Featured The Mark of the Beast, the Name of the Beast or the Number of its Name, and 666

This study goes over what the mark of the beast is in its two forms, the "name of the beast" and the "number of its name", and what it means to receive the mark on the forehead or the right hand. Also explains what 666 means. The study can be found in English here The Mark of the Beast, the Name of the Beast or the Number of its Name, and 666 | Wisdom of God or in Spanish here La Marca de la Bestia, el Nombre de la Bestia o el Número de su Nombre, y 666 | Sabiduria de Dios , let us begin a discussion on this matter here.

 

The disciples of Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath by picking up grain,

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. (Matthew 12:1 [NIV])

In the same manner that this man broke the Sabbath and was subsequently put to death,

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day... Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp." (Numbers 15:32-25 [NIV])

So obviously the mark of God is not keeping the Sabbath, but rather, the mark of God IS the holy spirit, as it is said,

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, (Ephesians 1:13 [NIV])

 

No, they transgressed against the command of the Sabbath, for even Jesus Christ alluded to the transgression,

He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread--which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? (Matthew 12:4-5 [NIV])

And this is because the weekly Sabbath is but a foreshadow of the true Sabbath, which the the millennial Sabbath, the last thousand years of his heaven and earth, wherein the chosen will fulfill the Sabbath by living in the time of the thousand year rulership of Jesus Christ on the earth.

Your understanding of the Sabbath is skewed, and you try to enforce an observance of the weekly Sabbath, that you likely do not even obey in accordance to how it must be observed in accordance to the Torah, such as not picking up sticks, nor even lighting a fire. Tell me, do you turn on the lights in your home? Do you turn on your car and drive? Do you pump gas on the Sabbath? Do you grocery shop on the Sabbath? I certainly hope not, for if by your lesser faith you believe you must observe the weekly Sabbath, then you are in fact sinning by breaking it by not observing in the manner it must actually be observed in accordance to the Law. But us, who are of greater belief than you, know what the weekly Sabbath foreshadows, and that doing work, or no work on the weekly Sabbath is not a sin against God.

There exists a good study on this very matter here The True Sabbath and the Millennial Rest Foreshadowed | Wisdom of God .

 

Apparently you have not read the writings of my fellow and beloved brother Paul, and he wrote,

Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. (Romans 14:1-6 [NIV])

Now, if you are persuaded that you must observe the Sabbath, since your belief is lesser, then do so, but be sure to observe it exactly as mandated by Law, and in its proper time (not Sunday, but Friday around 6pm to Saturday around 6pm), AND, do not judge those who are of greater belief that are convinced that they do not need to observe the Sabbath, otherwise you yourself will be found guilty of sin for passing on judgment upon someone whom the Lord has accepted and deems innocent.

 

The Law is not eternal, it is aeonial. For even Jesus Christ spoke, "UNTIL heaven and earth vanishes away, not one jot or one title of the Law will fall...". In which case, once this heaven and earth vanishes, then the Law will also vanish, for you cannot have a Law of death in a new heaven and new earth where death will no longer exist. As such, the Law has indeed NOT been abolished YET, so EVERY single command of the Law must still be obeyed. Yet in this Law, there exists commands that are SHADOWS, which are fulfilled by observing the realities each foreshadowed, in the NEW COVENANT,

1. Passover lamb requirement = Jesus Christ as the reality of the passover lamb.
2. Festival of Unleavened Bread = reality to put away sin.
3. Festival of First Fruits = reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
4. Festival of Weeks (Pentecost) = reality of the giving forth of the holy spirit.
5. Festival of Trumpets = reality of the second coming of Jesus Christ with the sound of trumpets.
6. Day of Atonement = reality of the gathering of the elect from all over the world.
7. Festival of Booths = reality of the time the elect will begin to live in the encampment that will exist in Israel for them.
8. Seventh Day Sabbath = reality of the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ that corresponds with the last thousand years of the full seven thousand years for this heaven and earth to exist.
9 Circumcision of the flesh = reality of the circumcision of the heart to discard your sinful nature (foreskin of the heart), and free you from sin.
10. Abstinence from foods = reality to not yoke together with unbelievers, for the behaviors of unclean animals symbolize the behaviors of ungodly men.

Clearly you do not understand shadow command if you are still telling others that they are obligated to observe certain commands of the Law (such as the Sabbath) that have already been identified as shadows by Jesus Christ and the apostles.

 

This is not "a backwards message", this is what the apostles taught, hence,

Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come;the reality, however, is found in Christ. (Colossians 2:16-17 [NIV])

If righteousness were achieved by observing festivals and Sabbaths, then I would be right there with you, but that simply isn't so. You are a modern day Judaizer. Why the Law Is Not Abolished, Yet Circumcision, Festivals, Sacrifices, Sabbaths, Foods Are No Longer Observed | Wisdom of God

 

Thats absurd, tell me, is there "a way", aka "how", to eat or not to eat pork? Either you eat pork, or you don't. Paul was clearly speaking of NOT observing these commands, "do not let anyone judge what you eat", to mean do not let anyone judge you if you eat pork (for example).

 

The observation of these commands in the literal manner they were given BECAME the teachings of men, hence why Jesus Christ said, "it is not what goes inside a man that makes him unclean, but what comes out of him". Tell me, do you sacrifice a lamb on the Passover even though the Passover lamb has already been sacrificed? Have you put away all sin to fulfill the Festival of Unleavened bread? Do you pitch a tent to observe the Festival of Tabernacles?

 

I never said the Law was abolished, I said that the manner that shadow is observed has changed in the new covenant, and that each of the festivals are fulfilled in realities found in Jesus Christ. Do you understand that Jesus Christ was the true Passover lamb?

 

But you yourself stated,

So clearly you are not observing the Passover as was mandated by the Law, even though you are observing Sukkot. Are you aware that the Law even mandates those who are far away on a journey, or even unclean, that they must still observe the Passover?

"Tell the Israelites: 'When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the LORD's Passover, (Numbers 9:10 [NIV])

So it has nothing to do with the existence of the temple or not, or whether you are near the temple or not, you must kill a lamb and eat it as commanded, otherwise you are in sin, because you yourself still believe that these commands must still be observed. However, we who are of greater belief, know that the Passover lamb has already been sacrificed,

Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch--as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. (1 Corinthians 5:7 [NIV])