THE MARK OF THE BEAST

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Good work OP

Eating of the flesh of any being is the mark of the beast...literally.

Its a mark she needs to take some meds.

"Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus, . . . commenced the temporal sovereignty of the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages."--American Catholic Quarterly Review, April, 1911.

"in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen:" "The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; holy water; asylums [hermitages, monasteries and convents]; [pagan] holy-days, processions, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images, . . . and the Kyrie Eleison."--J. H. Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, 1920 edition, p.373 [Roman Catholic].

"The mighty Catholic Church was little more then the Roman Empire baptized."-- A. C, Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church, 1909 edition, p. 148. From ancient Babylon came the cult of the virgin mother-goddess, who was worshiped as the highest of gods--see S. H. Langdon, Semitic Mythology, 1931 edition. This worship was taken over as Mary-worship by Rome. Heathen sun-worship on Sunday was likewise adopted by the Roman apostasy.

"In order to attach to Christianity great attraction in the eyes of the nobility, the priests adopted the outer garments and adornments which were used in pagan cults." -Life of Constantine, Eusabius, cited in Altai-Nimalaya, p. 94

"Yet the cross itself is the oldest of phallic emblems, and the lozenge-shaped windows of cathedrals are proof that the yonic symbols have survived the destructions of the pagan Mysteries. The very structure of the church itself is permeated with (sexual symbolism) phallicism. Remove from the Christian Church all emblems of Priapic origin and nothing is left..." -The secret teaching of all ages by Manley P. Hall

In Stanley's History, page 40: "The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting
their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM."

"In short, sun worship, symbolically speaking, lies at the very heart of the great festivals which the Christian Church celebrates today, and these relics of heathen religion have, through the medium of their sacred rites, curiously enough blended with practices and beliefs utterly antagonistic to the spirit which prompted them." -Sun Lore of All Ages, Olcott, p. 248

Langdon tells us that Mary worship came from ancient Babylon where the virgin mother-goddess was worshiped under the name "Ishtar." Elsewhere in the Near East, the mother-goddess was called "Astarte, Ashtoreth, Persephone, Artemis, [Diana] of Ephesus, Venus, and Isis." This goddess, considered to be greater than any god, was called by these heathen the "virgin mother, merciful mother, Queen of Heaven, and my lady" [which is what "Madonna" means in Italian]. Langdon says she was often sculptured in mother-and-infant images, or as a "mater dolorom" [sorrowful mother] interceding for men with a wrathful god. And thus ancient paganism was brought into the churches and lives of Christians.--see S.H. Langdon, Semitic Mythology, 1931 edition, pp. 12-34, 108-111, 341-344. Laing mentions several other corruptions by which the mother-goddess was worshiped by heathens, that Rome adopted into Christianity: holy water, votive offerings, elevation of sacred objects [lifting of the host], the priest's bells, the decking of images, processions, festivals, prayers for the dead, the worship of relics and the statues of saints.--see Gordon J. Laing, Survivals of Roman Religion, 1931 edition, pp. 92-95, 123-131,238-241.

Two dominant elements brought into Christianity from paganism by Rome were Sun worship symbols and the religious practices of ancient Babylon] "The solar theology of the Chaldaeans [Babylonians], had decisive effect . . . [upon the] final form reached by the religion of the pagan Semites, and following them, by that of the Romans when [the Roman emperor] Aurelian, the conqueror of Palmyra, had raised 'Sol Invictus' [the invincible sun-god] to the rank of supreme divinity in the Empire"--The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. 11, pp. 643, 646-647. From Palmyra he transferred to the new sanctuary the images of Helios [the sun-god] and Bel, the malaise patron god of Babylon--see Cumont, The Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, 1911 edition, pp. 114-115, 124.

"The [Catholic] Church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen. She took the pagan Roman Pantheon, temple of all the gods, and made it sacred to all the martyrs; so it stands to this day. She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday. She took the pagan Easter and made it the feast we celebrate during this season . . . The Sun was a foremost god with heathendom . . . The sun has worshipers at this hour in Persia and other lands . . . Hence the Church would seem to say, 'Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus"--William L. Gildea, "Paschale Gaudium," in The Catholic World, 58, March, 1894, p. 809 [A Roman Catholic weekly].

"The belief in miracle-working objects, talismans, amulets, and formulas was dear to Christianity, and they were received from pagan antiquity . . . The vestments of the clergy and the papal title of 'pontifex maximus' were legacies from pagan Rome. The [Catholic] Church found that rural converts still revered certain springs, wells, trees, and stones; she thought it wiser to bless these to Christian use then to break too sharply the customs of sentiment . . . Pagan festivals dear to the people, reappeared as Christian feasts, and pagan rites were transformed into Christian liturgy . . . The Christian calendar of saints replaced the Roman 'fasti' [gods]; ancient divinities dear to the people were allowed to revive under the names of 'Christian saints' . . . Gradually the tenderest features of Astarte, Cybele, Artemis, Diana, and Isis were gathered together in the worship of Mary"--Wil Durant, The Age of Faith, 1950, pp. 745-746.

