“SEAL OF GOD”, “MARK OF THE BEAST” & “666” (i.e.

being in support of Sunday

worshipping)
Dan68; 1Kin218; Esth312 -What does the Bible present as the  receiving the beast’s mark in his hand
object of a sign, or seal? (i.e. partaking in Sunday worshipping)
Rom411 -In the Bible the words “sign” and
“seal” are used interchangeably Rev1217 -What will be the central issue in the final conflict?
What are the three essentials to an official seal/stamp? Rev149-11; 1412 -What two contrasting groups of people [the
1. Name of the official players in this conflict] is the world divided into?
2. Position of official (i.e. title, authority, right to rule)
3. Territory or the extent of official’s dominion & jurisdiction  “Mark of the beast” is the opposite of the “seal of God”.
Since the seal of God is the Sabbath so the mark of the
Isa816; Dt64-8 -With what is God’s seal connected? beast must be a contrary day!
Heb87-13; Jer3133 - Law written in the “mind” and on the “heart”
Ex208–11 -Which commandment contains the 3 essentials of Mt2412 What will characterise most of the final generations?
an official seal? Ans: Lawlessness!
1. Name >: Lord Isa245-6 Why is the earth defiled under its inhabitants?
2. Position >: Creator (i.e. “made”)  The inhabitants have transgressed the laws
3. Territory >: Heaven, earth, sea  Changed the ordinance
Ex3117, 13; Eze2020 -The Sabbath is the sign, or mark, or seal, of  Broken the everlasting covenant
the true God, the Creator. An artist signs the linen
at the end of his work - it identifies the artist. The
Sabbath is the signature that identifies the author Rev132 How is the sea beast described?
of creation. Ans: partly-Leopard, partly-Bear, partly-Lion
Dan72-7 How did Daniel describe the four creatures he saw?
Ans: They came from the sea
Ans: 1st- Lion; 2nd- Bear; 3rd- Leopard; 4th- undescribable

NB: A study of Daniel2, 3, 7-8, Rev13 alongside past history

reveals that:
 This beast (from the sea) represents the Papacy.
 The two-horned beast is understood to represent the
USA

What does the Papacy set forth as the mark/sign of its power and
authority? (Refer to Catholic quotation below)
"Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was
her act . . . and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power."
Rom228-29; Rev2112; 111-2 To whom does salvation belong? -From the office of Cardinal Gibbons, through
Ans: Israelites. Chancellor H.F. Thomas, November 11, 1895.
In this sense, a “Jew” refers to “spiritual” Israel.
Similarly, Gentiles are “spiritual” Gentiles, meaning all
non-believers.
Rev71–4; Eze91–6 -A special sealing work is to take place just before
the letting loose of the winds of destruction upon
the earth
Rev141 -What did John see on saved saints standing on
the “mountain of God”, Mt Zion?
Ans: Foreheads written [sealed with] the
“Father’s name”.
Isa564-7 -According to Isaiah, what led these saints to be
written an “everlasting name” and brought to this
“God’s mountain”?
> The seal is the sign or stamp of perfection, and God’s
name stands for His character, which is perfection. When
this seal is finally placed upon God’s people, it will be the
evidence that His grace and His sanctifying power have
done their work, and fitted them for heaven. In the world to
come, all will keep the Sabbath, and will therefore have
this seal or mark of sanctification, holiness, and perfection
of character (Isa6622-23)
Rev1412 -How is the remnant church described?
Rev149-10 -Against what four things does the third angel of
Revelation 14 warn men?
Ans:
 worshipping the beast
(i.e. being a disciple of Papal
authority) What do Catholics say of the observance of Sunday by
 worshipping the beast’s image Protestants?
(i.e. being a disciple of apostate (Refer to Catholic quotation below)
Protestantism) “A word about Sunday. God said: ‘Remember that thou keep
 receiving the beast’s mark in his forehead holy the Sabbath day!’ The Sabbath was Saturday, not
 Sunday; why, then, do we keep Sunday holy instead of Dan811 What else did the little horn do?
Saturday? The Church altered the observance of the Rev135 How does John describe further the sea beast?
Sabbath to the observance of Sunday. . . Protestants who Rev1317-18 What is related to the name of the sea beast?
say that they go by the Bible and the Bible only, and that Ans: Can be represented by a number,
they do not believe anything that is not in the Bible, must be which when calculated, will give 666.
rather puzzled by the keeping of Sunday when God distinctly Rev1916 Is the name a proper name or a title?
said, ‘Keep holy the Sabbath day.’ The word Sunday does Rev1318 How is this Scripture said in the different versions
not come anywhere in the Bible so, without knowing it, they of Bibles?
are obeying the authority of the Catholic Church.”
-Henry T. Cafferata, The Catechism Simply Living Bible: “Here is a puzzle that calls for careful
Explained (London: Burns Oates & thought to solve it. Let those who are
Washbourne Ltd., 1938), p. 89. able, interpret this code: the numerical
values of the letters in his name add
to 666!”
New English Bible: “The number represents a man’s name,
and the numerical value of its letters
is six hundred and sixty-six.”
Roman Catholic Douay Version:
“The numeral letters of his name shall
make up this number.”

