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The "Sunday law" is interpreted as the meaning of the "mark of the beast" described in Revelation 13:16–17. [36] [37] In contrast to those who choose to obey the "Sunday law," and therefore receive the "mark of the beast," people who observe the seventh-day Sabbath will receive the "Seal of God" (mentioned in Revelation 7:2ff.). [38]
"Those who reject God's memorial of creatorship—the Bible Sabbath—choosing to worship and honor Sunday in the full knowledge that it is not God's appointed day of worship, will receive the 'mark of the beast'." [74] "The Sunday Sabbath is purely a child of the Papacy. It is the mark of the beast."
Bates stated while examining Revelation 14:9-12, "that the first day of the week for the Sabbath or holy day is a mark of the beast [?]" Only two groups would be alive on earth in the end times-those who hav the mark of the beast and those who keep the commandments of God, including the seventh-day Sabbath. [58]
The third angel's message is based on the idea that the "Seal of God" (Revelation 7:2) is the Sabbath commandment of the decalogue. Therefore, the "mark of the beast" is the opposite, or the keeping of Sunday as the Sabbath. Hence the close of the message, "here are they that keep the commandments of God."
Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, [1] Seventh Day Baptist, [2] Church of God (Seventh-Day), [3] some other sabbatarian denominations, usually comprising a song service and Bible study lesson on the Sabbath. It is usually held before the church service on Saturday morning, but this may vary.
The "image of the beast" represents Protestant churches who form an alliance with the Papacy, and the "mark of the beast" refers to a future universal Sunday law. [69] Both Adventists and classical historicists view the Great whore of Babylon , in Revelation 17–18, as Roman Catholicism .
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen. G. White. As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction.
Roswell Fenner Cottrell (January 17, 1814 – March 22, 1892) was a preacher, counselor, writer, hymnist and poet who came from a family of Seventh Day Baptists.He was the son of John Cottrell (1774–1857) and Mary Polly Stillman (1779–1852) [4] After joining the sabbatarian Adventists who eventually organized the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he became one of their leading advocates.