Below is a table of all the unscriptural doctrines the RCC has brought forth. None of these are in the scriptures at all. None of these were spoken by Jesus, nor any of the prophets in the old testment.



1. Prayers for the dead in 300AD.
2. Sign of the cross 310AD
3. Wax Votive Candles 320AD
4. Veneration of saints and angels 375 AD
5. Mary declared ‘mother of God’ 431 AD
6. Priest began to wear vestments 500 AD
7. Worship in Latin 600 AD (God’s words supposed to be delivered in all languages.)
8. Temporal power of papacy granted to Phocas 610 AD
9. Feast days in honor of Mary 650 AD
10. Kissing of Pope’s feet 709 AD
11. Temporal power of Papacy confirmed 750 AD
12. Adoration of Mary, saints, images and relics legalized by second council of Nicea 785 AD
13. Holy Water 850 AD
14. Veneration of St. Joseph 890 AD
15. Baptism of bells 965 AD
16. Canonization of dead saints 995 AD
17. Fasting on Fridays and Lent 998 AD
18. Rosary Beads 1090 AD
19. Pope Boniface VII decrees celibacy of priest 1097 AD
20. Inquisition of heretics 1184 AD
21. Sale of Indulgences 1190 AD
22. Transubstantiation of the wafer 1215 AD
23. Confession to a priest 1215 AD
24. Adoration of the host (Wafer God) 1220 AD
25. Bible forbidden and placed on index of forbidden books by Council of Valencia 1229 AD
26. Red Hats for Cardinals 1245 AD
27. Feast of Corpus Christi 1264 AD
28. The Miraculous scapular 1287 AD
29. Roman church is only true church 1303 AD
30. Cup forbidden to laity at Communion 1415 AD
31. Purgatory decreed by Council of Florence 1439 AD
32. Doctrine of seven sacraments 1439 AD
33. Tradition of equal authority to the Bible 1545 AD
34. Justification by works and not faith alone 1545 AD
35. Creed of Pope Pius IV makes all unscriptural doctrines of council of Trent binding 1560 AD
36. Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary 1854 AD
37. Papal infallibility 1870 AD
38. Papal decree on mixed marriages, all marriages not celebrated by a Roman priest declared null and void 1908 AD
39. Pope reaffirms Mary as Mother of God 1931 AD
40. Assumption of the Virgin Mary 1950 AD

Ezekiel 9:4

And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

2 Corinthians 1:22


21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, 22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.


Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

Revelation 7:3
"Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God."

“IT’S” *** If you’re going to try to insult at least spell your words correctly, you only make yourself look so ignorant.

The mark is spiritual. Either you are marked /Sealed by the God of this world, or by the God of the Bible.

Revelation 13:16-17King James Version (KJV)

16 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:

It was so nice when you were gone for a few months. Were you at the SDA summer camp?

Most Christians won't agree with OP, which is they are on the wide path that leads to destruction. Few find the narrow path.

If you're going to be on the narrow path, you must be doing something that most Christians are not. Since the path parable is meant for believers what are most doing wrong?

I think OP is right and I've started attending with Believers on Saturday where I go to worship.

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The mark is not of the flesh, like a tattoo, or a microchip; but a spiritual mark of the heart and mind.


8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. Exodus 13:8,9

Hallelujah

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:

Jesus is talking about the destruction of the temple to come in the future 70AD. And He expected the Sabbath to still be going then.

You are trying too hard.

false interpretation from you.....as always.

what part of in the right hand/forehead is unclear to you?

the mark will be physical and visible. You will have to show your mark to buy and sell

Ephesians 6:12King James Version (KJV)

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

that verse has NOTHING to do with the mark of the beast.

The mark is in the flesh... either right hand or forehead, it is visible and not spiritual, and people will have to show that mark to buy and sell.

Your understanding is profane and incorrect.

The destruction of Jerusalem was a foreshadowing of the final destruction of Babylon.

No, my understanding is spot on. Yours is flawed and faulty. I think you're purposefully trying to mislead others.

THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS PHYSIAL, NOT "SPIRITUAL".

Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world.

John 18:36

But we are talking about the kingdom of antichrist, not Christ.

How does Catholics having Sunday as their sabbath (rightly or wrongly) stop people from buying or selling?

When the world is forced by the false prophet to worship on Sunday, forcing the mark of the beast on Bible believing, fourth commandment keeping Christians, who will they be worshipping? The Beast, who was given her power by the dragon.

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Are 1.7 billion Muslims not permitted to trade because they do not adhere to your interpretation of revelation 13?

Islam is the same religion as Roman Catholicism (and freemasonry, Hinduism, ancient Egyptian mythology, Greek, etc). The whole world worships the same gods. They all originate in the mystery religion of Babylon. Indeed, it is the same religion from ancient times at its core. It is the counterfeit Christian religion; with the pagan father(Baal/Jupiter/St Peter), son (Tammuz,Horus,"Jesus"), and mother (Astoreth, Venus, Diana, Mary).

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