Mark of the Beast

Another beast rises up to exercise, during the great time of trouble, the mark of the beast upon the world. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Revelation 13:11 Since waters in prophecy = populations, then land must represent an area of small population. And had the gentle appearance of a lamb with its horns, but spoke like a dragon. Sounds like the only power on earth that fits that, and would have the power of influence to accomplish it, would be the USA. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Revelation 13:12,13 So this takes place after 1798 sometime, for the beast had his "deadly wound" healed. What nation made what appears to look like fire comming down from heaven? The U.S. at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the future, when this takes place, they will impose a death penalty. 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. Revelation 13:15 Now-for the Mark of the Beast- 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: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:16-18 Those who have it in their hands go along so as to be able to buy and sell. Those who have it in their foreheads actually believe in it. And what is it? Ezekiel parallels and compliments Revelation. In both, they talk of the end. They both talk of a remnant, Gog (as a name for Lucifer) the same amount of plagues at the end, etc. But the difference is, and here is where they compliment each other, Ezekiel tells of the Mark of God's people who are spared. And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.Ezekiel 9:4 Revelation tells of the Mark of the Beast. The opposite. So what is the seal of God's people at the end of time? Why was God upset with His people in Ezekiel? Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ezekiel 22:26 They keep not His Law. Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. Ezekiel 20:12 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. Ezekiel 20:20 After the end- And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah. Isaiah 66:22 (YLT) The Sabbath is still important. Its the only Commandment that identifies His power as God-Creator of the heavens and earth. So the Mark of the Beast must be some sort of mandated Sunday observance in the last days. When things are so bad, the people turn to a spiritual leader who tells them what to do-keep Sunday to appease God. (THE MARK OF THE BEAST is NOT in effect today-those who currently go along with the institution of Sunday in place of Sabbath DO NOT have the Mark of the Beast. It is only at the end when its mandated by Law-and all have to then make a choice). As in Ezekiel, where God is angry with the people for not keeping His Commandments, in Revelation, the remnant are identified as those who keep His Commandments in the end - Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14 Interesting in Ezekiel that one of the abominations that Ezekiel sees, as he peaks into the Temple, are men worshipping the sun!! ...at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Ezekiel 8:16 As a sidenote-we learn in Ezekiel that the reason for the plagues at the end (like in Revelation) is to restrain the wicked from totally destroying the remnant. Ezekiel and Revelation should be read together.