18. What does the prophet say the two -horned -beast power will attempt to enforce upon all the
people?
Answer
"And he causes 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: 16.
NOTES - This mark is the mark of the beast, or the false Sabbath. See Rev. 14:9,10, and readings
on pages 138, 141. God's seal, or mark, is set in the forehead (Rev. 7:3; 14:1), the seat of the mind, the
Lord accepting only the worship of conviction and conscience. The mark of the beast, however, is said to
be received in the hand or forehead. Some are deceived and give assent to the false teaching with their
minds, receiving the mark in the forehead; others, coerced or indifferent, give formal, outward consent, and
so receive the mark in the hand.
Let the reader note this twofold aspect of the Sunday Sabbath, as expressed by one of the most
ardent and active Sunday-law advocates in the United States: "We, the Sabbath Union, W.C.T.U., all the
churches, and the Y.M.C.A., are laboring with all our might to carry the religious Sabbath with our right
arm, and the civil Sabbath with our left. Hundreds of thousands will receive it as a religious institution, and
all the rest will receive it as a civil institution, and thus we will sweep in the whole nation."-Rev. W. F.
Crafts, in Sunday Union Convention, Wichita, Kansas, September 20, 1889.
What is the last book of the Bible called?
By what other terms are these covenants designated?
To what did the ordinances pertain that were thus abolished?
6. What occurred at the time of the crucifixion which indicated that the typical system had been taken away by Christ?
What was Paul's manner respecting the Sabbath?
What was already at work in the church in Paul's day?
What does He say He will bring with Him when He comes?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle