Why! Why the Book! by: Ezra Celestin September 29, 2015

I am a third generation Seventh-day Adventist. Baptized at the age of ten; sat in baptismal class for three years, because the elders felt I was too young to be baptized before then. Even at the age of ten my parents had to advocate to allow me to be baptized. I have served in several capacity in the church, even now I am serving in the missionary field. By age 14 I was already teaching prophecy.

Becoming a Pathfinder Counselor, Master Guide and Youth Leader, reading the many books of the Spirit of Prophecy is a requisite. I believe Ellen G. White was an inspired writer of the Lord, and that her work stands as a foundational pillar for the children of God for this time. I believe the Seventh-day Adventist Church has lost its high estate because many Elders and Pastors do not ascribe to the writings of Ellen G. White.  Generally when they don’t they also do not know the scriptures as well.

Well then; Why the book “The Mark of the Beast, Revelation 13 Identifying the Beast with the Number and the Mark?” That book clearly seem to be contradicting the many statements of Ellen G. White on the subject the Mark of the Beast. 

In the book SELECTED MESSAGES BOOK 1, PAGE 37 by E. G. White, under the caption No Claim to Infallibility she says, “We have many lessons to learn, and many, many to unlearn. God and heaven alone are infallible. Those who think that they will never have to give up a cherished view, never have occasion to change an opinion, will be disappointed. As long as we hold to our own ideas and opinions with determined persistency, we cannot have the unity for which Christ prayed.—The Review and Herald, July 26, 1892.

In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it; God alone is infallible. His word is true, and in Him is no variableness, or shadow of turning.—Letter 10, 1895.”

We have many, many lessons to unlearn or else we will be disappointed she says. She said, she has never claim infallibility. In none of her writings has she claimed the inability to be wrong. If Ellen G. White was a live today she would have corrected the error as she have done on other subjects.

The premise of a Sunday Law is base in the false interpretation that the first beast of Revelation 13 is the Papacy and that the wounded head of Revelation 13:3 and the wounded beast of Revelation 13:14 are the same event and refers to the same entity. Base on that false foundation it is easy to identify the mark of the Papacy and to find the basis for a Sunday Law.

However sadly, though this has been taught and preached for over one hundred years, the first beast of Revelation 13 is not the Papacy, neither is the wounded head and the wounded beast are the same occurrence. In this case it would be wise to heed the instruction of Ellen G. White when she says we have many, many lessens to unlearn.

Base on scriptural evidence that the first beast of Revelation 13 is not the Papacy, and that the wounded head and the wounded beast are not the same event. That the mark belongs to the two horn beast and no one else. We as Seventh-day Adventist are duty bound to rethink our theology and make the necessary change to be credible and relevant in Biblical end time events.  

Many, many true hearted Christians have already accepted the mark of the beast unbeknownst to them. This is true because they are looking for the mark in the Papacy and a Law for the enforcement of Sunday worship. They have not been taught the mark belongs to the two horn beast and that they must look for the evidence of the mark in the two horn beast. They have accepted the mark of the two horn beast as normal. They do not frown on the mark of the two horn beast because to them it is normal and Sunday Law is not yet enforce. Therefore they are comfortable in the acceptance of the mark of the two horn beast.

The Bible says, “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, 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 14:9, 10.

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Amazing Truth of Revelation 13

To understand the Beast of Revelation 13 you must first understand how the beast of Revelation 13 interact with Daniel 2 & 7. Daniel 2 introduced the Image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel 7 introduced the vision of beast by Daniel. Both these chapters introduced the succession of nations from Babylon to present and also introduced the first beast of Revelation 13. However there is no beast in Daniel representing the first beast of Revelation 13. Yet that beast is represented in both Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 

Synopsis of Daniel 2

  This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Daniel 2:32, 33

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Daniel 2:37 &40 – 43

In Daniel 2:41, Daniel is prophesying that after The Roman Empire, the Legs of Iron, there will be another Kingdom. However this Kingdom will not be an Empire like the four Kingdoms before it. The Kingdom will be a divided Kingdom and they will not cooperate with each other.