How do we get a number from a name?

 The answer lies in the fact that in ancient times numbers
were written with the letters of the alphabet. This
practice, referred to as gematria, was used in Hebrew,
Greek and Latin. This means that when the letters of the
beast’s blasphemous name are given their respective
numerical value the total will be 666.

Jn1920 What evidence is given that it is from these 3 languages we

get the name?

What is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church?

Ans: Latin.
 It is important to realize that the noun “man” has no definite
article. This means that qualitatively the beast is a system
Rev131 What is the nature of the sea beast’s name? that is centered in man. It is noteworthy that the little horn
Ans: Blasphemous has eyes like a man, the apostate one of 2Thess2 is called
Jn1033, 36 (30); 197; 149 What is meant by “blaspheming” God? the man of sin and here the beast has the number of a
1. Claiming to be equal to God man. This is certainly a system that is based on the power
2. Claiming to be a representative (vicar) of God (i.e. vicarious and prowess of man.
Dei)
“But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff.
Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect Qsn: What is the title of Roman Catholic Church leader, the Pope?
accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of Ans: Vicarious Filii Dei
will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God
Himself.” Qsn: What does Vicarious Filii Dei stand for?
-The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. 193 Ans: “In place of the Son of God”
Mk25, 7 How is “blasphemy” also defined? Qsn: Does the Roman Catholic Church use this title today, publicly?
Ans: By claiming to exercise the prerogatives of God Ans: No. It ceased to use this title due to embarrassment from this
discovery.
“We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.”
- The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, p. Qsn: What is the title currently used for the Pope publicly?
304, Ans: Vicarius Christi
“It is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor Qsn: What does Vicarius Christ mean?
unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the Ans: In place of Christ
apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since
Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held Qsn: Does Vicarius Christi anything different from Vicarius Filli Dei?
the place of God upon earth, divinity not being able to be Ans: No. They just mean the same.
judged by any living man. We are, then, infallible, and
whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them
but to ourselves.” The Donation of Constantine which was used by at least ten popes to
-Pope Nicholas I [Cormenin, History of the justify their claims to temporal power contains this very title:
Popes, p. 243, as cited in R. W. Thompson, The “. . . as the Blessed Peter is seen to have been constituted
Papacy and the Civil Power, p. 248] vicar of the Son of God [“vicarius filii Dei” - in the original
2Thes23-4 How does Paul put forward the same idea? Latin] on the earth, so the Pontiffs who are the
Dan725 How does Daniel describe the little horn? representatives of that same chief of the apostles, should
1. Speaks great words against God; obtain from us and our empire the power of a supremacy
2. Occupying God’s place, to the point of changing God’s laws greater than the clemency of our earthly imperial serenity is
seen to have conceded to it.”
 NB: In Roman numerals, the letter “U” has the same value
The Donation was purportedly a letter written by Constantine the equivalents with “V”.
Great to Pope Sylvester I. In the letter Constantine supposedly gave
temporal power to the pope. We know for certain that the Donation
was in existence as early as the ninth century but was used VICARIUS FILII DEI (666)
beginning in the eleventh century to justify the outrageous
temporal claims of the papacy. V = 5 F = 0 D = 500
I = 1 I = 1 E = 0
Though it is true that the Donation was a forgery, it is also beyond C = 100 L = 50 I = 1
dispute that the Donation was panned off as authentic and official
by various popes and Roman Catholic theologians for hundreds of A = 0 I = 1
years to sustain the temporal power of the papacy. Though a forgery, R = 0 I = 1
it was used as an official document by these popes to sustain their I = 1
claims to temporal power. U/V = 5
S = 0
Cardinal Edward Manning in his book The Temporal Power of the
Vicar of Jesus Christ (1862). In the first statement, Manning indicts 112 + 53 + 501 = 666
the Roman Catholic nations of Europe of his day for their failure to
defend the temporal power of the pope:  The calculation discovery was made by Andreas Helwig who
“’See this Catholic Church, this Church of God, feeble and lived from 1572 to 1643. Frustrated by this discovery, the
weak, rejected even by the very nations called Catholic. popery strived to “change” the title to destroy every evidence
There is Catholic France, and Catholic Germany, and of “Vicarius Filii Dei” to the currently used “Vicarius Christi”,
Catholic Italy giving up this exploded figment of the temporal which means “Vicar of Christ” or simply “In place of the
