Originally posted by EricD
If you believe that observing an improper Sabbath day is a sign of the beast, how do you reconcile that with:

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]


Eric

Easy. Sunday is not one of the HEBREW Sabbath OR holy days
... Never was, never will be.

Get ready for what's just ahead. Over the coming months of 2008, rationing of food, fuel, electricity, heating oil, etc., is all going to have to be purchased with a special I.D. This will be instituted worldwide, because the new germs are going to make havoc on the meat supply as well as the failure of crops this season due to not only drastic weather conditions, but failure of pollination needed for most growers around the globe. Climate change is about to become dramatic as the melting glaciers play a part in Father's work of altering the weather and climate. The worst is yet to come, and is non-preventable by man; the most this dying generation can do is to ration what little will be available. In the nations that are already starving, millions will perish; the World Food Bank is almost depleted, and there will be no relief in re-building the needed staples.

Contagious diseases will kill livestock, humans, and a world already in trouble will finally lose hope. Those that are left after Satan's attempt to reorganize through his efforts as the Anti-Christ will be slain by the holy angels that are poised for attack just outside the Earth's atmosphere. Not a stone will be left upon a stone when the upcoming Southern Storm operation to crush the world rulers and wicked people is completed. The Earth will be changed as tidal waves, volcanoes, massive tornadoes and other acts of nature are released upon this unfaithful generation. Father is moving this world of people to wards all out anarchy as the Wrath grows near for execution of Her vengeance upon those that will be left behind in this world.

Yahweh does not prohibit you from being marked. it is to DENY CHRIST that is the sin. The mark means nothing if you do not deny Christ when you are challenged on that issue. The mark means nothing UNLESS you deny Christ. Just as this Beast prints our money and taxes us, it also lays the foundation for trying to make people deny Christ. The mark is like the money - it will be necessary to have it to function; but other than that, Christ must be confirmed as the Redeemer.

For the mark to be valid, you must be in agreement with the Beast's policy against Christ. And, you must pledge by your hand over your heart that you accept him (the image) as the Savior of Mankind - NOT Christ. It is not about a literal mark. It is about what they can try to force you to openly do before others. It is then that you make your stand for Christ like never before.

Those that do not accept the mind change by the beast (and come to their senses) nor pledge allegiance to the image of the Beast will passover from the death of the impending wrath via the second Rapture. They will be preserved alive in the Kingdom for standing faithful to Christ when the time comes.

[edit on 27-1-2008 by ReginaAdonnaAaron]

Originally posted by The time lord
The beast is a government system, all religions and nations and people will come as one.

I believe this to be a correct thought although I came to it oddly. I was raised in church and turned away from it in disgust over the hypocrisy. One of my sisters recently told me she was born again, shared a fascinating experience, and then told me she was worried for my soul.

I told her that I felt that government and religion have been used to drain man of his essential spirit and that even if I entertained the idea of a religious god, I would think it would have some understanding of how it created me and appreciate its creation. I'm truly free in my heart and mind if not my country of birth, and I think that is the ultimate purpose. If the absence from a true god is the punishment for unbelievers, then it's not truly a punishment. God was already absent from the unbeliever’s life.

Addendum: I believe firmly in the author's commandment love- it's his publisher I question.


[edit on 1/27/2008 by libertarianlady]

Six hundred threescore and six. Is it 666, or is it


600(60)+6=36006?

Possibly a multiplication/addition problem?


However, look up "666" in the enactment of Social Security.......

I thought all you had to do to get to heaven was to believe in God and that Jesus was the son of God. Why does it matter where I get my food? Even if I steal it I am saved because I believe in Jesus as the Son of God.

I strongly believe (don't know why) there will come a day when basic priveledges will be taken away if the mark is not taken. Call me crazy.

Thanks for that BV. It's always nice to get an 'atta boy' once in while. I hope for all of us the bible and nostradumus and the hopis got a hold of some bad shrooms.

Originally posted by jpm1602
This reminds me of God in the box Simpson thing, licking psychodelic frog ooze. I would very much appreciate less demonized secular chatter and a more holistic one. One that does not pervay Christian, Islam, or Freakism as the issue. But the probability that at some point soon, big players are going to want to chip your ass, even if your wiccan. Ain't happening here, not today, not tomorrow, and 'they' are going to have a very serious non compliance from ME!

Do you own any credit cards? GPS devices? A cell phone? We're all being "chipped" to some degree already. So it's a little too late for non-compliance.

Sorry if it's off topic, but it seems the op has no intention of furthering his point, so.......................................what's the point?