In verse 42 Daniel gave the number of the different countries which formed this Divided Kingdom. He said as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. Understand there are ten toes on the feet of a normal human being. So also the Kingdom will be divided into ten countries when it is divided.

In Daniel 7: 2 – 8 Daniel had a vision confirming the vision of Daniel 2. Only this time Beast is used instead of the Image. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth: Daniel 2:17.

 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Here again Daniel is prophesying in verses 7 & 8 of the breakup of the Roman Empire into ten Countries and the rise of the Papal power by removing or destroying three of the original countries that came out of the Roman Empire after it broke up.

To be continued

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What is the Mark of the Beast?

Is it a computer chip under the skin, a tattooed number in the forehead, or something more subtle? The mark of the beast is one of the most misinterpreted prophecies in all of the Bible. Yet it is so important to correctly understand this subject. God have sent warnings about receiving the mark of the beast to mankind because He loves His people and He wants them to know the truth. With eternal death facing those who receive the mark, it is a crime not to deliver this message in its proper context. Before the question what is the mark of the beast can be answered, one must first ask what the beast is.

What is the BEAST? 

John said, “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 13:11, KJV 1960). In Daniel 7:23, beast is defined as a kingdom or sovereign nation and horns as political power. This beast that came from the earth has two horns or two political parties governing at the same time.

The only nation in the world that have two opposing political parties functioning at the same time signifying the two horns of the beast is the United States of America. The Nation (Beast) with the two political parties (two horns) governing at the same time seemingly peaceful is no other than the United States of America. The Word says the beast that came out of the earth has two horns like a lamb.

So what is the Mark of the United States of America?

At this juncture the devil has worked and is working his masterpiece of deception. Revelation 13:11–18 is simply describing the acts of the two-horned beast that came from the earth or the acts of the United States of America. However, the devil has managed to switch this around so nicely that the change is hardly recognizable. He is using the religious Christian world to perpetuate his deception.

The Amalgamated Beast

Many have ascribed the mark to the amalgamated beast of Revelation 13:1. Others have gone on to identify the wounded head of Revelation 13:3. They identify the wounded head correctly. Nevertheless after holding the audience’s attention by identifying the wounded head, they simply turn around and call the wounded head as it were the whole beast.  

The Exportation of Democracy

There is no doubt and neither will anyone argue that the United States of America goes around the world exporting democracy. The Cold War was all about the exportation of the ideology of communism versus democracy. Doubtless communism has lost and democracy has prevailed. Democracy is the mark of the United States of America. Democracy is defined as a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections. Most democracies today are a representative form of democracy involving periodic free elections.

Prevailing Democratic Countries

The propagation of democracy cannot obscure the problems that have appeared in prevailing democratic countries. For many countries who have embraced democracy, democratization has proven to be politically destabilizing and socially demoralizing. All that is wrong with this system of democracy is not clearly known, and neither has it been exhaustively studied to identify its evil. However what is known is that it commands the fury of God.

Rejection

There is a deep sadness in that many saints will reject the foregoing simply on the basis that they point to the beast and his image in another direction for many years and have become comfortable with that theology. This is a deception perpetuated by the evil one to lead the children of God astray.

Do not be Deceived

Do not be deceived; the mark is the mark of the two-horned beast. Therefore everything about the mark must be seen in light of the two-horned beast or the United States of America and no one else. To point to or to look in any other direction is a work perpetuated by the evil one. No doubt the evil one wants the mark of the beast to be seared into the foreheads of mankind and supported with their right hands. If the devil can get the mark of the beast to burn into the forehead, that is all he needs. That person will defend that which he believes with passion. Therefore the Devil provide many alternative Mark of the Beast, which is acceptable by many.

There is no doubt and neither will anyone argue that the United States of America goes around the world exporting democracy. Democracy is the mark of the United States of America. Democracy is the Mark of the Beast.

