Q. What is Sunday, or the Lord's Day in general?
A. It is a day dedicated by the Apostles to the honour of the most holy Trinity, and in memory that Christ our Lord arose from the dead upon Sunday, sent down the holy Ghost on a Sunday, &c. and therefore is called the Lord's Day. It is also called Sunday from the old Roman denomination of Dies Solis, the day of the sun, to which it was sacred.
Source: The Douay Catechism, (An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine) of 1649, by Henry Tuberville, D.D., published by P. J. Kenedy, Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, 5 Barclay Street, New York, approved and recommended for his diocese by the Right Rev. Benedict, Bishop of Boston, April 24th, 1833, page 143.
All Sunday laws INCLUDE STRICT OBSERVANCE OF THE TRINITY...
The law of Maryland (October, 1723), relative to Sunday was then as follows:—
AN ACT TO PUNISH BLAMSPHEMERS, SWEARERS, DRUNKARDS, AND SABBATH BREAKERS, AND FOR REPEALING THE LAWS HERETOFORE MADE FOR THE PUNISHING SUCH OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the right honorable the lord proprietor, by and with the advice and consent of his lordship’s governor, and the upper and lower houses of assembly, and the authority of the same, That if any persons shall hereafter, within this province, wittingly, maliciously, and advisedly, by writing or speaking, blaspheme or curse God, or deny our Saviour Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, or shall deny the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, or the Godhead of any of the three persons, or the unity of the Godhead, or shall utter any profane words concerning the Holy Trinity, or any of the persons thereof, and shall be thereof convict by verdict, or confession, shall, for the first offence, be bored through the tongue and fined twenty pounds sterling to the lord proprietor to be applied to the use of the county where the offence shall be committed, to be levied on the offender’s body, goods and chattels, lands or tenements, and in case the said fine cannot be levied, the offender to suffer six months’ imprisonment without bail or mainprise; and that for the second offence, the offender being thereof convict as aforesaid, shall be stigmatized by burning in the forehead with the letter B and fined forty pounds sterling to the lord proprietor, to be applied and levied as aforesaid, and in case the same cannot be levied, the offender shall suffer twelve months’ imprisonment without bail or mainprise; and that for the third offence, the offender being convict as aforesaid, shall suffer death without the benefit of the clergy. AMS February 13, 1890, p. 49.6
Often times in the Church we are told that the Mark of the Beast is Sunday sacredness, however it is never told the congregants that Sunday sacredness is inherently connected with the trinity god. The proof is in the statement by the very caretakers of this Mystery doctrine, the Roman Catholic Church. They admit that they keep Sunday sacred in honour of The most holy Trinity per the above statement made in 1833 by the Right Rev. Benedict, Bishop of Boston.
The Catholic Church isn't the only one that keeps Sunday in honour of The trinity doctrine, look at the above Sunday law in Maryland circa 1723. It was Protestants that came up with this legislation. Not only is this Sunday used to enforce the First day Sabbath but also adherence to the trinity god. You were not allowed to write or speak against the trinity in regards to any of the three persons Godhead or unity of the three person Godhead. Violation of this Sunday Sabbath/Trinity law was punishable by death on the third offence. The first two offences brought on harsh physical punishments and prison if unable to pay the associated monetary fines. Noteworthy in regards to the second offence, is the burning of the letter "B" on the forehead of someone who blasphemed the Holy Trinity. The "B" stood for "Blasphemer".
Protestants followed in their mother's (Rome) footsteps in persecuting those who violated the false Sunday Sabbath and who rejected the trinity doctrine.
While Protestants try to claim the Trinity is not a Catholic doctrine, the Catholic Church says otherwise.
"The mystery of the Trinity is the central doctrine of the Catholic Faith. Upon it are based all the other teachings of the church..." Handbook for Today's Catholic, p. 11.
There it is, out of the Whore's mouth. The "mystery" of the Trinity is Catholic Church's central doctrine and it is the foundation of all their other teachings. The Trinity is the foundation of Sunday sacredness which the Catholic Church admits as noted earlier. This doctrine also is the foundation of the natural immortality of the soul, the pagan holidays of the Catholic Church and the list goes on. Many bible students acknowledge that the Mother of Harlots is the Roman Catholic Church, however they miss or choose to ignore that this Whore's god is a Mystery god as clearly stated in scripture:
Revelation 17:5 (KJV)
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
Protestants and Catholics alike describe their trinity god as the "Mystery of the Trinity". Can you believe this? It's right in front of their face. For Seventh-day Adventists to denounce The Catholic Church as Mystery Babylon yet worship a god that they freely say is a "Mystery god" is irony at it's best and worst. Not only do Seventh-day Adventists do this but also other independent Christian Churches.