power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ.’ And so, because the Son of God”. But to say “Vicar of Christ” and “Vicarius
Church seems weak, and the Vicar of the Son of God is Filii Dei” mean the same thing; the e is actually no difference.
renewing the Passion of his Master upon earth, therefore we However, is secret papers they continue to use Vicarius Filii
are scandalized, therefore we turn our faces from him.” (pp. Dei.
140, 141)
It is true that in Greek the preposition anti can mean ‘against.’ But
In his immensely popular book, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. it is equally true that this preposition can mean ‘instead of,’ or ‘in
3, Pope John Paul II explained what he understood to be the source place of.’
of the power of his office:  In the New Testament, the name Herod Antipas means
“The leader of the Catholic Church is defined by the faith as that Herod ruled ‘in place of’ his father.’ (Rev213)
the Vicar of Jesus Christ (and is accepted as such by  The word antitype means ‘that which takes the place of the
believers). The Pope is considered the man on earth who type.’ Christ is spoken of as having given His life as a
represents the Son of God, who ‘takes the place’ of the ransom in place of (antilutron) all (1Tim26)
Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity.”
Thus the word antichristos in Greek and Vicarius Filii Dei in Latin
Professor Johannes Quasten one of the greatest patristic scholars of bear a very similar meaning!
all time once affirmed:
"The title Vicarius Christi, as well as the title Vicarius Filii Dei Our Sunday Visitor, which previously published an article in testifying
is very common as the title of the Pope" about Vicarius Filii Dei (as above), did an about face and totally
changed its tune on September 16, 1917 (and also again on August 3,
In the November 15, 1914 edition of Our Sunday Visitor (the official 1941):
organ of the Archdiocese of Baltimore) the following question was “The words Vicarius Filii Dei are not the name of the Pope,
addressed to the Bureau of Information: they do not even constitute his official title.”
“Is it true that the words of the Apocalypse in the 13th
chapter, 18th verse refer to the Pope?”
The answer was as follows: The Bible makes it crystal clear that the Holy Spirit is the Vicar of the
“The words referred to are these ‘Here is wisdom. He that Son of God. Before Jesus left He promised His disciples:
hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another
For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six Helper, that He may abide with you forever--the Spirit of
hundred sixty-six.’ The Title of the Pope in Rome is Vicarius truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither
Filii Dei. This is inscribed on his mitre; and if you take the sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells
letters of his title which represent Latin numerals and add with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will
them together they come to 666.” come to you.” (Jn1416-18).
In the April 18, 1915 edition of Our Sunday Visitor this information
was confirmed once again. The question was:  The number 666 was known as “the great number of the sun.”
“What are the letters supposed to be in the Pope’s crown, In Babylon the sun god was called Marduk. Thus the number
and what do they signify, if anything?” 666 is to be identified with Babylon and with Rome (In his letter,
The answer was explicit: Paul referred to Rome as Babylon -1Pet513). Thus those who
“The letters inscribed in the Pope’s mitre are these: Vicarius worshipped the image would be honoring Babylon and
Filii Dei, which is the Latin for the Vicar of the Son of God. worshiping the sun god whose number is 666. In general,
Catholics hold that the church which is a visible society must Baal-worshipping (the all-time heathen god) is sun-
have a visible head. Christ, before His ascension into worshipping (2Chr235).
heaven, appointed St. Peter to act as His representative.
Upon the death of Peter the man who succeeded to the  Sunday-keeping will again be enforced by the state worldwide.
office of Peter as Bishop of Rome, was recognized as the Pope John XXIII state that:
head of the Church. Hence to the Bishop of Rome, as head “for the proper observance everywhere of Sunday as a day
of the Church, was given the title ‘Vicar of Christ.’” of rest . . This presupposes a change of mind in society and
intervention of the powers of the state. Sunday will really
 be the ‘day of God’ when this comes about. It will be on altars, on glass stained windows, on works of art, on
recognized as a social right to be enjoyed by all classes of chalices, on vestments.
society for the exercise of their religious duties and the
practicing of works of charity. The church will be happy when “Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical Rerum Novarum spoke of
this takes place.” Sunday rest as a worker’s right which the State must
—Pope John XXIII, quoted by Religious News guarantee.”
Service, September 21, 1961. —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 66,
pg. 29]

