The Three Angels Message -  God's final message to mankind

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The Three Angels Message - Letters From Those who Have Left Their Place of Worship or Church.

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Warning! ----  God's prophetic warning's found in "The Three Angel's Message" are a very serious and sensitive topic which is very difficult to bring to the forefront without stepping on someone's' toes.  To borrow an analogy... "When one is sick we sometimes need to take strong medicine that may not taste good, but as they say, the medicine may taste bad but the disease is much worse". This is how it is with the forthcoming message. 

 

The text in this topic may be offensive to some and considered "Politically Incorrect".  I do not wish to offend anyone, but simply wish to divulge truth... and to some reading this topic, the information found here may cut or sting... But to borrow another analogy...

 

A surgeon cuts to heal but a butcher cuts to kill.  God's Word is like a surgeon.. It sometimes cuts us and brings to light something we must heed, but God wishes to heal us and His Word will always lead us into truth.

 

All I ask is that you "Prayerfully" consider what is written here and ask Jesus to show you "through the Bible" whether this is true or not.

 

The following is a summation of the "The Three Angel's Message" but you should study for yourself the truths found in the book of Daniel and Revelation..  Be sure to read all of this topic and pay special attention to "The Third Angel's Message" section... 

 

An Interesting note: The information found in this topic was commonly accepted knowledge that all the Protestant reformers such as Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, John Calvin, John Knox, Thomas Canmer, John and Charles Wesley recognized and accepted with certainty, but our current day churches have totally forgotten.

 

 

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As time marches on for Mankind, most go through life as if Jesus will never return.  In fact, many mock the notion that Jesus will ever return and say,"Where is the coming of this Jesus?".

 

(2 Peter 3:3) First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts

(2 Peter 3:4) and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

 

 

 

We marry and give in marriage, buy homes, eat, party and plan for our futures just like it was in the last days of Noah.  But things are changing in this world and in Revelation, God is calling His people to return to a true worship of Him and is prophetically declaring a warning of things to come just before the 2nd coming of Jesus.

 

(Luke 17:27) They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all..

 

 


In Revelation 14:6-11, God is giving Mankind one Final Warning just before the return of Jesus and this warning is called "The Three Angel's Message".  These three urgent Last Day messages are warnings that God's children must heed!.

 


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These warning are:

 


1st message) "It's Time" to fear God, Give Glory to Him and to Worship Him in Biblical truth... What this means is, it's time to reverence God as our Creator and give Him True Biblical Worship as He has outlined in His scriptures. 

(Stay put and you'll see later why "most" Christians do not realize they're not giving proper glory and worship to God.  In fact most Christians believe they are worshipping God as Creator but in fact are worshipping, without even knowing it, another creator...  not the true God of Creation.  What, you may say!!!  More on this later..)

 

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2nd message) "Babylon is Fallen": not the original Babylon of old, but rather a modern day spiritual Babylon which has slithered or crept its way into God's church... and because of this, "It's Time" to rediscover Biblical truths and expose false doctrines and modern day Babylonian teachings in God's church today.

 

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3rd message) "It's Time" to reveal the Antichrist and what the Mark of the Beast is.   This also signals God's eminent act of closing His rift in Eternity called Time by sending His son Jesus back to Earth again, also known as the 2nd coming of Christ...

 

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These three messages are meant to awaken and warn Mankind that it is time to make your decision for Christ and to worship God in truth, not error, as He has declared in His scriptures. 

 

God will expose through these three End Time messages many false teachings, practices and doctrines taught in both Catholic and Protestant churches today which do not line up with what the Bible truly teaches.

 

God is calling His children to return to a true worship  of Him just as it was during the early church beginnings. What Jesus wants is for His End Time followers to be a "Remnant" reflection of how it was in the days of His Apostles.

 

(Revelation 12:17) And 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.

 

The Three Angels Message encompasses Revelation 14:6-11, but notice the next scene right after the third Angels Message has been proclaimed and is being fulfilled on this planet.  In Revelation 14:14 we read and see Jesus coming in the clouds with a sickle in hand to harvest the righteous from the Earth.  This is the Second Coming of Jesus! 

 

(Revelation 14:14) And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

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Revelation 14:15) And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

 

 

 

 

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Do you remember the story of Cain and Abel in the chapter of Genesis?   This is the story when Cain and Abel were to give an offering to God.


