Christians, especially Protestants, and among them, the Seventh-Day Adventists in particular, enjoy to talk about the mark of the Beast; and with fantastic definitions, that only make a ridiculous picture of themselves. Then, they charge each other with the potential to
get the mark of the Beast. They think of almost everything but the real thing, which is given by the NT itself.
The mark of the Beast appears in conjunction with the Antichrist. Morphologically, the term Antichrist is composed of two words:
Anti and Christ. Anti means to stand against or to contradict. Christ means what Christians believe Jesus was. So, what stands against
Christ is only obvious that it means the Antichrist.
According to Matthew 5:17, Jesus declared that he had not come to abolish the Jewish laws. Then, 30 years later, Paul came and said
that what Jesus said was not true, but rather that the Jewish laws were abolished on the cross. (Ephe. 2:15)
As we can see, Paul stood against what Jesus said by contradicting his words about his purpose regarding the Jewish laws. If Jesus was
indeed Christ, as Christians believe he was, it's only obvious that Paul acted as the Antichrist.
Now, where did Paul say the Jewish laws were abolished? On the cross. And what did the cross mean to him? "God forbid," he said, "that I should glory in anything save in the cross." The cross meant the glory of Paul. (Gal. 6:14)
Now, we have the mark of the Beast: The cross, a symbol of shame and a curse to the Anointed of the Lord, who, in the words of Habakkuk 3:13, is the People of Israel, the Jewish People.
Now, your comments are welcome.
Ben :yes:
Ben Masada,
Every time I read one of your posts I am amazed that a person who obviously knows so little about Christianity, would write so much falsehood without making sure of what you write.
Consider what is said at Prov 2:1-9. In verse 4 we are told that we must search for understanding as we search for treasures. You seem to have no cognizance of nuances.
There are no contradictions in God's word, so when a scripture SEEMS to be at varience, we need to search how we can conflate these scriptures. All scriptures are related to all other scripture, so they either modify, or complement each other.
There is NOTHING in Paul's writings that disagree with anything that Jesus said.
Jesus said that he came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it, Matt 5:17. At Jesus' death all the things in the law that pertained to Jesus was fulfilled. This made the Mosaic Law Covenant OBSOLETE, Heb 8:13. The Mosaic Law Covenant was SUPERCEDED by the NEW COVENANT that Jesus instituted on the night before his death, Luke 22:14-20. As Paul explains, this covenant is superior to the covenant that Moses instituted, because this NEW COVENANT was based on the blood of God's own son, Jesus, and not on the blood of goats and bulls as the Mosaic Covenant was, Heb 8:1-13, 9:13-24.
It seems to me that you do not believe your own Hebrew Scriptures. Have you never read Jere 31:31-34. Here that scriptures say that the Mosaic Law Covenant was just an interim Covenant, it was not to last forever. It was to be replaced by a NEW COVENANT!! Jesus instituted that NEW COVENANT on the night before he gave his life as the Lamb of God that took away the sins of all who would have faith in his RANSOM SACRIFICE. Paul was quoting from Jeremiah 31:31-34, about that New Covenant at Heb 10:11-18. John recorded that, one of the last things that Jesus said before he died was; It has been accomplished, meaning that he had fulfilled all the things written about him in the law, Luke 24:27. Then that Mosaic Law Covenant was, figuratively, nailed to the STAKE with Jesus and done away with, Acts 2:23, Col 2:13,14.
Over and over the Holy Scriptures tell us that Jesus died to release us from the Mosaic Law Covenant because the Law CONDEMNED to death everyone under it, because NO ONE could obey it perfectly, 2Cor 3:6,7, Acts 15:10, Gal 3:10-14, Rom 7:6, 9:1-8. Since it was not possible for the blood of goats and bulls to provide forgiveness for sins COMPLETELY, we need that New Covenant that depends on the blood of Jesus, Heb 7:11,12,18,19,24,25, 10:11.
Any person who will not listen to the Holy Scriptures has no chance to live in the Paradise of the near future, Heb 10:28-31, 2:2-4.
The Almighty God, JEHOVAH, has given ONE name by which ALL men MUST get saved, Acts 4:12. ONLY through Jesus can we be forgiven of our sins, and be declared righteous, Gal 2:15,16, Acts 13:38,39.
