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How to Give Bible Readings
The Seal of God and the Mark
of the Beast
1. W H A T is God's attitude toward believers? 2 Tim. 2:19;
Eze. 9:3, 4.
2. How is t h i s m a r k described in Revelation 1 4 : 1 ; 22:3, 4.
—Name stand s for character.
3. W h e n was the sealing message to be given? Rev. 7:1-3.
14:9-14. How a r e God's people sealed? E p h . 4:30.
4. W h a t constitutes God's seal? Eze. 20:20; Ex. 31:13, 17.
("Sign" and "seal" mean the same. See Rom. 4:11.)
5. Of w h a t is t h e Sabbath a memorial?—Creation (Ex .
20:8-11); redemption (Eze. 20:12; E p h . 2:10; P s .
51: 10).
6. W h a t a r e the three essential p a r t s of an official seal?—
(1) N a m e of t h e lawgiver; (2) h i s official t i t l e ; a n d
(3) t h e t e r r i t o ry under his jurisdiction.
7. W h e r e is God's seal found? Ex. 20:8-11. ( See illustration on back.)
8. W h a t m a r k will those have who do not h a v e God's seal?
Rev. 13:16, 17.
9. W h a t is the m a r k of the beast?—The counterfeit of
God's seal.
"Ques.—How prove you t h a t the church h a t h power
to command feasts and holy days?
"Ans.—By t h e very act of changing the Sabbath into
Sunday, which P r o t e s t a n t s allow of."—"An Abridgment of Christian Doctrine," Rev. Henry
Tuberville, D. D., p. 58. Notes 1-3.
10. How m a n y will worship t h e beast? Rev. 13:7, 8.
11. W h a t will be their fate? Rev. 14:9-11; 1 6 : 1, 2, 10, 11.
12. W h a t will be the experience of God's faithful people?
Rev. 12:17; 14:12; 15:1-3; 22:14.
13. W h a t comforting assurance does God give those who det e r m i n e to obey Him? Isa. 41:10, 13; Ps. 37:23-25,
31-34.
Brief Bible Readings for Busy People—No. 20
Notes on R e a d i n g No. 20
NOTE 1.—"They [the Catholics] allege the Sabbath changed into Sunday, the Lord's
day, contrary to the decalogue, as it appears; neither is there any example more boasted
of than the changing of the Sabbath day. Great, say they, is the power and authority of
the church, since it dispensed with one of the ten commandments."—Augsburg Confession, Art. XXVIII; in "Bible Readings for the Home Circle," p. 440.
NOTE 2.—"You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find
a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify."—Cardinal Gibbons, in
"The Faith of Our Fathers," p. 111.
NOTE 3.—"Sunday is a Catholic institution, and its claims to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. . . . From beginning to end of Scripture there is not
a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of
the week to the first."—Catholic Press, Aug. 25, 1900.
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