Is the Seal of God/Mark of the Beast issue soley about the day we worship?
"The light we have received upon the third angel's message is the true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be. Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll; but a most solemn work is to be accomplished in our world. The Lord's command to His servants is: “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” Isaiah 58:1. [6T 17.1, Ellen White]
Jehovah's messenger, Ellen White, makes a interesting statement in regards to the mark of the beast. She says that:
"Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be until the unrolling of the scroll"
The Mark of the Beast is understood by Seventh-day Adventists to be a National/World Sunday law and they are right. Ellen White said that the mark of the beast "is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be". This last statement may give Trinitarian Seventh-day Adventists a false sense of security. The messenger of Jehovah leaves the door open in the previous mentioned statement, in regards to more light concerning the mark of the beast.
Let's not forget that the mark of the beast isn't the only thing that will condemn a person to the Lake of Fire.
Revelation 13:16-17 (KJV)
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Many Christians rarely ever mention that having the name or number of the beast will also condemn someone to the Lake of Fire. It is clear that the name and number of the beast is related and linked to the mark of the beast. For this study we will focus on the name and mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:1 (KJV)
13 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.
The beast (Papacy) has names of blasphemy on his head. It is very revealing that the Pope has the triquetra, which are three rings, on his preistly mitre. These three interlocking rings represent the trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The triquetra on the Pope's mitre is sown within a triangle which also represents the trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is "Mystery" written on the Whore's forehead. Remember, the Great Whore is the Catholic Church and the Pope is it's leader. The Catholic Church admits that the "Mystery" Trinity is the Central doctrine of their faith. Protestants follow their Mom's lead in this.
The Pope is a false high priest. Jesus Christ is our High Preist. He is wearing Preistly garments right now as he is making intercession for us in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. Jesus is also wearing a Mitre as the heavenly High Preist. I wonder what is on the Mitre Jesus is wearing. Is it a triangle with the triquetra placed within it representative of the holy Trinity? If the earthly garments were a copy of the heavenly preistly garments that were to be worn by Jesus after His ascension to Heaven, then we can find out what Jesus mitre has on it.
Exodus 28:36-38 (ASV)
36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, Holy to Jehovah. 37 And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.
Wow! So the High Priest didn't have a triquetra symbol nor a triangle representing a three in one god or 3 gods but the mitre actually had the name of the Father Jehovah. It read on the Mitre "Holy to Jehovah". This was upon Aaron’s forehead. If this is the copy of the original preistly garments in heaven then we can safely conclude that Jesus also bears on His Mitre "Holy to Jehovah". We see that the Pope has the "Holy Trinity" written upon his forehead (name of blasphemy) and the Son of God has the name of His Father upon His forehead."Holy to Jehovah".
This is very interesting and hopefully will open a lot of people's eyes. Those who worship the trinity god have that god's name written on their foreheads. Remember, worship starts in the mind (forehead) and then it is manifest in the hands (actions). Who do the 144,000 worship? These last living saints receive the seal of the living God before the 7 last plagues fall on the earth.
Revelation 7:2-3 (KJV)
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
This is likely the Messiah (Michael The Archangel) speaking. He has the seal of the living God. We know from scripture that the living God is the Father (Matthew 16:13-20). The 144,000 will be sealed in their foreheads. The forehead represents who these 144,000 worship in their hearts (mind). So is this seal of the living God a trinity as most of Christendom says? Let's see:
Revelation 14:1-5 (KJV)
14 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
There it is, the 144,000 get sealed with the seal of the living God and this seal contains the Father's name "Jehovah". The 144,000 have the same name on their forehead that Jesus has now as our High Preist and that the earthly High Preist's had on their mitre's. The living God is clearly the Father not a trinity.
The false high priest (Pope) has the trinity god written upon his forehead and Jesus as our High Preist has His Father's name written upon his forehead. The 144,000 also have the Father's name written upon their foreheads which is the seal of the living God.
Those who worship the trinity god are either knowingly or unknowingly giving their allegiance to the Pope and the Catholic Church and by doing this they have this false god written upon their foreheads.
Those who worship the Father as the one true God have his name written upon their foreheads.These true worshippers will receive the seal of the living God according to scripture if they are alive at the close of probation.
John 4:23 (KJV)
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Notice that Jesus says that true worshippers will worship the Father not a trinity.
John 17:3 (KJV)
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Jesus makes a statement of faith as he calls the Father the only true God. The devil has deceived most of Christendom into believing that the only true God is a trinity.
Why the mark of the beast is more than just the day we worship!