 

(Genesis 4:1) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

(Genesis 4:2) And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

(Genesis 4:3) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

(Genesis 4:4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

(Genesis 4:5) But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

(Genesis 4:6) And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

(Genesis 4:7) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

(Genesis 4:8) And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

 

 

 

 

Why did God reject Cain's offering?  Was God being unfair or critical?  No, God rejected Cain's offering because it was not what God had commanded him to give.  Cain was offering God a sacrifice of convenience.  In other words, Cain offered God what he felt God would accept rather than what God had commanded..  God always required a blood sacrifice.

 

This is how it will be in the Last Days Mankind will offer God worship in a manner that God will reject.  Now I am not referring to a blood sacrifice, but rather a form of worship that God will not accept.

 

If you look closely through the chapter of Revelation, you will notice that the main controversy is about worship.  Revelation spells out that there will be two kinds of worship in the last days.  Worship which God will accept and another form of worship which the Antichrist, or the Harlot Colored Beast, will demand. (The First Angel Message v.s. the Third Angel Message)

 

We are getting closer to when God will close the door of entry into His Kingdom.  i.e. Probation for Mankind will end. We need to heed this End Time Warning found in Revelation 14:6-11 before God closes His door and Probation ends, because when this happens the Second Coming of Jesus will occur.

 

(Revelation 22:11) He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

(Revelation 22:12) And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

 

 

Probation

PROBA'TION, n. [L. probatio.] The act of proving; proof.

1. Trial; examination; any proceeding designed to ascertain truth; in universities, the examination of a student, as to his qualifications for a degree.

2.
Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character and being qualified for a happier state.

Probation will end with the present life.

3. In general, trial for proof, or satisfactory evidence, or the time of trial.

 

 

 

The First Angel's Message

 

 

(Revelation 14:6) And 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,

(Revelation 14:7) Saying 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.

 

God is giving His last call to the World for repentance and obedience.  This last call is not going to occur in the future, but rather is occurring right now

 

This first message is saying to the World, fear and give glory to God because He is the Creator of all things.  Fearing God here doesn't mean to cower in fear as to tremble from someone's anger or threats... but rather to look in awe and respect at the wonderment and greatness of God because He is our Creator... 

 

But why is God calling us back to a true worship of him as Creator? This is because there is another power on Earth today which claims to have creative power.  Many of God's faithful are following this power and many without even knowing it... but more on this later...

 

How do we give God glory?   As God's creation we have no glory of our own to give to God, but we can give God glory by allowing God's Holy Word to change our lives.  By allowing the word of God, the Holy Scripture, to change our character we are able to give glory to God by reflecting to the world God's wonderful character through our words and actions. 

 

But as you can see, most of Mankind are not doing so and our world is spinning out of control with evil because we are giving into our own selfish desires, demands and actions.  The world says, "Look out for Number One", i.e. "a Me First mentality" which is the direct opposite of what God is asking of us.  God is calling Mankind back to a true worship of God as our Creator and to a sacred stewardship of our lives.

 

 

An interesting note about the first Angel's message is that the language of Revelation 14:7 "... and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters" comes directly from the 4th Commandment.

Exodus 20:8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9: Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 10: but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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The reference in Revelation 14:7 to "the hour of His Judgment has come" refers to God's investigative judgment in the Heavenly Sanctuary

 

You see there is an original Sanctuary in Heaven and in Exodus 25, God instructed Moses to receive an offering from the children of Israel and this offering was to be used to construct a duplicate Temple and Holy Sanctuary so God could live amongst His people.  This Sanctuary had specific instructions of how it was to be built and was to reflect exactly the pattern of things in Heaven which was in the presence of God.

 

In the Heavenly Sanctuary Christ now ministers on our behalf as our mediator between God and Mankind by making available His atoning blood sacrifice that He offered once and for all on the cross.

 

Christ became our High priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time of His ascension after His resurrection

 

In the history of Man something very interesting happened in 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days outlined in the Book of Daniel, Christ entered into the second and final phase of His atoning ministry.  It is the work of the Investigative Judgment, the ultimate disposition of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the Heavenly Sanctuary, known as the the Day of Atonement. 

 

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This Investigative Judgment reveals to all Heavenly Intelligences, who among the dead are deemed worthy to have part in the first resurrection.  It also makes manifest to the Heavenly hosts who among the living, are abiding in Christ by keeping His commandments and who have their faith in Jesus.  This Investigative Judgment signifies to the Heavenly Intelligences just who is ready for entry into God's everlasting  Kingdom.

