THE MARK OF THE BEAST – SEPARATION OF THAT WHICH IS HOLY

Where is God’s Mark - The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.  Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. Ezekiel 9.4-6

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Rev 9.4

We see that God puts a “mark” on those who obey Him. Who are those who obey? For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Hebrews 8.10

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Deut 6.8

 It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. Ex 13.9

Binding God’s law on our mind and hearts is part of the New Covenant. We obey God because we love Him as our Lord and Savior. Why did Yahweh chastise His people?  “Therefore I made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.  And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them. Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; Ezekiel 20.10-13, Ezekiel 20.21-24

Sin and disobedience is lawlessness:  Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.  Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3.4-8

The law of God is righteous and just: Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth (Ps 119.142.

The spirit of Antichrist is already in the world:  Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. 1 John 2.18-19

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.  Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2.22-23 John says the “spirit” of Antichrist is already in the world. It is a spirit of lawlessness and rebellion towards God.

Where does the Beast place his mark?  He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. Rev 13.16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. Rev 14.9-10

The Antichrist who appears at the end of this age is “the man of sin” in the Bible:… for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2.1-4

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Dan 7.25

The Antichrist is coming out against God’s time, calendar, and laws--the time and calendar the entire Bible is written in! He desires to destroy all things of God and he seeks to establish an Antichrist time and calendar, counterfeit feast days and Sabbaths! 

What is God’s “mark” or “sign” that identifies His people from all others? “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Exodus 20.8-10

 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.  It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.” Exodus 31.16-17

Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. Ezekiel 20.12 “…hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.” Ezekiel 20.20

And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Rev 12.17 If we allow the Bible to interpret itself we find that God’s identifying mark on His people is the Sabbath! The Lord’s Sabbaths – There is a weekly Sabbath the last day of the week (Saturday) and there are High Sabbaths that occur on feast days. The High Sabbaths are: The Feasts of Unleavened Bread. Pentecost, Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23).

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Gen 2:2-3

The Scriptures call the true weekly Sabbath of Saturday, and the seven annual Feast Days the sacred calendar of Yahweh.

In light of this, let him who has ears to hear and eyes to see, realize that a part of the mark of the beast will be a false calendar and prescribed days of worship. Those who follow Yahweh’s Sabbaths and calendar will become enemies of the Antichrist system. Again, this is a part of the mark of the beast. The true Sabbath and Biblical calendar will become outlawed.

The false calendar and Sabbath days is already functioning in the world today. In the European Union Monday is the first day of the week! When the Antichrist makes his appearance on the world scene, then every soul on earth will be compelled to choose between Yahweh’s signature and the Beast’s Mark. It is at that time, when those who refuse the mark are not allowed to buy and sell, then – and then only – will we be able to say who has the Mark of the Beast. But at the moment (2021) no one officially has the Mark of the Beast.

At that time God’s people will be marked with the seal of God and the tribulation will be around the midway point. The spirit of the Lawless One, the Antichrist, is already at work deceiving millions of Christians into thinking that Yahweh’s law, the irrevocable constitution of the mighty universe, is obsolete. “We are not under the law” is the favorite saying of those who refuse to obey God’s commands.

Beware of that subtle and dangerous deception. The book of Revelation says six times that the whole world is deceived by the Antichrist system. Six is the number of man (Rev 13.18). The Antichrist does not recognize the number seven which is God’s appointed number and day of rest. He goes against God’s law and declares himself to be God.

If this message disturbs you my prayer is that you will diligently seek the Lord for His truth on this matter. In time you will understand the truth and the truth will set you free. Truth is hidden in plain sight throughout God’s Word. Prepare yourself now. Seek and you shall find.

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. Ezekiel 9.4 - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Rev 9.4