IS IT THE SAME TO “WORSHIP THE SUN” AS IT IS TO “WORSHIP ON SUNDAY”? “Christians will naturally strive to ensure that civil
legislation respects their duty to keep Sunday holy”.
The Catholic Church’s Catechism openly recognizes Sunday as the —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
“day of [worshipping] the sun”: Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 67,
“We all gather on the day of the sun, for it is the first day pg. 30]
[after the Jewish Sabbath, but also the first day] when God,
separating matter from darkness, made the world; and on
this same day Jesus Christ our Saviour rose from the dead” Eze816-17: Did it bear any relationship with the pagan “day of
—Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 3, the Sun”?
Section 2, Chapter 1, Article 3, Number 2174 “Writing to the pagans, Saint Justin uses the language of the
time to note that Christians gather together "on the day
This supported again by an article from the Catholic World named after the sun"
magazine: —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
“The sun was a foremost god with heathendom...there is, in Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 27,
truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit pg. 12-13]
emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Hence the Church in
these counties would seem to have said, “Keep that old
pagan name. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.’ And
thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, because the WHO CHANGED IT?
Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus.”
—Catholic World, March 1994, pg809 “Christian reflection” and “[Catholic] pastoral practice”
changed it”
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
Apostolic Letter Dies Domini, section 27, pg.
12]