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It’s a setup

It’s a setup

After the fall of earth to Lucifer, man was promised a redeemer to redeem man from the curse of lawlessness under the code name “SIN.” This lawlessness separate earth from the rest of the universe. When Eve gave birth to her first child she though he was the redeemer so she exclaimed she has gotten a man from the Lord.  “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Genesis 4:1”

The Reminder

To keep man in remembrance of the redeemer God instituted a sacrificial system. This system was to always remind man that the reward for lawlessness (SIN) is death, and that the redeemer will come to redeem them from the curse of this death. God gave the responsibility to perpetuate this reminder to the Patriarch the head of each household. It was the duty of each head of household to bring the family together and perform this ritual to remind them of the redeemer and the penalty for SIN.

The Ceremony

To perform this ceremonial system, the head of the household the Patriarch would take a healthy lamb with no defect, kill and destroy it by fire. By this ceremonial system man was to be reminded that the redeemer must be free from sin, signified as the lamb with no defect. By killing the lamb man was reminded that the penalty for sin is death and that the ultimate end of this death is to be consumed by fire. There were many steps in this ceremonial system. Each step was to bring to remembrance the work of the redeemer.

The Change

In time as men multiplied on the earth either they totally forgot or perverted this ceremony. Therefore God changed the system and gave the responsibility of the head of household the Patriarch to a group of people call the Priest. It was now the responsibility of the Priest to call the nation to the remembrance of the redeemer and perform all the duties of the Patriarch.

Perversion of the Priest

By the time the redeemer came a little over two thousand years ago the Priest had perverted all of the doctrine of the ceremonial system. They instituted their own doctrine to support the perversion. By this time the Roman Empire had occupied their land and they were under occupation. The people look to the Priest for answers and relief from this occupation.

Indoctrinated Lies

Besides the many perversion of the ceremonial system by the Priest, they told the people when the redeemer comes He will derive the Romans out of town and they will be a free people again. They, the Priest indoctrinated this and many other lies into the people. The way the lies were formulated it gave the people hope; false hope but hope. Under the influence of this false hope they look to the coming redeemer to relieve them from this Roman occupation.

When the Redeemer came

By now the people were totally indoctrinated in the doctrine of the Priest. They practiced the perverted doctrine that had been handed down by the Priest for centuries. When the Redeemer came He did not come according to the doctrine of the Priest and the belief of the people. They looked for one to drive their Roman occupiers out of their land. They had forgotten that the work of the redeemer was to redeem man from the curse of lawlessness (SIN) and bring in a right relationship with the Father. They the Priest and the people rejected the redeemer because He did not come according to doctrine handed down for centuries.

Today

Today the Bible tells us about the Mark of the Beast. There are terrible consequences for the receiving of the mark of the beast as quoted in scripture. “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, 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 14:9, 10

Web of Lies

"When a well-packaged web of lies has been gradually sold to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic."

For generations theologians have been selling this futuristic mark of the beast to a present world. The world in which the beast exist and is functioning. To many Christian it is utterly preposterous to conceive that the beast is in existence and has been functioning for over two centuries. Most Christians cannot and will refuse to recognize that the beast has performed all of the signs described by John in Revelation 13:11-18. There are many doctrines perpetuated by theologians and teachers of the word, all clamming to be the correct interpretation of the mark of the beast. These doctrines are embedded in lots of suppositions, the future and uncertainties. Like the people of old these doctrine has been handed down for centuries and the people has accepted them as truth because the doctrine is from the teachers of the word.

Rejection-the Setup

Most Christian denominations teaches against the receiving of the mark of the beast. However most Christians already have the mark of the beast. Like the people of old the mark did not come in the expected manner according to the doctrine handed down for centuries by the teachers of the word. Therefore the people are setup to receive the mark of the beast for the lark of the knowledge of who the beast is and what is his mark. The people of old rejected the Redeemer because He did not come according to the doctrine. So also the people of today is rejecting the truth of the Mark of the Beast because the mark did not come according to doctrine.

