Calvin Cormier
Puritan Board Freshman
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
If it were possible even the very elect would be deceived.
Sir Isaac Newton wrote more on Bible prophecy than on his scientific findings. He said:
“If God was so angry with the Jews for not searching more diligently into the prophecies which He had given them to know Christ by, why should we think He will excuse us for not searching into the prophecies which He hath given us to know Antichrist by?”
Newton had no doubts as to the identity of Antichrist and the Whore of Babylon … that is, the Church of Rome and its pope.
In Newton’s mind, the task of the scholar was to show that biblical prophecies had been fulfilled in historical events. One could know, however, only AFTER the event, and it was not for the student of prophecy to become a prophet … until the event occurred, the prophecies pertaining to it could well remain obscure. This was an important point for Newton … all would become clear in due course.
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
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. (This was literally fulfilled during the papal Inquisition and the “dark ages”).
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. Rev 13:15-16.
The interpretation:
The “mark” is literal and it is visible. Christianity sees it but does not perceive it.
When was the last time you saw a Roman Catholic make the mark of the cross with his left hand? This sign, always made with the right hand, identifies the papal beast and his followers.
With his RIGHT hand the Roman Catholic priest places the mark upon the forehead of its infants at baptism, and when the wood fires are burnt on Ash Wednesday, he uses the ashes to place the mark on the forehead of the adult followers of the beast.
WHERE WERE THE WATCHMEN ON THE WALL?
The Reformation saints and martyrs had warned us about the errors of Romanism … were Christians deaf … or were they deceived? If it were possible even the very elect would be deceived.
Let no man deceive you by any means; for (that day shall not come) except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
Who opposeth and exaltheth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God … and now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed IN HIS TIME …And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2 Thess 2.
It is a well documented fact that more than a few popes have claimed to be “God On Earth”. Just as each pope today claims to be the
Vicar Of Christ … “in place of Christ” … “instead of Christ”.
According to the Council of Trent, the Church of Rome states that this mark is alleged to be indelible, given through the sign of the cross on the subject’s forehead by the right hand of the priest or bishop.
Coincidence or prophecy fulfilled?
Current alternatives … a bar code? a computer chip? I think not.
Students of prophecy, consider what the saints and martyrs of the Reformation had to say about the papacy and the religion of Rome.
Rand Winburn Protestant Reformation Publisher, asked the following:
“My question to the sincere Roman Catholic readership of this message board is, What other religious organization on the face of planet earth utilizes, as a fundamental part of its religious rites and observances, a self-professed indelible MARK on the soul given in the forehead by the right hand of the priest?”
To God Be The Glory For Great Things He Hath Done.
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If it were possible even the very elect would be deceived.
Sir Isaac Newton wrote more on Bible prophecy than on his scientific findings. He said:
“If God was so angry with the Jews for not searching more diligently into the prophecies which He had given them to know Christ by, why should we think He will excuse us for not searching into the prophecies which He hath given us to know Antichrist by?”
Newton had no doubts as to the identity of Antichrist and the Whore of Babylon … that is, the Church of Rome and its pope.
In Newton’s mind, the task of the scholar was to show that biblical prophecies had been fulfilled in historical events. One could know, however, only AFTER the event, and it was not for the student of prophecy to become a prophet … until the event occurred, the prophecies pertaining to it could well remain obscure. This was an important point for Newton … all would become clear in due course.
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
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. (This was literally fulfilled during the papal Inquisition and the “dark ages”).
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. Rev 13:15-16.
The interpretation:
The “mark” is literal and it is visible. Christianity sees it but does not perceive it.
When was the last time you saw a Roman Catholic make the mark of the cross with his left hand? This sign, always made with the right hand, identifies the papal beast and his followers.
With his RIGHT hand the Roman Catholic priest places the mark upon the forehead of its infants at baptism, and when the wood fires are burnt on Ash Wednesday, he uses the ashes to place the mark on the forehead of the adult followers of the beast.
WHERE WERE THE WATCHMEN ON THE WALL?
The Reformation saints and martyrs had warned us about the errors of Romanism … were Christians deaf … or were they deceived? If it were possible even the very elect would be deceived.
Let no man deceive you by any means; for (that day shall not come) except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
Who opposeth and exaltheth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God … and now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed IN HIS TIME …And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2 Thess 2.
It is a well documented fact that more than a few popes have claimed to be “God On Earth”. Just as each pope today claims to be the
Vicar Of Christ … “in place of Christ” … “instead of Christ”.
According to the Council of Trent, the Church of Rome states that this mark is alleged to be indelible, given through the sign of the cross on the subject’s forehead by the right hand of the priest or bishop.
Coincidence or prophecy fulfilled?
Current alternatives … a bar code? a computer chip? I think not.
Students of prophecy, consider what the saints and martyrs of the Reformation had to say about the papacy and the religion of Rome.
Rand Winburn Protestant Reformation Publisher, asked the following:
“My question to the sincere Roman Catholic readership of this message board is, What other religious organization on the face of planet earth utilizes, as a fundamental part of its religious rites and observances, a self-professed indelible MARK on the soul given in the forehead by the right hand of the priest?”
To God Be The Glory For Great Things He Hath Done.
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