Most Seventh-day Adventists believe that the last days crisis has primarily to do with the day we worship. They esteem the 4th commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy as the most important commandment. However, the Son of God made it clear what the most important commandment was. Let's read Mark 12:28-34:
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
In verse 29, Jesus qouted the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), and said that the most important commandment was "Hear O' Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:"
Did you read that? The Lord God is One not two, not three, not two in one or three in one but only "ONE". This is harmony with Jesus statement in John 17:3 where he calls the Father the only true God. The scribe congratulates Jesus on his declaration that the Lord God is One. The scrbe then reiterates Jesus statement and says "for there is one God; and there is none other but HE." So the scribe and Jesus are in agreement that God is One.
In verse 34, Jesus tells the scribe, after the scribes confession that God is One, "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." This statement is a stern rebuke to those who believe in a trinity god. The scribe is actually closer to the kingdom of God than those who believe God is a trinity.
Let's go to the Shema that Jesus qouted so we can see how important it is to be in line with the confession of Jesus and the scribe, that God is One.
Deuteronomy 6:4-8 (ASV)
4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
In verse 4, it clearly says Jehovah God is One Jehovah not three. In verse 8, we are told to have this truth that Jehovah God is One bound as a sign upon our hand and between our frontlets (forehead). We are told in Revelation 13:16, that the mark of the beast will be upon the hand and forehead which is the exact place that the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) is bound upon.
Revelation 13:16 (KJV)
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
The counterpart to the seal of God is the mark of the beast. We are to have the knowledge that Jehovah God is One Jehovah sealed on our forehead and hands. This knowledge impacts our ability to keep the first four commandments of the decalogue. The Shema is crucial to a proper understanding of the Sabbath commandment. Today's Seventh-day Adventist Church is attributing the work of creation, of which the Sabbath is a memorial, to a trinity god rather than the God of Israel (The Father). They are giving the Sunday god (trinity) the credit for the work of creation. The Sabbath is a sign between Jehovah and His people and keeping it seals us in the last days however we will not be sealed by keeping the Sabbath and worshipping a false concept of God.
Some may object to this however remember the Jews in AD 70, they were Sabbath keepers and they were destroyed by the Roman army as Jerusalem went up in flames. The destruction of Jerusalem is a type of what is going to happen at the close of probation for the Churches of Christendom (Ezekiel 9). The Jews at that time have something eerily im common with most Seventh-day Adventists. They both reject the Son of God. They also both were/are Sabbath keepers. They also both trusted/trust in their Sabbath Keeping, often times as a means of Salvation and a free ticket to everlasting life. The Seventh-day Adventist General Conference churches deny the literal Sonship of Christ. The Jews of A.D. were devout Sabbath keepers, yet due to the rejection of God's only begotten Son, they perished in the destruction of their "holy" city.
This is one proof that the Seal of God/Mark of the Beast crisis is as much about who we worship as it is when we worship. If the Seal of God is soley about the Sabbath, then it begs the question, what about the Jews? They faithfully keep the Sabbath yet they still reject God's Son, so if the Seal of God is strictly confined to the Sabbath then what prevents them from getting the Seal?
We don't worship a day, we worship the One who made the day Holy!
Please read this important excerpt below from the Justinian code.
"THE CODE OF OUR LORD
THE MOST SACRED EMPEROR JUSTINIAN.
SECOND EDITION.
BOOK 1.
TITLE 1.
CONCERNING THE MOST EXALTED TRINITY AND THE
CATHOLIC FAITH AND PROVIDING THAT NO ONE
SHALL DARE TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE THEM.
1. The Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius to the people of the City of Constantinople.
We desire that all peoples subject to Our benign Empire shall live under the same religion that the Divine Peter, the Apostle, gave to the Romans, and which the said religion declares was introduced by himself, and which it is well known that the Pontiff Damascus, and Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, a man of apostolic sanctity, embraced; that is to say, in accordance with the rules of apostolic discipline and the evangelical doctrine, we should believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit constitute a single Deity, endowed with equal majesty, and united in the Holy Trinity.
(1) We order all those who follow this law to assume the name of Catholic Christians, and considering others as demented and insane, We order that they shall bear the infamy of heresy; and when the Divine vengeance which they merit has been appeased, they shall afterwards be punished in accordance with Our resentment, which we have acquired from the judgment of Heaven.
Dated at Thessalonica, on the third of the Kalends of March, during the Consulate of Gratian, Consul for the fifth time, and Theodosius.
2. The Same Emperors to Eutropius, Praetorian Prefect.
Let no place be afforded to heretics for the conduct of their ceremonies, and let no occasion be offered for them to display the insanity of their obstinate minds. Let all persons know that if any privilege has been fraudulently obtained by means of any rescript whatsoever, by persons of this kind, it will not be valid. Let all bodies of heretics be prevented from holding unlawful assemblies, and let the name of the only and the greatest God be celebrated everywhere, and let the observance of the Nicene Creed, recently transmitted to Our ancestors, and firmly established by the testimony and practice of Divine Religion, always remain secure.
(1) Moreover, he who is an adherent of the Nicene Faith, and a true believer in the Catholic religion, should be understood to be one [pg. 10] who believes that Almighty God and Christ, the son of God, are one person, God of God, Light of Light; and let no one, by rejection, dishonor the Holy Spirit, whom we expect, and have received from the Supreme Parent of all things, in whom the sentiment of a pure and undefiled faith flourishes, as well as the belief in the undivided substance of a Holy Trinity, which true believers indicate by the Greek word
These things, indeed do not require further proof, and should be respected.
(2) Let those who do not accept those doctrines cease to apply the name of true religion to their fraudulent belief; and let them be branded with their open crimes, and, having been removed from the threshhold of all churches, be utterly excluded from them, as We forbid all heretics to hold unlawful assemblies within cities. If, however, any seditious outbreak should be attempted, We order them to be driven outside the the walls of the City, with relentless violence, and We direct that all Catholic Churches, throughout the entire world, shall be placed under the control of the orthodox bishops who have embraced the Nicene Creed.
Given at Constantinople, on the fourth of the ides of January, under the Consulate of Flavius Eucharius and Flavius Syagrius."
The above is from the Justinian code written in 534 A.D. which is 4 years prior to the 1260 year rule of the Papacy. Notice the exhaltion of the trinity doctrine and the anathematizing of any Christian who did not adhere to this doctrine even to the point of relentless violence. The three horns that the little horn uprooted were non trinitarian Christians. They were the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Heruli.
In 538, Papal supremacy began after the conquering of the third horn. Let's look at the book of Daniel in regards to the Papacy:
Daniel 11:37-39 (KJV)
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
The Papacy does not regard the God of his Father's but magnifies himself above all. Remember the Pope carries the title "Holy Father" which is blasphemy as Jesus said we have one Father who is in heaven. The God of Forces is an interesting description of the little horn's god.
The hebrew word for "forces" is "ma'owz" and means "a fortified place; figuratively, a defence:-force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), strong (hold)."
Although we cannot directly ascertain a connection to a trinity god out of this definition, it certainly seems as if the trinity doctrine during the 1260 year reign of the papal antichrist was a god of forces. The rejection of the trinity doctrine meant death at the stake for those who dared deny it as trith. Even the Reformers were earnest persecuters of those who denied the trinity. John Calvin had non trinitarian Michael Severutus put to death for his denial of the trinity doctrine. This doctrine was a stronghold and fortress (forces) during the 1260 year period of Papal rule.
In verse 39, it says the Papal antichrist acknowledges and increases with glory a "strange god". Remember, it was about the time of Justinian's code where he exhalted the most holy Trinity and anathematized non trinitarians, that the Papacy came into ultimate power. Justinian set the table for the Papacy to have ultimate rule and he did this by exhalting the trinity god as the god of the Universal Church and forbade non trinitarian Christians from having assemblies. This paved the way for the Papacy to increase with glory the strange trinity god as the Non trinitarian Christian tribes (three plucked up horns) were now decimated and out of the RomanCatholic Church's pathway to dominance over Christendom. This clear pathway for the Papacy was in 538, 4 years after Justinian's decree to exhalt the most holy Trinity.
It is clear from scripture and Church history that the trinity is the strange god refrenced in Daniel 11:39.
The hebrew word for "strange" is "nekar" (Hebrew Strongs 5236) and means "foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom:- alien, strange (+ - er)".
The above definition of strange according to the hebrew is a laser point accurate definition of the trinity doctrine. The Holy Trinity is a foreign god that was not known by the Patriarchs and Prophets. It is a heathen false concept of God and is alien to the scriptures.
Could history repeat itself? Although many trinitarian Christians have been some of the most loving people, the history of this doctrine has been one of violence and murder. Trinitarian's have historically been violent persecuters of not only non trinitarian Christians but also people of other faiths including the Native Americans. Much like god of Islam, the trinity god has inspired it's followers to commit bloodshed against those who didn't accept it.
Remember, you cannot separate the Holy Trinity god from Sunday worship. Where the Sunday Sabbath is the mark of the beast, the trinity doctrine is the name of the beast, a name of blasphemy!!!
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