ence

to p

apal

law

s wou

ld b

e a

mar

k of

alle

gian

ce t

o th

e po

pe in

th

e pl

ace

of G

od. T

he ‘m

ark’

thus

bec

omes

the

sign

or

seal

of a

utho

rity

for

the

beas

t (Pa

pal R

ome)

and

it’s

imag

e (A

post

ate

Prot

esta

ntis

m).

9.

Whi

ch o

f G

od’s

Ten

Com

man

dmen

ts d

id P

apal

Rom

e (t

he B

east

)

‘

thin

k to

cha

nge?

’ Exo

dus 2

0:8-

11

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

The

Rom

an C

atho

lic C

hurc

h ha

s no

qua

lms

in c

laim

ing

that

they

cha

nged

the

Sabb

ath

day

of th

e fo

urth

com

man

dmen

t fro

m th

e se

vent

h da

y of

the

wee

k to

th

e fir

st d

ay. N

otic

e th

eir o

wn

wor

ds:

"The

Bib

le s

ays,

Rem

embe

r th

at t

hou

keep

hol

y th

e

Sabb

ath

day.

The

Cat

holic

chu

rch

says

, N

o! B

y m

y

divi

ne p

ower

I a

bolis

h th

e Sa

bbat

h da

y, a

nd c

omm

and

you

to k

eep

the

first

day

of t

he w

eek.

And

lo, t

he e

ntire

ci

viliz

ed w

orld

bow

s do

wn

in r

ever

ent o

bedi

ence

to th

e co

mm

and

of

the

holy

C

atho

lic

Chu

rch !

" Fa

ther

En

right

, C

.S.S

.R.

of t

he R

edem

ptor

al C

olle

ge,

Kan

sas

City

, Mo.

, His

tory

of t

he S

abba

th, p

. 802

. "T

he C

atho

lic c

hurc

h by

vir

tue

of h

er d

ivin

e m

issi

on c

hang

ed th

e da

y fr

om

Satu

rday

to S

unda

y."

Car

dina

l Gib

bons

, Cat

holic

Mir

ror,

Sept

. 23

1883

. “T

he o

bser

vanc

e of

Sun

day

by P

rote

stan

ts i

s an

hom

age

they

pay

, in

spite

of t

hem

selv

es, t

o th

e au

thor

ity

of

the

Cat

holic

C

hurc

h .”

Mon

sign

or L

ouis

Seg

ur,

Plai

n Ta

lk A

bout

the

Pr

otes

tant

ism

of

Toda

y, p

. 21

3. [

L.G

. Se

gur

(182

0-18

81)

was

a F

renc

h C

atho

lic p

rela

te a

nd

apol

ogis

t, an

d la

ter

a di

plom

atic

and

jud

icia

l of

ficia

l at R

ome]

.

9

impl

ante

d in

the

hea

rt, w

hen

man

is

rene

wed

afte

r th

e im

age

of H

im t

hat

cr

eate

d hi

m, t

he n

ew-c

oven

ant p

rom

ise

is fu

lfille

d.

23.

Wha

t ulti

mat

ely

happ

ens

to th

ose

who

obe

y th

e be

ast a

nd r

ecei

ve h

is

m

ark?

Rev

elat

ion

14:9

, 10;

20:

9, 1

4, 1

5

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

24.

Wha

t is t

he u

nmix

ed w

rath

of G

od?

Reve

latio

n 15

:1, 7

; 16

:1-2

1

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“Whe

n C

hris

t ce

ases

his

int

erce

ssio

n in

the

san

ctua

ry,

the

unm

ingl

ed

wra

th

thre

aten

ed

agai

nst

thos

e w

ho

w

orsh

ip t

he b

east

and

his

imag

e an

d re

ceiv

e hi

s m

ark

will

be

pour

ed o

ut. T

he p

lagu

es u

pon

Egyp

t w

hen

God

w

as a

bout

to d

eliv

er I

srae

l, w

ere

sim

ilar

in c

hara

cter

to

thos

e m

ore

terr

ible

and

ext

ensi

ve ju

dgm

ents

whi

ch a

re to

fall

upon

the

wor

ld

just

bef

ore

the

final

del

iver

ance

of

God

's pe

ople

.”

