Prove it.
Rev 14:
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Saints refers to the people of God.
While the whole earth is accepting the mark, the people of God are keeping the commandments of God.
In Rev 16 John sees that some of the people of God and true prophets are killed just before the battle at Armageddon.
Metmom: Prove it.
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Revelation 14
6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
It specifically has to do with the 4th commandment. Look at the language in v7 and compare it to Exodus 20:11
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But 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:
11For 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.
You receive the mark of the beast if you WORSHIP the beast. Those who keep the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD will not receive the mark of the beast as Rev 14:12 shows, because they keep the 7th day Sabbath as the 4th commandment clearly commands of us.