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Covid-19 is part of the disasters that precedes the Mark of the Beast
The real cause of Covid-19
He (satan) imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AND DISASTEROUS.” -- Great Controversy, p. 589-590
Spanish flu 1918
Sars 2002
Ebola 2014
1990 Pope John Paul II: "I wish to repeat that the ecological crisis is a moral issue"
1999 Pope John Paull II: "Placing human well-being at the centre of concern for the environment is actually the surest way of safeguarding creation"
2010 Pope Benedict: "The Church has a responsibility towards creation..."
https://bit.ly/2UqRtJX
May 2014
"Safeguard creation" the pope said, "Because if we destory creation, Creation will destroy us. Never forget this!"
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/21/3440075
SUNDAY SET-UP
Laudato Si
"And so the day of rest, centred on the Eucharist, sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us to greater concern for nature and the poor."
Paragraph 237
Covid-19 is a result of
"Nature" 2020
https://bit.ly/3dCe9i3
October 2020
And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils…It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the SUNDAY sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until SUNDAY observance shall be strictly enforced…”
-- Great Controversy, p.590
To understand what is the "mark", you need to identify first who is the "beast"?
The Mark of the beast is either literal or symbolic.
3 Clues
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 13:1
"Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth..."
Daniel 7:23
A beast = a kingdom or country
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Revelation 17:15
The sea (body of waters) = nations, peoples, multitudes of people
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:9
Blasphemy in the Bible is to claim to be holy but in reality you are not. There are two clear examples in the gospels.
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 2:7
Explanation: The scribes claimed blasphemy on Jesus because of His claim to forgive sins which only God can do. Someone didn't know He was God eh!
It is widely known that the Papal Catholic System practices forgiving of sins
https://www.catholic.com/tract/the-forgiveness-of-sins
The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.”
John 10:33
Explanation: Notice here that the Jews claimed blasphemy because Jesus was only a man and claimed to be holy...the Holy God. (Which of course He actually is!)
The pope declared to be the Vicar of Christ which means "In place of Christ on earth". That is blasphemy!
https://bit.ly/3dEejFl
1 more clue
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
In 1798, Papal Rome was wounded when its leader the pope was placed in prison by General Berthier of France.
http://biblelight.net/h-wound.htm
Puzzle: Based on the previous subsections - What country (kingdom) in the world today, makes blasphemous claims, to be holy, a claim to forgive sins and a claim to be God? This same country (kingdom) emerged out of an already populated place (multitudes of people)?
There is one country in the world that fits all the descriptions of Revelation 13.
VATICAN CITY in
ROME
OVERVIEW
Jesus said in the last days there would be divine power given to God's people.
This divine power is known as the Latter Rain
It is also known as the final seal for God's people.
The Latter Rain is the name of a particular 'rain' that was important for agriculture in the Old Testament.
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Deuteronomy 11:14
But, the future latter rain has a Spiritual meaning...
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James 5:7
Latter Rain
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree
Revelation 7:1
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation 7:3
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4:30
Notice, the Holy Spirit ALWAYS brings the Truth to people to believe. (Ephesians 1:13)
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:13
But wait...there's more...
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:13
Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as soon as God's people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has begun already; the judgments of God are now upon the land, to give us warning, that we may know what is coming.
SDA Bible Commentary 4:1161.
Remember, in Revelation 7:1 there was a group of people who were sealed in their foreheads.
This same group is found in Revelation 14. The seal is also called The Father's name.
The Father's name is indicative of His Character. This is the way Hebrew names were attributed in the Bible - the name of the person, indicated their character.
The character of God is best found in His immutable law. The moral law reflects the Father's character.
At the heart of the Father's law/character, is the sign or seal of God. Notice Ezekiel 20:12
Just before the 7 last plagues fall, God's people will be sealed, by the Holy Spirit, through the final truth of the Sabbath.
The Sabbath truth contains the name, title and territory of God. Similiar to how the president of the USA has a seal.
Early Writings, p. 59, Ellen White
Notice - the Latter Rain will take place at the start of the 'Little time of trouble'. However, Ellen White does state, no specific time is revealed. (See below)
This is similar to us knowing the 'season' of Jesus' coming but not the exact day or hour.
The Last Day Events, p. 183