Whi

te,

The

Gre

at

C

ontr

over

sy, p

.627

. 25

. A

re th

e ri

ghte

ous s

hiel

ded

from

thes

e pl

ague

s? R

evel

atio

n 3:

10

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

26

. W

ho w

ill b

e ab

le to

cla

im th

e pr

omis

e of

pro

tect

ion?

Psa

lm 9

1

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“He

who

walk

ed w

ith t

he H

ebre

w w

orth

ies

in t

he f

iery

furn

ace

will

be

with

His

fol

low

ers

whe

reve

r th

ey a

re.

His

ab

idin

g pr

esen

ce w

ill c

omfo

rt a

nd s

usta

in.

In t

he m

idst

of

the

time

of tr

oubl

e, tr

oubl

e su

ch a

s ha

s no

t bee

n si

nce

ther

e w

as a

nat

ion,

His

cho

sen

ones

will

sta

nd u

nmov

ed.

Sata

n w

ith a

ll th

e ho

sts

of e

vil c

anno

t des

troy

the

wea

kest

of G

od's

sain

ts. A

ngel

s th

at e

xcel

in s

treng

th w

ill p

rote

ct th

em, a

nd in

thei

r b

ehal

f Jeh

ovah

w

ill r

evea

l Him

self

as a

"G

od o

f god

s," a

ble

to s

ave

to th

e

utte

rmos

t tho

se w

ho

have

put

thei

r tru

st in

Him

.” W

hite

, Con

flict

& C

oura

ge, p

age

252.

27

. W

ho w

ill h

ave

no r

est d

ay o

r ni

ght?

Rev

elat

ion

14:1

1

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____

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

The

seve

n la

st p

lagu

es fa

ll up

on a

nd to

rture

the

wor

ship

ers

of th

e be

ast a

nd h

is

imag

e un

til th

ey d

ie—

the

first

dea

th. I

n ad

ditio

n, th

ese

sam

e fo

llow

ers

of th

e be

ast r

ise

in th

e se

cond

resu

rrec

tion

and

rece

ive

thei

r ete

rnal

pun

ishm

ent—

the

seco

nd d

eath

in th

e La

ke o

f Fi

re. ‘

No

rest

’ m

eans

that

for

the

dura

tion

of th

e pu

nish

men

ts, w

hich

con

tinue

s un

til d

eath

ens

ues,

ther

e w

ill b

e no

rela

xatio

n of

th

e pu

nish

men

t. Th

e tim

e of

day

mat

ters

not

; the

torm

ent i

s co

ntin

uous

. The

fig

ure

of t

he s

mok

e as

cend

ing

fore

ver

is d

oubt

less

dra

wn

from

Isa

iah

34:1

0,

8

18.

The

peo

ple

of G

od a

re to

be

seal

ed w

here

?

Reve

latio

n 7:

3

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__

The

conc

ept

of G

od’s

pla

cing

a m

ark

upon

His

peop

le g

oes

back

to

Ezek

iel’s

vis

ion

of t

he m

an

with

the

writ

er’s

inkh

orn

who

was

com

man

ded

to

“set

a m

ark

upon

the

for

ehea

ds o

f th

e m

en t

hat

sigh

and

that

cry

for

all t

he a

bom

inat

ions

that

be

done

in”

Jeru

sale

m. (

see

Ezek

iel 9

). B

y vi

rtue

of

the

mar

k th

ey w

ere

to b

e sa

ved

from

des

truct

ion.

The

sam

e is

true

for

God

’s

peop

le a

t the

tim

e of

this

pro

phec

y!

19.

Wha

t is t

o be

seal

ed a

mon

g G

od’s

peo

ple?

Isai

ah 8

:16

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____

“T

hose

who

des

ire

to h

ave

the

seal

of

God

in

th

eir

fo

rehe

ads

mus

t ke

ep

the

Sabb

ath

of

the

four

th

co

mm

andm

ent.

Thus

th

ey

are

dist

ingu

ishe

d fr

om

the

disl

oyal

, who

hav

e ac

cept

ed a

man

mad

e in

stitu

tion

in p

lace

of

the

true

Sab

bath

. The

obs

erva

nce

of G

od's

res

t day

is a

m

ark

of d

istin

ctio

n be

twee

n hi

m th

at s

erve

th G

od a

nd h

im th

at s

erve

th H

im

not.”

Whi

te, T

he R

evie

w a

nd H

eral

d, A

pril

23, 1

901.

20.

How

will

God

sea

l H

is la

w a

mon

g H

is

dis

cipl

es?

Heb

rew

s 10:

16

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__

21.

Whe

n G

od’s

law

s ar

e w

ritt

en i

n ou

r m

inds

, w

hat

will

be

our

te

stim

ony?

Psa

lm 4

0:8

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____

____

22

. R

evel

atio

n 14

:1 d

escr

ibes

Chr

ist’

s pe

ople

as

havi

ng w

hat

wri

tten

in

th

eir

fore

head

s?

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____

Th

is is

bet

ter r

ende

red,

“ha

ving

His

cha

ract

er a

nd th

e ch

arac

ter

of H

is F

athe

r de

scri

bed

in th

eir

min

ds.”

The

law

of G

od is

an

expr

essi

on o

f His

ver

y na

ture

; it

is a

n em

bodi

men

t of t

he g

reat

prin

cipl

e of

love

, and

hen

ce is

the

foun

datio

n of

His

gov

ernm

ent

in h

eave

n an

d ea

rth.

Whe

n th

e pr

inci

ple

of l

ove

is

5

**PA

PAL

RO

ME

HA

S M

AD

E T

HE

IR O

WN

‘MA

RK

’ OF

RE

LIG

IOU

S A

UT

HO

RIT

Y**

“B

ut th

e Pr

otes

tant

min

d do

es n

ot s

eem

to r

ealiz

e th

at in

obs

ervi

ng S

unda

y,

they

are

acc

eptin

g th

e au

thor

ity o

f th

e sp

okes

man

for

the

chu

rch…

the

po

pe.”

Our

Sun

day

Vis

itor,

Cat

holic

wee

kly,

Feb

. 5, 1

950.

“S

unda

y is

our

mar

k of

aut

hori

ty!

The

chu

rch

is a

bove

the

Bibl

e, a

nd th

is

tran

sfer

ence

of

Sabb

ath

obse

rvan

ce i

s pr

oof

of t

hat

fact

.” T

he C

atho

lic

Rec

ord,

Lon

don,

Ont

ario

, Sep

tem

ber 1

, 192

3.

“Of c

ours

e th

e C

atho

lic C

hurc

h cl

aim

s th

at th

e ch

ange

was

her

ac

t. A

nd t

he a

ct i

s a

mar

k of

her

ecc

lesi

astic

al p

ower

and

au

thor

ity i

n re

ligio

us m

atte

rs.”

O

ffice

of

Car

dina

l G

ibbo

ns,

thro

ugh

Cha

ncel

lor C

.F. T

hom

as, N

ov. 1

1, 1

895.

"C

hris

tians

will

nat

ural

ly s

triv

e to

ens

ure

that

‘ci

vil l

egis

latio

n’

resp

ects

the

ir du

ty t

o ke

ep S

unda

y ho

ly."

-Po

pe J

ohn

Paul

II,

Die

s Dom

ini (

The

Lord

’s D

ay),

Sect

ion

67, J

uly

7, 1

998.

A m

ark,

sig

n, o

r sea

l of a

utho

rity

is u

sed

with

the

sam

e m

eani

ng in

the

Bib

le in

co

nnec

tion

with

law

s or

lega

l doc

umen

ts. H

isto

ry te

lls u

s th

at s

eals

wer

e us

ed

in th

e N

ear

East

muc

h as

sig

natu

res

are

toda

y. T

hus

they

atte

sted

th

e au

thor

ship

of

a do

cum

ent,

indi

cate

d th

e ow

ners

hip

of t

he

obje

ct u

pon

whi

ch th

e se

al w

as i

mpr

esse

d, o

r se

cure

d ob

ject

s su

ch

as

ches

ts,

boxe

s, to

mbs

, ag

ains

t be

ing

open

ed

or

m

oles

ted.