 

Note: To fully understand the Sanctuary Judgment, you may need to study what the Jewish ceremonies were in the Jewish Temple... especially the Day of Atonement.  [Read Exodus 25:8, Exodus 40, Hebrews 9]

 

 

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A Quick Historical Lesson and Fact:

 

 

In the books of Daniel and Revelation we have the description of the Antichrist.  In Daniel,  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had a dream which Daniel interpreted for the King.  In the Kings' dream was an image of a man consisting of 5 earthly elements, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron and Iron mixed with clay.  This symbolized that each succeeding kingdom from the head of Gold, would be of less glory than the previous.

 

(Daniel 2:31) "You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

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Daniel 2:32) This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

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Daniel 2:33) its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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Daniel 2:34) You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

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Daniel 2:35) Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Daniel 2:36) "This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

 

 

 

This dream was an interpretation of times to come.  In other words, it was a prophetic Time Line of the powers that would reign on this Earth before the second coming of Jesus.  What Daniel interpreted was that after Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom had fallen from world domination, Babylon (B.C. 605-539), four other kingdoms would arise onto the world stage.  They were Media-Persia (B.C. 539-337), Greece (B.C. 331-168), Rome (B.C. 168 - A.D. 476), then the 10 nations of divided Rome(A.D. 476 - Second Coming of Jesus). ( Note: Three nations, Heruli, Vandals and Ostrogoths were destroyed or uprooted by the Roman Catholic Papacy because they didn't agree with Catholic Church doctrines. These three nations do not exist today.)

 

The Stone that was cut without hands, is a reference to the second coming of Jesus.  At the second coming of Jesus, He will destroy the kingdom systems of this world, and will set up His Eternal Kingdom where Jesus will rule for Eternity.

 

 

Image of a  man in Nebuchadnezzars' dream

 

 

During the rule of divided Rome another kingdom would arise, a small kingdom or little horn, and this kingdom was to be the Antichrist kingdom talked about in both Daniel and Revelation.

 

This little kingdom will seek to change Gods' Laws and times and will speak great blasphemies against God.  This power will also persecute God's people for a Time, Times and half a Time.  In other words, 3 1/2 years.  In Bible prophecy, A prophetic day is equal to one year and the Jewish calendar had 30 days per month.  So this time frame comes out to 1,260 prophetic days or actual years. This power would reign for 1,260 years on the Earth.

 

(Numbers 14:34) According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.

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Ezekiel 4:6) And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

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(Daniel 7:25) 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.

 

 

An Historical Fact:

 

During the crumbling of the Roman Empire, power was given to the Bishop of Rome, which gave the Catholic Roman Church both Civil and Religious power.  The Catholic Church Papacy began its temporal, (Civil or Secular), reign in A.D. 538 where they ruled for 1,260 years until A.D. 1798.  (this is a historical fact)

 

In 1798 Napoleon's General Berthier entered Italy, invaded the Vatican and took the Pope Pius VI as prisoner back to Valence (France) where the Pope died in exile, dealing a major blow to the Vatican's political power. 

 

This was known as the deadly wound that the Roman Catholic Papacy received after the 1,260 years of the Middle Ages.. A time known as the Dark Ages because the light of the world, the Bible, was forbidden to be read. The Papacy had both Civil and Ecclesiastic rule during this time. 

(See: Daniel 7:25, Revelation 12:14 and Revelation 13:15)

 

(Revelation 13:3) And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

 

 

 

The Second Angel's Message

 

 

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Just a Friendly Pause...

 

As a reminder, some of what will be said in these next sections will cut some and again I am not trying to insult or hurt anyone.  My only concern is that God's people see and hear God's final warnings to His children... and some will find they are not where God wants them in these final days.

 

So please forgive the undiplomatic manner I use to present the material in these next sections... Current times dictate that we cannot be politically correct when delivering God's Last Days message.

 

 

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(Revelation 14:8) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

-----         and in connection with Rev 14:8 we read in Rev 18:4,5      -----

(Revelation 18:4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

(Revelation 18:5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

 

 

This second Angel's message is a very important proclamation to Mankind.  This message is proclaiming that Babylon has fallen.  "Babylon" refers to Christ's body of believers who have apostatized from true Biblical doctrine and have incorporated apostate pagan religious practices and false doctrines into God's church.  These false practices and doctrines are being practiced in both Catholic and Protestant churches today. What is being taught is known as Spiritual Babylonian teaching.

