05_03 The Real Issue

The Real Issue in the Three Angel’s Messages of Revelation 14:6-12, is true versus false worship. It is the Creator, who made heaven and earth, (not the “beast” nor his “image,”) who has a right to our worship!

God’s seal, the sign of His Creative power, is the true Sabbath, God’s rest day, which God sanctified (set apart for a holy purpose) at Creation.     It follows that the seal or mark of this other power, would be that power’s rest day, or the false day of worship he instituted in place of the Sabbath. When the apostolic faith was taken over by the Catholic Church of Rome, she gradually accepted pagan practices and began to fall away from the Truth. Among other things, as the Papacy arose to power, the church took the pagan Sunday (sun worship day) and made it the Christian Sunday, in order to unite the whole empire under the church! The Emperor of Rome, (Constantine) “had intelligence with” (a strategy session with) [the bishop of Rome] “them that forsake the Holy Covenant.” [the Commandments, kept in the Ark of the Covenant!] Daniel 11:30, part “b.”
By this act of the bishop of Rome, in changing this sign that has to do with worship, the Papacy thereby claims to be a god, greater than the Creator!

“The Christian Sabbath is therefore to this day the acknowledged offspring of the Catholic Church, as Spouse of the Holy Ghost, without a word of remonstrance from the Protestant world.”
– The Catholic Mirror, Sept. 23, 1893.

To fully worship the Creator, we must recognize the sign of His Creative power, and that sign is the Sabbath. “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth…and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11. This means that He separated it from a common to a religious use; to be a perpetual memorial or sign that all who thus observe it would show themselves to be the worshipers of that God who made the world in six days and rested on the seventh. See Exodus 31:17 and also v. 13. The importance of the Sabbath as a memorial of creation is that it keeps ever present the true reason why worship is due to God – it is because He is the Creator, and we are His creatures.

The Sabbath, therefore, lies at the very foundation of divine worship; for it teaches this great truth in the most impressive manner, as no other institution does. The keeping of the Sabbath is a sign of loyalty to the true God. It follows that the message which commands men to worship “…Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters,”  especially calls upon them to keep the Fourth Commandment.

The “mark” of apostasy is thus clearly identified. It is the false day of worship instituted by the Papacy in place of the true “day of the Lord” – the Sabbath. See Mark 2:28! The third angel warns against receiving this “mark” of the “beast.”

When the decree shall go forth enforcing the counterfeit Sabbath – Revelation 13:17, will you be found worshiping the “beast,” or the Creator of heaven and earth?

Further, the Papacy’s “image” has always been Mary, the “mother of God.” Since 325 A.D.! Their chant, in the Rosary, is, “Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us…  ” That replaces Jesus as the Mediator between God and man with Mary. It is Mary that they say was immaculately conceived! It is Mary that they have made a god, and they have made an image of her to be worshiped! “…and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things” [signifies a female deity].
Daniel 11:38 – see also v.39. Worship of images and false gods breaks both the first and second Commandments!   [Be sure to see Revelation 12, verse 17]

Revelation 13, verses 14 and 15, reveal that America, Protestant America, will finally also “make an image to the beast,” and institute worship of Mary. America will then decree death to those who refuse to worship her!

Take notice of what’s going on around you. The High Anglican Church, the Protestant Church of England, now openly worships Mary! Can the rest of Protestantism be far behind? (Take note of Eccumanism!) Images of Mary are in homes all around us, world-wide! Apparitions (sightings) of Mary are proliferating in the world, and also in the United States. The Christian Coalition, gaining power in U.S. politics, wants to enforce moral legislation “to protect our Christian nation.” The corruption of politicians is playing right into their hands!

Rev.13:14,15 is in process of coming to pass!

When a death decree is issued over worship of Mary, will you obey God…or man? How did Peter and the other disciples answer the High Priest before the council, when he asked them, “Did we not straitly command you that you should not teach in this name?” They answered, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:27-29.

Dear friend: If you would have the gift of God, eternal life, you must obey God, not man! Read and heed Mt.10:32, 33!
Prepare yourself to confess your belief in Jesus as your Creator…and KING, whose Ten Commandments you obey!

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