Continuing our study of The Final Warning….
Yesterday we were talking about the mark of the beast. This includes the political religious system that makes up the beast, and its image, another religious political system, using their political power to pass a law. As we all know laws are meant to be kept. Every time we get in our cars here in the United States (not sure about all other countries) we have to put on our seatbelts- it's the law. What happens when you don't put on your seatbelt and a police officer pulls you over? There is a very good chance you will get a warning, or perhaps a ticket which includes a fine. You will not get away without some sort of reprimand. The law is in place and we are meant to follow that law. There are a lot of laws and if we break them and are caught we pay for breaking them- this is how our society works. If our political system enacts a law and it is broken, there will be a penalty. The law is going to have to do with this- our worship.
Yesterday was discussed the fact it seems impossible that any such law could ever be passed in our enlightened society of the twenty-first century. Sure we can find a lot of remnants from past laws that were in place hinting at a time in our country when we were much more restrictive and less tolerable of everyone and their private beliefs. Blue laws- I'm old enough to remember when most stores were closed on Sunday because it was considered a day of rest and worship. People put on their Sunday best and went to church. People who weren't in necessary work positions- emergency personal, hospital staff, police enforcement were some of the professions where people still needed to work even on Sundays, but the majority of people in labor and business jobs were not working. Did you read that right? I AM old enough to remember this and I'm in my fifties, not nineties. So when people think it's impossible for such laws to be made they are only saying that based on the world now and how things have changed. For a lot of us, we remember what we consider to be better, more moral days. There is a push on a lot of fronts to get back to the moral days. Of course, people don’t think this can really happen, there would be too much public outrage from the many people who don't worship on Sunday. Well, I agree with you, I don't think it can happen with our country the way it is today. However, I do believe that GOD will allow things to happen so that it all comes to pass as He predicted in His word to us. God allows things to happen- remember the pharaoh in Egypt who refused to let God's people go? God allowed pharaoh's heart to be hardened. Those who choose the path away from God and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ are allowing themselves to be tools in Satan's hands. Satan will use his powers and God will allow this until the very end of all sin. I don’t have any definitive answer as to how the Sunday law will be passed and enforced, but I have an imagination that can give various scenarios.
Let me give you one such scenario.
First allow me to make it perfectly clear- NO CHRIST FOLLOWER, NO TRUE CHRIST FOLLOWER would ever willingly commit any sin breaking any of the ten moral laws- and GOD would NEVER ask them to in any way. All so called religious zealots, crusaders, militants and people of that ilk who act contrary to God's moral law and commit crimes under that guise are NOT GOD'S! Our Savior TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK, our Savior was led as a Lamb to slaughter rather than fight. With this in mind, when I say people will do horrific things so that this law can come to pass, I'm not talking at all about true Christ followers!
One scenario possibility - Those of you old enough in 2001 know what awful thing happened in the United States. I remember shortly after this awful tragedy occurred there was a united front all over our country towards patriotism. Flags flew everywhere, cars, houses, businesses we had flags flying proudly as we sought some sort of peace from such an awful attack against unsuspecting people by a foreign force. There was a mass hysteria-type situation happening and it lasted for quite some time. In remembering that situation I can easily comprehend that if some even more horrific event occurred- the push to unite once again under a banner of patriotism would be even more phenomenal. The cry to get back to being one nation under God would ring out loudly, so incredibly loudly that it would be encouraged not ignored. Could this Sunday law be passed then? Yes, yes, it very well could.
Now that is just one scenario and in no way at all something I'm saying will come to pass. I don't know how it will happen, but I TRUST my LORD and I know it will come to pass.
The huge problem with waiting until it comes to pass before believing is the likelihood of not living your life for Christ in truth, but gambling that you won't be deceived by the greatest of all deceivers. Another huge problem in waiting is the fact you don't know when you might die and after you've died you won't have a chance to believe in truth that was readily available to you before your passing.
Will there be people who come to believe right at the end, right before probation closes? Yes, I believe there will be but are you willing to gamble you'd be one of them?
The events at the end will be swift ones.
There will be a lot going on - the mark of the beast, deception by Satan greater than any other he's ever committed by being able to impersonate the miracles only Christ could seemingly commit. The planting of the tabernacles of the beast's palaces in Jerusalem. SO MUCH is going to take place and then after it happens there WILL be a time of trouble such as never was and the seven last plagues will being to fall- the wrath of God will be poured out.
The final warning is just that- a final, a last alarm given. There will be a last warning, it will happen and we must pray we are known by our SAVIOR now and forever.
So, yes, when this excerpt talks about a Sunday law being passed and those who follow that law are marked figuratively by their thoughts and actions they receive the mark that belongs to the beast- not the seal of God.
The one moral law of God's that contains His personal seal…
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
LORD thy God - name.
Creator - title.
Heaven, Earth, and Sea - territory
No other moral law contains these truths.
We know this as well…
Exo_31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
So you can see we do have Biblical truth to abide by. Say what you will. Make up a million and one reasons why we needn't concern ourselves with keeping the Sabbath as opposed to Sunday, but none of those reasons erase the truth. For a long, long time a man offered 5000 dollars to anyone who could prove from the Bible that the Sabbath law had been changed, no one ever claimed that money, no one.
Final warnings- truth or falsehood. When confronted with truth always choose truth.
More on this tomorrow- picking up with our excerpts. All by the will, the grace and the mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR, now and forever!!!!!!!
Yesterday we were talking about the mark of the beast. This includes the political religious system that makes up the beast, and its image, another religious political system, using their political power to pass a law. As we all know laws are meant to be kept. Every time we get in our cars here in the United States (not sure about all other countries) we have to put on our seatbelts- it's the law. What happens when you don't put on your seatbelt and a police officer pulls you over? There is a very good chance you will get a warning, or perhaps a ticket which includes a fine. You will not get away without some sort of reprimand. The law is in place and we are meant to follow that law. There are a lot of laws and if we break them and are caught we pay for breaking them- this is how our society works. If our political system enacts a law and it is broken, there will be a penalty. The law is going to have to do with this- our worship.
Yesterday was discussed the fact it seems impossible that any such law could ever be passed in our enlightened society of the twenty-first century. Sure we can find a lot of remnants from past laws that were in place hinting at a time in our country when we were much more restrictive and less tolerable of everyone and their private beliefs. Blue laws- I'm old enough to remember when most stores were closed on Sunday because it was considered a day of rest and worship. People put on their Sunday best and went to church. People who weren't in necessary work positions- emergency personal, hospital staff, police enforcement were some of the professions where people still needed to work even on Sundays, but the majority of people in labor and business jobs were not working. Did you read that right? I AM old enough to remember this and I'm in my fifties, not nineties. So when people think it's impossible for such laws to be made they are only saying that based on the world now and how things have changed. For a lot of us, we remember what we consider to be better, more moral days. There is a push on a lot of fronts to get back to the moral days. Of course, people don’t think this can really happen, there would be too much public outrage from the many people who don't worship on Sunday. Well, I agree with you, I don't think it can happen with our country the way it is today. However, I do believe that GOD will allow things to happen so that it all comes to pass as He predicted in His word to us. God allows things to happen- remember the pharaoh in Egypt who refused to let God's people go? God allowed pharaoh's heart to be hardened. Those who choose the path away from God and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ are allowing themselves to be tools in Satan's hands. Satan will use his powers and God will allow this until the very end of all sin. I don’t have any definitive answer as to how the Sunday law will be passed and enforced, but I have an imagination that can give various scenarios.
Let me give you one such scenario.
First allow me to make it perfectly clear- NO CHRIST FOLLOWER, NO TRUE CHRIST FOLLOWER would ever willingly commit any sin breaking any of the ten moral laws- and GOD would NEVER ask them to in any way. All so called religious zealots, crusaders, militants and people of that ilk who act contrary to God's moral law and commit crimes under that guise are NOT GOD'S! Our Savior TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK, our Savior was led as a Lamb to slaughter rather than fight. With this in mind, when I say people will do horrific things so that this law can come to pass, I'm not talking at all about true Christ followers!
One scenario possibility - Those of you old enough in 2001 know what awful thing happened in the United States. I remember shortly after this awful tragedy occurred there was a united front all over our country towards patriotism. Flags flew everywhere, cars, houses, businesses we had flags flying proudly as we sought some sort of peace from such an awful attack against unsuspecting people by a foreign force. There was a mass hysteria-type situation happening and it lasted for quite some time. In remembering that situation I can easily comprehend that if some even more horrific event occurred- the push to unite once again under a banner of patriotism would be even more phenomenal. The cry to get back to being one nation under God would ring out loudly, so incredibly loudly that it would be encouraged not ignored. Could this Sunday law be passed then? Yes, yes, it very well could.
Now that is just one scenario and in no way at all something I'm saying will come to pass. I don't know how it will happen, but I TRUST my LORD and I know it will come to pass.
The huge problem with waiting until it comes to pass before believing is the likelihood of not living your life for Christ in truth, but gambling that you won't be deceived by the greatest of all deceivers. Another huge problem in waiting is the fact you don't know when you might die and after you've died you won't have a chance to believe in truth that was readily available to you before your passing.
Will there be people who come to believe right at the end, right before probation closes? Yes, I believe there will be but are you willing to gamble you'd be one of them?
The events at the end will be swift ones.
There will be a lot going on - the mark of the beast, deception by Satan greater than any other he's ever committed by being able to impersonate the miracles only Christ could seemingly commit. The planting of the tabernacles of the beast's palaces in Jerusalem. SO MUCH is going to take place and then after it happens there WILL be a time of trouble such as never was and the seven last plagues will being to fall- the wrath of God will be poured out.
The final warning is just that- a final, a last alarm given. There will be a last warning, it will happen and we must pray we are known by our SAVIOR now and forever.
So, yes, when this excerpt talks about a Sunday law being passed and those who follow that law are marked figuratively by their thoughts and actions they receive the mark that belongs to the beast- not the seal of God.
The one moral law of God's that contains His personal seal…
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
LORD thy God - name.
Creator - title.
Heaven, Earth, and Sea - territory
No other moral law contains these truths.
We know this as well…
Exo_31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
So you can see we do have Biblical truth to abide by. Say what you will. Make up a million and one reasons why we needn't concern ourselves with keeping the Sabbath as opposed to Sunday, but none of those reasons erase the truth. For a long, long time a man offered 5000 dollars to anyone who could prove from the Bible that the Sabbath law had been changed, no one ever claimed that money, no one.
Final warnings- truth or falsehood. When confronted with truth always choose truth.
More on this tomorrow- picking up with our excerpts. All by the will, the grace and the mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR, now and forever!!!!!!!