[Cletus.D.Yokel]

So, is the most important thing in this conversation the effort o prove me wrong or the message that Christ is the only source of salvation.

My priority was not to prove S&S4E “wrong” per se but to point BACK to Christ for salvation.
(BTW, S&S4E understood and pointed back to Christ, too.)
I’d rather refocus on the founder and perfecter of our Faith; that is The Christ.

Apparently, your priority is centered on the Mark of The Beast and how “scary” that is.
That is modern day Finney-ism and I reject it out of hand.
I do not find the Mark of the Beast the least bit SCARY.
Do you recognize the difference between Law and Gospel?
Which is salvific?

Shadilay!

[tang-soo]

I have no desire to prove that you were wrong in your statement in order to gain a few points. But I took the time to study to make sure my points were correct - but not to one-up you. That would be arrogant on my part and God Forbid that that would ever be my motivation.

That being said, assuming I correctly understood your comment, implying that taking the mark will not damn someone, that conclusion is dangerously incorrect. The passage I quoted above from revelation 14 proves it. I say dangerously incorrect - not just for you but for anyone else that read your post. Anyone alive during the time of ac, must resist at all earthly costs from taking the mark. Please reread Revelation 14 and understand my point.