 

Some of today's teachings are errors that have worked their way into the church, that have no biblical fact or truth.  Many of these false beliefs and doctrines have come from early pagan teachings through tradition or have been devised by man. 

 

So why is this so important?   It is because... Just before the return of Jesus, God is calling his faithful back to Biblical Truth as outlined in His word.  God's people have been steered into many Biblical errors, false doctrines and false practices.

 

 

Unbiblical False Doctrines and False Practices such as...

 

-- We go directly to Heaven or Hell when we die. (The false belief that we are immortal already).
-- God tortures the Wicked for Eternity in the Lake of Fire - (A Catholic Dictionary - page 395).
-- The Secret Rapture – God will rapture His people off the earth before the Tribulation.
-- Man or a Priest can forgive your sins – The Confessional.
-- Sprinkling rather then Full Baptismal Submersion (11th century).
-- The Millennium will be here on the Earth.
-- That Sunday is God's Day of worship and not the Sabbath, i.e. Saturday.
-- Purgatory
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-- Praying for the dead.
-- The Roman Rite of Mass.
-- Penance and Indulgences.
-- Transubstantiation – The Priest turning Wine and Bread into the Blood and Body of Christ
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-- Repetitive prayer for forgiveness of sins.
-- Prayers to the dead and relics.
-- Infant baptism (6th century).
-- Preterism - A Jesuit teaching that the Antichrist was Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 BC.
-- Futurism - A Jesuit teaching that the Antichrist will appear at the end of time during the 3 1/2 years of the
    Tribulation.

… and many others...

 

 

 

Transubstantiation

1) the act of transubstantiating; change of one substance into another

2) R.C.Ch., Eastern Orthodox Ch. a) the doctrine that, in the Eucharist, the whole substances of the bread and of the wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ, only the accidents of bread and wine remaining


------------------------- Directly from Papal Teachings ---------------------------

"...the power of the priest is the power of the divine person; for the
transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world. ...thus the priest may be called the creator of the Creator..."

- St. Alphonsus De Liguori, in The Dignity of the Priesthood, p 33.

 

 

Remember, in the First Angels Message, God is commanding mankind to worship Him as Creator.  Why is God doing this?

 

This is because the Roman Catholic Papal system claims to have creation power.  As mentioned on the inset above, this power claims it possess the power of Transubstantiation... and claims to have the ability to turn the substances of bread and wine into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus.  In other words, they claim the prerogatives of creative powers that are attributes of God alone.

 

 

The second Angel is also declaring that "It's Time" to come out of Babylon, or the apostate churches referred to in Revelation concerning the Harlot Mother Church and her daughter churches.  I will note that the reason Babylon is stated as "fallen" is because she did not heed the First Angel's Message by giving Glory to God and worshiping Him in truth as our Creator.   This Harlot Mother Church referenced in Revelation Revelation 17:3-5, wants glory and is giving glory to herself rather than the true God.. 

 

 

(Revelation 17:3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

(Revelation 17:4) And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

(Revelation 17:5) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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(Revelation 18:1) And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

(Revelation 18:2) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

(Revelation 18:3) For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

(Revelation 18:4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
 

Now, I should note here that in the Bible, a Woman refers to a church or God's people.  When the Bible refers to a Virgin Woman it means a people or church who follow God.  A Harlot Woman refers to a church or people who have apostatized from God's truth.

 

 

The Catholic Mother church considers the Protestant churches to be her daughters since the Protestant church came into being during the great Protestant Reformation of the Middle or Dark ages. The Catholic church is now calling the Protestant churches to come back to the Mother church under the guise of Christian Unity in Christ.

 

 

The Protestant church has forgotten why they left the Catholic Mother church and launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517 when Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses on the doors of the Catholic church.  

 

-- The 95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, commonly known as The Ninety-Five Theses, was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.

This act of debate were protests against
clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences done by the Catholic church. Luther's' thesis were nailed to the Castle Church in Wittenberg Germany, in the Holy Roman Empire

in.dul.gence
n.
[sometimes I-] Eng. History the grant of certain religious liberties to Dissenters and Roman Catholics by Charles II and James II
R.C.Ch.
a partial or complete remission, under conditions specified by the Church, of divine temporal punishment that may otherwise still be due for sin committed but forgiven

 

 

 

 

If you watch the news today you will see movement in Protestant churches to reconcile with the Roman Catholic church and link hands in common interests.  This on the surface will look to be a good thing... but in the end will prove to be the final Biblical Prophecy mentioned in Revelation concerning the Beast and False prophet.

