Marie wrote on Mar 10
th, 2006 at 11:43am:
That site is total BS. It was put together by the Seventh Day Adventists to promote their totally skewed version of the end times. Here's a sample of their absurdity, gleaned from that site.
Quote:15. How then can I avoid receiving the mark of the beast?
This is the most important question. God, in His infinite love, has warned us not to worship the beast and thereby receive his mark. Those receiving the mark of the beast "shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture [without mercy] into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone...who worship the beast [honor papacy through Sunday observance] and his image [USA enforcing Sunday observance], and whosever receiveth the mark of his name" Rev. 14:10, 11.
These are very solemn words from God. His wrath is in proportion to the offense. By honoring, Sunday, originated by Satan through the papacy, you are preparing to receive the mark of the beast. Satan wants to deceive as many as he can into honoring this counterfeit day. To perfect his deception, he chose Sunday, the day of Christ's resurrection knowing that most people would believe that Sunday observance is more appropriate than Saturday, since it honors the resurrection of Christ. But the only way not to receive the mark of the beast is to refuse honoring a day that was not chosen of God. The only day which God has ordained as holy is Saturday Sabbath and by honoring it you will receive the "the seal of the living God" Rev. 7:2.
In other words, they think you're going to Hell if you go to church on Sunday. What a total crock.
God doesn't care
when you assemble, only that you
do assemble.
Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. –Matthew 18:20
If your church assembles at 2:30am on a bleary Tuesday morning, that assembly is just as relevant as one that assembles at 12:00pm on a bright Sunday afternoon, or 7:00pm on a Saturday evening.
I could go on and on about why we assemble on a Sunday, and why the Mark of the Beast is a literal, physical, visible symbol on the forehead and/or hand, but I think I'd be preaching to the choir. Total BS.
What really upsets me about this is the great lengths the Seventh Day Adventists go to in concealing their identity. This website, from what I can see, does not mention their name at all. The doctrine, however, is
very distinctly 7DA, just as polygamy is distinctly Mormon. I got a letter in the mail from the 7DA advertising an "end times conference" (did I show this to you, Stewie?) that sounded really fantastic, until I started researching the speaker.
Total crackpot. Nowhere on the letter was the name of the church mentioned, outside of the "address" the seminar was being held at.
Why the subterfuge? What are they afraid of? Why would you have to hide from the title of your church?
-b0b
(...knows the answer.)