  

Awake

Christians awake! The mark of the beast is here and has been here for a long, long time. The practices of many Christian denominations are modeled after the system of the Beast. They have accepted this system of democracy as normal and in no way connected with the mark of the beast. The many Christian doctrines do not give a clear vision as to who the beast is or what is his mark. They all have embedded the mark of the beast to some undetermined time in the future. Therefore it is easy to preach and teach a futuristic Mark of the Beast since you do not have to take any action on the mark of the beast right now since the mark is future. This futuristic mark of the beast doctrine have setup Christians to receive the mark of the beast unbeknownst to them. Christians awake! The mark of the beast is here and has been here for a long, long time. 

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An Unconditional Surrender

The denominations of the Christian Religion has failed and is continuing to fail to connect the unconditional surrender policy of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the passage of scripture of 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,” Most devout Christians have projected Revelation 13:13–14 into the future and are looking for the event in some sort of supernatural way. They cross reference Revelation 13:13, 14 with text like Exodus 7:11 where Pharaoh’s magicians mimic the supernatural phenomenon of Moses. With 1 Kings 18:38 when Elijah prayed to God for fire “Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.”

They also cross reference Revelation 13:13 with Matthew 24: 24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” To continue the support of their theology for good measure they through in Luke 9:54 “And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?”

They use references like Revelation 11:5; 16:14; 19:20 and 20:9 all in an effort to support fire coming down from heaven as a supernatural phenomenon. Yet the Bible clearly states it was the beast that came from the earth, the two horned beast or the Nation of The United States of America that made the fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. Meaning that all parties involve knew what the United States was doing but said not a word. In other words they consented to the acts of the United States of America. America made fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of all the Nations.   

How did America made fire come down from heaven?

Saints of God, understand that these great wonders done by the two-horned beast, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth, are not supernatural acts. Indeed history will attest that America unleashed their B-29 war planes over Japan in 1945 and made fire come down from heaven upon the earth. To bring World War II to an end The United States of America developed the policy of unconditional surrender. To achieve that goal they must devastate Japan. The weapon of choice to accomplish that goal was fire. Before dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Americans burned and destroyed sixty-seven cities in Japan by the use of firebombs from heaven. While America was devastating Japan with firebombs, Europe stood still and said not a word. This silence of the European nations is why John said it was done in their presence. They knew what the Americans were doing in Japan, but everybody remained quiet about it.

Saints of God, understand the nature of this fire from heaven as John sees it. In a vision John was shown the night sky over Tokyo on the nights of March 9 and 10, 1945. Suddenly the sky was lit up as 279 B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs and destroyed 267,000 buildings in Tokyo, Japan’s largest city in one night. Tokyo Fire Department estimated 97,000 were killed and 125,000 wounded all in one night. This flammable bombardment continued for six months, day and night. “And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Revelation 13:13” Never before in world history had such great wonders ever been done. The world was aghast and mystified by the miracles the beast of the earth had power to do in the presence of the sea beast. By this time, Japan was on its knees with an unconditional surrender.

The people of Japan were without hope, broken, and destitute. All they wanted was for the fire to stop. They reached the point where they just stopped fighting. Such fire was unprecedented. Never had it been done before in world history.

Time for Christians to connect history with scripture

It is high time for Christians to move away from this futuristic supernatural fire and look at events that has taken placed with the two horned beast or the United States of America. It appears that Christians are under the assumption that the United States of America can do no wrong. Therefore it must give its power to some other entity to accomplish its mission as stated in scripture. It is time for Christians to connect history with scripture. The interpreters of the word of old could not have understood such a fire done by a nation because it had never been done before. Therefore they saw it as supernatural and interpret it as such. However it is time for Christians to make the connection between history and scripture. They cannot continue with this futuristic supernatural fire and be authentic in their teaching. 

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