 

 

(Revelation 13:11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

(Revelation 13:12) And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

(Revelation 13:13) And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

(Revelation 13:14) And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

(Revelation 13:15) And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

 

 

During the Protestant Reformation the Protestant church adopted many of the Pagan beliefs and errors that were in the the Catholic Mother church and today practice these false Biblical doctrines without knowing that they do not line up with Bible scripture.

 

So what is Babylon as it pertains to what Revelation is referring to here? From early history, Babylon come to represent Man's defiance and stubbornness towards God, to do it man's way.  In the story of the Tower of Babel, the tower symbolized man's attempt for salvation by man's own works or devices.  It became a monument to apostasy and a symbol of the center of Mankind's rebellion against God. 

 

It should also be noted that Satan worked in the background as the invisible king to this city, Babylon, and this Babylonian system was Satan's master plan for ruling over the human race.  In other words, Satan wants to deceive Mankind into believing salvation can be obtained by works, church affiliation or anything man imagines works best for you.  Satan wants mankind to believe that salvation through Jesus is too exclusionary and wants mankind to believe we can be saved by other ways as well.

 

Satan does not want you to obtain salvation solely through faith in Jesus and he does not want you to honor God by observing ALL of God's 10 Commandments.  God is warning Mankind against all forms of humanly originated worship or Man devised religions.

 

Babylon also symbolizes an apostate Christian church system, the Roman Catholic Papacy, which used Civil governmental powers, during a time in human history known as the Dark Ages.  The Papacy used their civil powers to apply pressure and persecution to those who did not agree with the Papal dictates in religious matters.  By using Civil government to enforce their religious dictates, the Roman Catholic Papacy dissented and apostatized from God's truth.  Note: The Roman Catholic Papacy is the center stage character mentioned in Revelation, concerning Revelation's End Times Prophetic Beast and Harlot church.

 

 

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The Third Angel's Message

 

 

(Revelation 14:9) And 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,

(Revelation 14:10) The 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:

(Revelation 14:11) And 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.

 

This Third Angel's message is God's most solemn warning found anywhere in the Bible.  This is a warning directed against worshiping the beast, the Antichrist, and his image -- which all who reject the gospel of the cross and who's authority is NOT from God will ultimately do.

 

The image referred to in Revelation is a likeness of the Roman Catholic Church State that ruled during the Middle or Dark Ages.  In the last days, the Roman Catholic Papal system will once again ascend to world dominance and will  impose or enforce their doctrinal and religious beliefs like they did during the Dark Ages. 

 

Persecution will once again arise on the scene of human history against those who dissent from or disagree with the Roman Catholic church.  This persecution will continue until the second coming of Christ.

 

This Third Angel's message reveals that those who submit to human authority in Earth's final crisis will worship the beast and his image instead of the true God... or will follow Roman Catholic church dictates...  At the end of time, there will be two classes of people. 

 

One class will advocate or accept the gospel of human devising and will worship the beast and his image or system, bringing upon themselves the wrath and judgments of God.  Again, the image of the beast will be a revived Roman Catholic Papal rule, just as it was in the Dark Ages. (i.e. 538-1798). 

 

The other class of people will live by the true gospel of Jesus Christ and His atonement for sin on the cross and recognize God's Authority.  They will keep >>All<< the commandments of God, including God's Sabbath, and will have their faith in Jesus. (See Revelation 14:9, Revelation 12:17)

 

 

The Mark of the Beast

 

 

Before discussing the Mark of the Beast let us first look at the Strong's Greek and Hebrew dictionary definition of the word Anti...  Most believe the word Anti, as used in the term Antichrist, means against... such as against Christ, but look what Strong's Dictionary says it means..

 

 

Anti
an-tee'

A primary particle; opposite, that is, instead or because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.

 

 

 

So what is this mark referenced in Revelation?  This mark will be a sign of allegiance to a Man made gospel or belief that salvation can come from Man's own devices or by one other than Jesus.  In the Last Days, Satan will force Mankind into making a decision to show where your allegiance lies. 

 

The Antichrist, the apostate Papal system that ruled during the Dark Ages, will once again arise on the scene of human history and this Antichrist system will force their mark of authority on everyone to show their authority over church matters and justification.  Justification is how we are saved.  i.e. Saved by Grace and Christ... or saved by membership in a church, by works or humanly devised religion.

