The mark of the beast — just as the mark of God (given earlier in the book of revelation) is written on your heart and tongue meaning it is internal i.e. belief system.
the mark of the beast would be the false cults like the Adventists or Jehovah’s witnesses who reduce Jesus to being just an angel.
Law of First Mention: Gen_4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Also, have a look at the word in Greek for yourself in Revelation. It’s a mark like ... a real mark.
The 4th Commandment Sabbath is a DIRECT link to the Mark of the Beast and the 3 angel’s message. Over and over and over again we are told to WORSHIP God because He is our CREATOR, and, KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, because that will be the standard of God’s JUDGMENT.
Anyone who missed these points would have to be spiritually blind, a hater of God’s law, (AND SPECIFICALLY OF THE 4TH COMMANDMENT), and a moron.
The MOTB clearly references the 4th commandment.
Those who willfully transgress God’s Moral law will not be in heaven. That goes double for the “Lord, Lord”, OSAS lawbreakers, who should certainly know better.
500 years of Protestant Reformers knew EXACTLY who the Antichrist power was. And, their MARK OF AUTHORITY is the Sabbath to Sunday change.
Catholic Record (September 1, 1923): “Now in the matter of Sabbath observance the Protestant rule of Faith is utterly unable to explain the substitution of the Christian Sunday for the Jewish Saturday. It has been changed. The Bible still teaches that the Sabbath or Saturday should be kept holy. There is no authority in the New Testament for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday. Surely it is an important matter. It stands there in the Bible as one of the Ten Commandments of God. There is no authority in the Bible for abrogating this Commandment, or for transferring its observance to another day of the week.” “For Catholics it is not the slightest difficulty.”…“The Church is above the Bible; and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact. Deny the authority of the Church and you have no adequate or reasonable explanation or justification for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday in the Third - Protestant Fourth - Commandment of God.”
Letter from C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons on October 28, 1895: “Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act…And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.”
“Sunday is our mark of authority.…The church is above the Bible, and this transference of sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” The Catholic Record, London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT!
Revelation 12:
17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the COMMANDMENTS of God, and have the TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ.
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.
12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the COMMANDMENTS of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 22:
14Blessed are they that do his COMMANDMENTS, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Ecclesiastes 12:
13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: FEAR God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14For God shall bring every work into JUDGMENT, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Nehemiah 9:6Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Psalms 148: 1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places. 2Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. 3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. 4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. 5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
Isaiah 37:16 “O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
27. ... human existence is endowed with a certain rhythm. As well as the rhythm of day and night, lunar months and solar years (Gn 1:14-18), God establishes a weekly rhythm with rest on the seventh day, the basis of the sabbath (Gn 2:1-3). When they keep the sabbath observance (Ex 20:8-11), the masters of the earth render homage to their Creator.