It h

as b

een

reco

gniz

ed b

y na

tions

for h

undr

eds,

if no

t th

ousa

nds o

f yea

rs th

at a

n of

ficia

l sea

l mus

t sho

w th

ree

thin

gs:

1.

The

nam

e of

the

law

give

r.

2.

His

offic

ial p

ositi

on o

r ri

ght t

o ru

le.

3.

The

kin

gdom

or

terr

itory

ove

r w

hich

he

rule

s.

For i

nsta

nce:

1. T

he n

ame

of th

e la

wgi

ver-

-Abr

aham

Lin

coln

2. H

is o

ffici

al p

ositi

on o

r rig

ht to

rule

--Pre

side

nt

3.

The

kin

gdom

or t

errit

ory

over

whi

ch h

e ru

les-

-The

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Not

ice

that

Pap

al R

ome

(the

Bea

st) h

as c

hose

n Su

nday

as t

heir

mar

k or

off

icia

l se

al o

f au

thor

ity a

nd w

ill e

ndea

vor

to e

nfor

ce t

his

mar

k up

on a

ll. S

o th

eir

of

ficia

l sea

l cou

ld lo

ok li

ke th

is:

1. T

he n

ame

of th

e la

wgi

ver-

-Pap

al R

ome

2.

His

offi

cial

pos

ition

or

right

to r

ule-

-The

Hol

y M

othe

r C

atho

lic C

hurc

h

3. T

he k

ingd

om o

r te

rrito

ry o

ver

whi

ch h

e ru

les-

-All

the

Wor

ld

6

10.

The

ir w

orsh

ip is

in v

ain

who

do

wha

t?

M

atth

ew 1

5:9

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____

____

It

is in

tere

stin

g to

not

e th

at a

fter

the

war

ning

aga

inst

the

wor

ship

of t

he b

east

an

d hi

s im

age,

th

e pr

ophe

cy

decl

ares

, "H

ere

are

they

th

at

keep

th

e

co

mm

andm

ents

of

God

, an

d th

e fa

ith o

f Je

sus"

(R

evel

atio

n 14

:12)

. Si

nce

thos

e w

ho k

eep

God

's co

mm

andm

ents

are

thu

s pl

aced

in

cont

rast

with

tho

se

that

wor

ship

the

beas

t and

his

imag

e an

d re

ceiv

e hi

s m

ark,

it f

ollo

ws

that

the

keep

ing

of G

od's

law

, on

the

one

han

d, a

nd i

ts v

iola

tion,

on

the

othe

r, w

ill

mak

e th

e di

stin

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e w

orsh

iper

s of

God

and

the

wor

ship

ers

of th

e be

ast.

11

. W

hat

has

the

Lor

d do

ne w

hich

rev

eals

His

a

utho

rity

as t

he tr

ue G

od?

1

Chr

onic

les 1

6:26

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12

. W

hat d

id G

od sa

nctif

y as

the

sign

or

‘mar

k’ o

f His

aut

hori

ty?

G

enes

is 2

:3

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____

____

N

ot o

nly

does

Pap

al R

ome

(the

Bea

st)

have

a m

ark

or s

eal o

f au

thor

ity, b

ut

God

has

a m

ark

or s

eal t

oo. T

he S

eal o

f God

is c

onne

cted

with

His

law

and

is

foun

d in

the

four

th c

omm

andm

ent.

Not

ice:

“R

emem

ber

the

sabb

ath

day,

to

keep

it

holy

. Si

x da

ys s

halt

thou

labo

ur, a

nd d

o al

l thy

wor

k: B

ut th

e se

vent

h da

y is

the

sabb

ath

of th

e LO

RD

thy

God

: in

it th

ou s

halt

not d

o an

y w

ork,

thou

, nor

thy

son,

nor

th

y da

ught

er, t

hy m

anse

rvan

t, no

r th

y m

aids

erva

nt,

nor

thy

cattl

e, n

or t

hy s

tran

ger

that

is

with

in t

hy

gate

s: F

or in

six

day

s th

e LO

RD

mad

e he

aven

and

ea

rth,

the

sea,

and

all

that

in th

em is

, and

res

ted

the

seve

nth

day:

whe

refo

re

the

LORD

ble

ssed

the

sabb

ath

day,

and

hal

low

ed it

.” E

xodu

s 20:

8-11

. W

hen

you

read

thro

ugh

all t

he te

n co

mm

andm

ents

, it i

s on

ly in

the

four

th th

at

we

find:

1. T

he n

ame

of th

e La

w G

iver

: 'Lo

rd th

y G

od'

2.