 

Now this mark is not a real physical mark on your hand or forehead, but rather a show of allegiance to Man's devised religion. This mark will not be a chip under your skin, bar code or a computer in Belgium.  This mark will be the acceptance or Mark of authority of the Roman Catholic Church Papal System, primarily their change from Sabbath to Sunday as the day of worship. 

 

This mark will be Legislated and Enforced.  Those who accept the Catholic Church Papal  System as their authority are doomed to destruction at the end  of time.  

 

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If you haven't figured this out yet, the Roman Catholic Church Papacy is the AntiChrist system mentioned in both Daniel and Revelation and is the Beast and THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS referred to in Revelation.  I am sorry if this may offend some, but this is truth that is found in the Bible.

 

Protestant Reformists such as, Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, John Calvin, John Knox, Thomas Canmer, John and Charles Wesley believed the Antichrist power outlined in the scriptures pointed to the Roman Catholic Papacy. 

 

So the notion that the Roman Catholic Papacy is the Antichrist system found in scripture is nothing new to the Protestant church... That is not until current times.  This is a fact that has fallen off the radar screen and God is bringing this truth back into view because this power will ascend to world dominance once again on the stage of human history just before the end of time.

 

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Why do we Worship on Sunday and not on the Sabbath?

 

 

Now, the reason churches today worship on Sunday is because in 321A.D. Constantine the Great established the observance of Sunday as a legal duty, enacting that all courts of justice, inhabitants of towns, and workshops were to be at rest on Sunday, "vernerable day of the sun", (venerabili die solis), with an exception in favor of those engaged in agricultural labor. ("Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., art. "Sunday")

 

The Apostate Catholic Church Papacy adopted this day of Sunday observance as well in order to bring pagan worshipers into the Christian church and to accommodate pagan religious practices, the culture of that time.

 

The Catholic Church has since made claim that the act of changing God's day of worship from Saturday to Sunday IS --> Their Mark <-- of authority over religious matters and shows that they can change the Laws of God.  Are you getting this?

 

What does the papacy say is her symbol, or mark, of authority?   Notice the following from the Catholic catechism and Catholic documents...(The catechism reads in a Question and Answer format)
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Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?"
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Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with
her--she could not have
substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority."  (1)

So the papacy is here saying that it changed Sabbath to Sunday and that virtually all churches accepted the new holy day. Thus,
the papacy claims that Sunday as a holy day is the mark, or symbol, of her power and authority.

(1) Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism [FRS No. 7.], (3rd American ed., rev.: New York, Edward Dunigan & Bro., 1876), p. 174.
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"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.
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"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?"
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Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath."

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Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?"
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Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50.
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"Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles..... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first."  Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1900.
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“It was the Catholic church which...has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the (Catholic) church.” Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, p. 213.

“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act...
And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.” H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.

 

 

The Catholic Church itself admits that there is no directive from God anywhere in the Bible to change the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday.  This was done exclusively from the arrogance of Man and not God. 

 

 

(Daniel 7:25) 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.

 

 

 

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Isn't it interesting that those who believe that Sunday is the new day of worship, how does one explain the text found in Isaiah 66:22-23? 

 

 

(Isaiah 66:22) For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

(Isaiah 66:23) And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

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(Malachi 3:6) For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

 

 

 

Why is it after the creation of the new heavens and the new earth, God asserts that all the redeemed will come to worship Him, month to month, on the Sabbath and not Sunday?  Does it make sense that God would change the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday, then change it back again to worship all through-out eternity on the Sabbath???

 

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God's Mark and Seal of Authority

 

 

So if the Catholic Church claims their Mark of authority is Sunday and your worship on this day shows that you are giving the Catholic Church authority in your life then what is God's Mark of Authority?  Good question. 

 

Let's take a look at what the Mark or Seal of God is...  We get a hint from Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12 and Ezekiel 20:20....

 

 

(Exodus 31:13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

(Ezekiel 20:12) Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

(Ezekiel 20:20) And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

 

 

 

God's Seal and God's Sign

 

Let's see what Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionary says the word Sign means...

 

 

H226
- a Sign
'o^th
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Probably from H225 (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.: - mark, a distinguishing mark, oath, miracle, (en-) sign, token.

 

 

 

 

Now God doesn't just tell us that His Sabbath is a sign or seal between Him and His children, he also places His personal seal in a very interesting place...  in His Law,  The Ten Commandments.

 

Just as a president, king or diplomat of a nation has a seal, so does God.  An official seal has three elements... A person's name, their title or office and the territory over which they have rule. 

