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There is a signature of control: The MARK is Real; the Warning is Clear; You need to Know it! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MARK THE MARK OF THE BEASTWho will receive it? How can it be avoided?
CONTENTS PART ONE
1. DANIEL
7
2.
REVELATION
12
3.
REVELATION
13:
Time and the Mark
4.
REVELATION
14 PART TWO
A
CRISIS IS FACING Us. It is one of the most serious in all history.
Ecological disasters, international events, technological warfare,—all
are speaking to us. They seem to be focusing on something terrible that
is just ahead of us all. We are rapidly nearing a global catastrophe
greater than any before experienced in the history of mankind. YET
THERE ARE FEW WHO REALIZE THE EXACT NATURE OF THAT CRISIS, or the reasons
why our planet is so quickly hurtling toward it. But
we are not left alone at a time like this. We need not be ignorant of what
is ahead—or what to personally do about it. The God of heaven—our
heavenly Father—has provided information we need. Bible prophecy
explains the issues in this crisis. In our time — in these last days —
it is to take place,—and it will culminate in the giving of a mark,—a
Mark that will identify men with the Beast. WHAT
IS THAT MARK? HOW WILL IT BE RECEIVED? HOW CAN IT BE AVOIDED? In the book you are about to read, Bible prophecy and historical fact will combine to open before you the truth about this crisis of the Mark. Two of
the most important prophetic books in the Bible are Daniel and the
Revelation. God's voice is speaking to men today through those books. We
need to listen to their message, for we will find as we read them, that
they are pointing us directly to events just ahead of us. The
book of Daniel explains many aspects of this crisis; Revelation gives
still more. These two books are closely connected. And the most solemn
of their warnings are to be found in certain chapters that we are now to
examine. There
are two startling facts of Bible prophecy: First, that God can predict the
future. Second, that He tells us that a terrible crisis is just ahead of
us today. The
great apostasy that is soon to reach its climax had already begun to
develop in the days of the apostles. And this apostasy was to result in
erasing important Bible truths from men's minds for centuries. Paul
wrote: "The mystery of iniquity doth already work." 2
Thessalonians 2:7. Elsewhere he declared: "I know this, that after my
departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw
away disciples after them." Acts 20:29—30. The
antichrist who was to bring on the crisis of the Mark at the end of time,
began growing into power back in those early days. Paul told us that this
departure from the faith was to deepen and become immense. A great
"falling away," or apostasy, would ultimately result in “that
man of sin” "the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as
God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." 2
Thessalonians 2:34. And the apostle John tells us more: "This is the
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even
now already is it in the world. " 1 John 4:3. The
centuries that followed brought an exact fulfillment of these Scriptures.
By the determined efforts of half-converted pagans, truth was turned
into error, and apostasy gained control of the leadership positions of
Christianity. On
the next page begins the first of several key Bible prophecies that
overlap and dovetail together. They sweep through the centuries — bring
us down to our own time in history — and unveil before our startled
eyes the basic issues facing us today. THIS
IS A SHORT BOOK — IT CONTAINS INFORMATION YOU NEED JUST NOW — TAKE
TIME TO READ IT —NOW — YOU WILL BE THANKFUL YOU DID. |