His

offi

cial

pos

ition

or r

ight

to ru

le: C

reat

or

3.

The

kin

gdom

or

terr

itory

ove

r w

hich

he

rule

s:

'hea

ven

and

eart

h, th

e se

a, a

nd a

ll th

at in

them

is'

7

13.

Wha

t ha

s G

od g

iven

us

as a

sig

n th

at H

e is

the

Lor

d th

at s

anct

ifies

us?

Ezek

iel 2

0:12

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14.

Wha

t ha

s H

e as

ked

us t

o do

as

the

sign

(m

ark)

of

ou

r al

legi

ance

to H

im?

Ezek

iel 2

0:20

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____

___

The

rem

nant

chu

rch

in th

e la

st d

ays

will

uph

old

all T

en C

omm

andm

ents

: “An

d th

e dr

agon

was

wro

th w

ith th

e w

oman

, and

wen

t to

mak

e w

ar w

ith th

e re

mna

nt

of h

er se

ed, w

hich

kee

p th

e co

mm

andm

ents

of G

od, a

nd h

ave

the

test

imon

y of

Je

sus C

hris

t.” R

evel

atio

n 12

:17.

15

. W

hen

man

-mad

e la

ws g

o co

ntra

ry to

the

law

of G

od, w

hom

are

we

to

ob

ey?

Acts

5:2

9

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____

____

____

____

____

__

“We

are

to

reco

gniz

e hu

man

go

vern

men

t as

an

or

dina

nce

of

divi

ne

appo

intm

ent,

and

teac

h ob

edie

nce

to it

as

a sa

cred

dut

y, w

ithin

its

legi

timat

e sp

here

. But

whe

n its

cla

ims

conf

lict w

ith th

e cl

aim

s of

God

, we

mus

t obe

y G

od

rath

er t

han

men

. G

od's

wor

d m

ust

be r

ecog

nize

d as

abo

ve a

ll hu

man

legi

slat

ion.

A "

Thus

sai

th th

e Lo

rd"

is no

t to

be s

et a

side

for

a "T

hus

saith

the

chur

ch"

or a

"Th

us s

aith

the

stat

e."

The

crow

n of

Chr

ist is

to b

e lif

ted

abov

e th

e di

adem

s of e

arth

ly p

oten

tate

s.” W

hite

, Act

s of t

he A

post

les,

p68.

16

. O

ther

tha

n th

eir

righ

t ha

nd, w

here

els

e ca

n on

e re

ceiv

e th

e m

ark

of

th

e be

ast?

Rev

elat

ion

13:1

6

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____

____

Th

e fo

rehe

ad is

use

d as

a fi

gure

to d

enot

e th

e ‘in

telle

ct’

or ‘m

ind,

’ as t

he ‘h

eart’

is u

sed

to d

enot

e th

e di

spos

ition

or

affe

ctio

ns.

To m

ark

or s

eal

in t

he f

oreh

ead

is t

he

sam

e as

to w

rite

in th

e m

ind.

(see

Heb

rew

s 10:

16).

17.

Joh

n sa

w a

n an

gel a

scen

ding

from

the

east

hav

ing

wha

t?

Re

vela

tion

7:2

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____

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____

____

Th

e se

al is

the

pure

mar

k of

trut

h, th

e m

ark

of G

od's

appr

oval

. It

atte

sts

liken

ess

to C

hris

t in

cha

ract

er.

Aga

in,

the

seal

of

God

, th

e to

ken

or s

ign

of H

is

auth

ority

, is f

ound

in th

e fo

urth

com

man

dmen

t.