 

So the seal of the president of the United States looks like this...


Name: Barack Obama
Title or Office: President
Area or Territory of rule: The United States of America

 

 

Now let's look at God's seal which can be found in the middle of His Law... The Ten Commandments.  God's seal is found in the 4th commandment, which interestingly starts with the word, Remember... I will mark in Red His Name and Title... and will mark in Blue, God's territory.

 


Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9: Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 10: but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it..

 

 

 

So the seal of God looks like this...

Name: Jehovah
Title or Office:
Jehovah Made  i.e. Creator
Area or Territory of rule: Heaven, Earth and Sea and ALL that are in them.

 

 

 

 

God's Mark and Sign of Authority is our observance and worship of Him on His declared day of worship, which is the Sabbath, or Saturday.  God has declared this in His 4th Commandment.  True worship of God is  Not on the Papal substituted day of rest, Sunday.

 

 

(Exodus 31:16) Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Webster's New World Dictionary: Perpetual
1) lasting or enduring forever or for an indefinitely long time; eternal; permanent 2) continuing indefinitely without interruption; unceasing; constant
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(Ezekiel 32:17) It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

God, the creator of the universe, put His
Mark and Seal in the heart of His Ten Commandments to show that He, God alone, wrote them and not man. 

The Sabbath, which is God's MARK of authority, shows He has authority over Mankind and the universe..

 

 

Now before you misunderstand that the scripture in Ezekiel 32:17 only applies to the Jewish people, look at what is said in Galatians 3:26-29...  If we are in Christ, we are heirs according to the promise given to Abraham... Just like the Jewish Israelites.

 

(Galatians 3:26) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
(Galatians 3:27)
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
(Galatians 3:28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. .
(Galatians 3:29) And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

 

 

 

 

Most Christians do not realize they are not keeping all of God's commandments because they are not worshiping on the Sabbath day which God has commanded us to keep.  Remember, the 4th commandment starts with the word "Remember".  But we've forgotten and chosen to follow the substituted day of worship from Saturday to Sunday.  We've unknowingly changed our allegiance and are unknowingly breaking the Law of God.

 

The Sabbath is not just for the Jews...  Remember, Jesus himself worshipped on the Sabbath as did His apostles after the death of Jesus.  It wasn't till Constantine the Great made the change in 321AD that the Christian church started worshipping on Sunday. 

 

 

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Note: At first I didn't think the Sabbath vs Sunday was such a big deal, at least not until I studied it and Jesus revealed it to me..

 

Churches today teach that we live in the time of the New Covenant, which we do since Christ died on the Cross of Calvary for our sins... 

 

The church also states that the Law of God, or 10 Commandments were nailed to the cross and their importance isn't as significant as in the Old Testament days... This is not true!  The Law of God, the Ten Commandments, are always binding since they display the government of God and His True Character.  We as Christians serve God by trusting in Jesus and Keeping His Commandments

 

What was nailed to the cross were the Jewish Ceremonial Laws, not the 10 commandments.

 

After all, why would we not want to keep the Commandments of God?  It looks like we are willing to keep 9 of the laws, but the one commandment the church wishes to dispose of is the Sabbath Commandment.  Remember, if we break just one of the Commandments, it's as if we broke them all.  Notice the following scriptures, which are all from the New Testament. 

 

(James 2:10) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
(Matthew 15:9) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
(John 14:15) If ye love me, keep my commandments.
(1 John 2:3) And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
(1 John 2:4) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
(1 John 5:3) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

(Revelation 12:17) And 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. (See Revelation 19:10)

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Revelation 19:10) And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

 

 

 

Satan hates the 10 Commandments because it displays God's Character and God's Government.  Satan wants to destroy the Law of God and is trying to hide it from God's creation so that we will break God's Law.

 

Remember, without the Law, we would not know what sin is.  The Law shows us we are sinners and in need of a savior, so the Law points us to Jesus as our Savior.  Do away with the Law, and we would not know we are sinners or that we are in need of Jesus.

 

After studying the Old Testament chapter of Daniel and Revelation, I fully understood and truly got it! -- All I can say is... Wow!  You need to study this as well.

 

The Old Testament chapter of Daniel is crucial in understanding the book of Revelation... so if anyone says the Old Testament is of no importance today since Christ died on the cross, they do not know of what they speak and are speaking from deception. 

