Jesus Revealed in Doctrine VICTORY OVER THE BEAST
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image. Rev. 15:2.
There are eight distinguishing marks to identify the beast spoken of in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. This beast gets his authority from pagan Rome. This beast blasphemes against God. It has political strength. It makes war on God's people, is a persecuting power. It rules for 1,260 years. It receives a deadly wound at the end of that time. It has a number that is applied to it, 666. And it has a mark that people can receive in either their foreheads or their right hands.
God has something that you can receive in your forehead--called the seal of God. But the mark of the beast can be received in either the forehead of the hand. You are aware that the book of Revelation is full of symbols. Symbolically, then, when something is received in the forehead, what would it refer to? That someone will come along with a branding iron and press it into your forehead? No, the suggestion is that you will receive it in your mind. It will be received intelligently by your reason and judgment. If you have the name of God, the seal of God, in your forehead, it means that it has entered into your mind, your thinking, your decisions.
What would the right hand signify? Work, action, activity. When you receive God's seal, it has to be in the forehead. But the mark of the beast can be either in the forehead or the hand. People are evidently going to accept the mark of the beast either in their thinking or simply through external pressure, outward compliance. God is interested only in intelligent worship. He looks on the inside--out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. The seat of worship to God is in the mind, not just actions.
What does a seal consist of? A seal of any government has at least three things. The name of the ruler, his title, and the territory over which he rules. The seal of God is found in the Sabbath commandment. It is the Sabbath of the Lord. The Lord made heaven and earth--He is our Creator. There's His title. And how much did He create? His territory includes heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is. Because His is our Creator and Redeemer, He is the One we are to worship.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image. Rev. 15:2.
There are eight distinguishing marks to identify the beast spoken of in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. This beast gets his authority from pagan Rome. This beast blasphemes against God. It has political strength. It makes war on God's people, is a persecuting power. It rules for 1,260 years. It receives a deadly wound at the end of that time. It has a number that is applied to it, 666. And it has a mark that people can receive in either their foreheads or their right hands.
God has something that you can receive in your forehead--called the seal of God. But the mark of the beast can be received in either the forehead of the hand. You are aware that the book of Revelation is full of symbols. Symbolically, then, when something is received in the forehead, what would it refer to? That someone will come along with a branding iron and press it into your forehead? No, the suggestion is that you will receive it in your mind. It will be received intelligently by your reason and judgment. If you have the name of God, the seal of God, in your forehead, it means that it has entered into your mind, your thinking, your decisions.
What would the right hand signify? Work, action, activity. When you receive God's seal, it has to be in the forehead. But the mark of the beast can be either in the forehead or the hand. People are evidently going to accept the mark of the beast either in their thinking or simply through external pressure, outward compliance. God is interested only in intelligent worship. He looks on the inside--out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. The seat of worship to God is in the mind, not just actions.
What does a seal consist of? A seal of any government has at least three things. The name of the ruler, his title, and the territory over which he rules. The seal of God is found in the Sabbath commandment. It is the Sabbath of the Lord. The Lord made heaven and earth--He is our Creator. There's His title. And how much did He create? His territory includes heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is. Because His is our Creator and Redeemer, He is the One we are to worship.
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