 

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See: The Ten Commandments - Primarily the 4th Commandment

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On a side note, just as God revealed this to me, He will also reveal this truth to you as well.  What is written on this page is truth and if you are open to the leading of the Holy Spirit, you will understand just how much God loves you because He has led you to this truth.  You will also have an understanding of what is meant in Revelation 1:3 when it states that you will be blessed by reading and understanding the chapter of Revelation.

 

(Revelation 1:3) Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

 

 

 

 

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In the final days before Jesus returns, mankind will have to make a decision on who they will give their allegiance to and who has authority over Mankind and religious matters...  Either worship of God on His Sabbath, or the Apostate Catholic Papacy day of worship of Sunday... and just like in the Babylon of old, Satan himself is in the background running this apostate system.  This will be a litmus test of who you trust for your salvation and who has true authority over you. (I.E. Satan or God)

 

Now I want to go on record saying that I am not judging my Catholic brothers and sisters, but rather leveling charge against the Apostate Catholic Papal System which put itself in the place of Jesus and controls the Catholic church.  I have friends who are Catholic and even my sister was Catholic. So know I love my Catholic brothers and sisters, I just reject the Catholic Church substitution of Christ for their Apostate Papal System and False doctrines and practices.

 

 

Please do Not Worry --- Yet!  

 

Now before you worry that you have already received the Mark of the Beast because you attend church on Sunday, you have to understand that this FUTURE mark will be Legislated and ENFORCED

 

The Bible says you can receive this mark in two places.  Either on your hand, which means through your actions of Sunday observance...  OR on your forehead... i.e. Through the belief in your mind or heart in who has authority over salvation, either through the Catholic Church along with diverging religious beliefs or through Jesus Christ alone.

 

In other words, will you go along with the Roman Catholic Papacy day of Sunday observance rather then worshiping God on His declared day of worship, Saturday?  This litmus test will show who you give your allegiance to for your salvation.

 

We are not yet at the Mark of the Beast timeframe in Human history but there will come a future time where you will not be able to buy or sell unless you show allegiance to this apostate Antichrist system.  This allegiance will be world wide and will show who has authority over you, Man or Jesus Christ. 

 

 

       Sunday Observance will be Legislated and Enforced --- Where as -- Sabbath Worship will be Prohibited.

 

 

Will you serve Man's observance of worship or God's chosen day of worship?  This is a very important matter and God is serious about His day of worship that He has sanctified.

 

 

(Revelation 13:16) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

(Revelation 13:17) And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
 

 

 

Here is a fact most people do not know...  Numerous States in the United States have on their books what are called Sunday Blue Laws.  These laws are designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, and places restrictions on Sunday business practices.   Now these laws are on many State books, not to be voted on, but rather have already been passed but are not currently being enforced to date.

 

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Looking at today's political and religious heretical climate, this day isn't too far off in the near future.  Who do you now give your authority to, God or Satan?

 

The Three Angels Message - Come out of her My People

So what must we do to make sure we are ready for the events about to be unleashed onto Mankind?  God says, "It's Time" to draw closer to Him and He wants His people to move into a more intimate relationship with Him so that we are able to stand in the days ahead. 

 

God is also calling His people to come out of Babylon and the Apostate Religious practices found in the Catholic and most Protestant churches today. 

 

(Revelation 18:4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

(Revelation 18:5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 

 

 

 

Do not be fooled or deceived.   We do NOT receive salvation from being a member of ANY church.   NO man or church has the power to forgive your sins.  Only Jesus can.   God's presence is through the Holy Spirit on this Earth NOT the Papal System of the Roman Catholic church.  Now I'm sorry that these statements may offend some, but they are the truth.

 

We are to seek God with all our hearts, mind and soul by reading His scriptures.  In other word, we need to sincerely seek a relationship with God.  By moving closer to Jesus and worshiping on God's terms and not mans,  we can procure God's protection and guiding hand in our life.  If your current walk with Jesus is lukewarm or you have settled into a sleepy comfort zone, I suggest you re-evaluate where you are with God.  The troubled times coming dictate the necessity of a closer walk with Christ. 

 

Please do not be fooled, perilous times are racing towards this planet, and the soon imminent return of Jesus is closer than we think, will you be ready?  Who's side are you on?

 

 

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One last question... If Satan knows he has lost the battle with God, why does he still continue to hinder us from accepting Jesus as our Savour?

 

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(Psalm 91:4) He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

(Psalm 91:5) Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

(Psalm 91:6) Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

 

 

 

 

 

On a Final Note

 

If you do not have a relationship with Jesus, please consider turning your heart and life over to Christ...

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