“The spiritual and pastoral riches of Sunday, as it has been

handed on to us by tradition, are truly great.”
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 81,
Pope holding the sun-shaped mitre. Catholicism (Catholic pg. 35]
Pagan sun-
Church’s religious system) is a full inheritance and
worshipping extension of the old-time pagan sun-worshipping (i.e. Mk79, 13; How does Christ relate tradition with God’s Law?
Baal worship).
This follows the first national Sunday law instituted by Constantine in
AD 321:
“On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) who was an important Roman
people residing in cities rest, and let all the shops be closed.” Catholic historian of his time:
—Constantine, AD 321 “For ages all Christian nations looked to the Catholic
Church, and, as we have seen, the various states enforced
NB: Noteby thelaw her ordinances
contrast below: as to worship and cessation of labor
on Sunday.
1. Sabbath : Protestantism, in discarding the authority of the
Church,
“the day ofhas the no good
Lord” reason
= “the day for its Sunday theory,
of [worshipping] and
the Lord”
ought logically, to keep Saturday as the Sabbath. The State
in passing whilst
laws for the due Sanctification of Sunday, is
unwittingly
2. Sunday : acknowledging the authority of the Catholic
Church,
“the day of theandsun”
carrying
= “theout
day more or less faithfully
of [worshipping] the sun”its
prescription. The Sunday as a day of the week set apart for
On 31 May 1998, Pope John Paul 11 published his Apostolic Letter the obligatory public worship of Almighty God is purely a
called Dies Domini (The Day of the Lord). Consider the following creation of the Catholic Church."
quotations from his Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini: -John Gilmary Shea “The Observance of Sunday
“Wise pastoral intuition suggested to the Church the and Civil Laws for Its Enforcement”, in “The
Christianization of the notion of Sunday as ‘the day of the American Catholic Quarterly Review”, January
sun.” 1883, p. 139
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 27, John G. Shea, goes on to say:
pg. 12] “It [Sunday] is not the Jewish Sabbath; it is, in fact, entirely
distinct from it, and not governed by the enactments of the
Mosaic law. It is part and parcel of the system of the Catholic
 Roman Catholic churches are filled with sun bursts Church as absolutely as is any other of her sacraments, her
everywhere—above the heads of saints in the form of halos,
 festivals and fasts, her days of joy and mourning, her Answer: The Catholic Church, after changing the day of
indulgences, and jubilees. rest from Saturday, the seventh day of the
week, to Sunday, the first day, made the third
“The Catholic Church created the Sunday and made the very commandment refer to Sunday as the day to
regulations which have come down on the statute books, be kept as the Lord's Day."
and she still constantly, from her pulpits, her catechists’ chairs, —Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p.
and the confessional, calls on her faithful to obey them, to 153.
sanctify the day, and refrain from all that desecrates it.
Priest Thomas Enright, CSSR, President of Redemptorist College,
For their present practice, Protestants, in general, have no Kansas City, Missouri in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas on February
authority but that of a church which they disown, and there 18, 1884:
cannot be a greater inconsistency than theirs in asking the "Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep
state to enforce the Sunday laws.” Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of
- ibid pg 139, 149, 152 the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says
'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The
Catholic Church says: No. By my divine power I abolish
Our Sunday Visitor, perhaps the most important and influential Roman the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first
Catholic journal in the United States: day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows
"Protestants . . . accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy
day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the Catholic Church."
change . . . But the Protestant mind does not seem to —Printed in The Hartford Kansas Weekly Call,
realize that in accepting the Bible, in observing the February 22, 1884, and the American Sentinel, a
Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the New York Roman Catholic journal in June 1893,
spokesman for the church, the Pope." page 173.
—Our Sunday Visitor, Feb. 5, 1950

“If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship

God on the Sabbath Day. In keeping the Sunday they are
following a law of the Catholic Church.”
-Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of
Baltimore, replying for the Cardinal, in a letter
dated February 10, 1920.

Which day is the Lord’s Day? Sunday or Sabbath? - (Rev110)

Gen21-3 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His
work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh
day from all His work which He had made. And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in
it He had rested from all His work which God created and
made.”

Louis G. Segur (1820-1881) who was a French Roman Catholic prelate Ex1623, 25 “This is that which the Lord hath said, tomorrow is the rest
and apologist, and later a diplomatic and judicial official at Rome: of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord. Today is a Sabbath
"Question: What Bible authority is there for changing the unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field.”
Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the
week? Who gave the Pope the authority to Ex3115 “Six days may work be done; but on the seventh is the
change a command of God?" Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord.”
Answer: It was the Catholic Church which, by the authority
of Jesus Christ, has transferred this rest to the Ex352 “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day
Sunday. Thus the observance of Sunday by the there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the
Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of Lord.”
themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic]
Church." Ex2010 “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord.”
—Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk
About the Protestantism of Today, Dt514 “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it
1868, p. 213 thou shalt not do any work.”

From the Catholic Encyclopedia: Lev233 “Ye shall do no work therein; it is the Sabbath of the Lord
"Question: What is the Third Commandment? in all your dwellings.”
[NB: The fourth commandment in Protestant
Bibles, because the Roman Catholic Church Isa5813 “If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing
removed the Second Commandment--Ex204-6] thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a
"Answer: The Third Commandment is: ‘Remember that delight, the holy of the Lord.”
thou keep holy the Sabbath day."
Question: Which is the Sabbath day?’ Answer: Saturday is Mt128 “For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”
the Sabbath day."
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of
Saturday?" Sunday occurrences in the Bible
  Sunday is only mentioned eight times in the Bible.

a) Once: At creation:
 Gen15

b) Four times: In the Four Gospels- appearances of Christ after

resurrection when the disciples were hiding “for fear of the
Jews,”
 Mt281
 Mk161-2, 9
 Lk241
 Jn201, 19

c) Twice: In Acts
1) That evening Paul (after spending a week at Traos),
as soon as Sabbath was over by sunset, waited to
depart in the coming morning, held his last religious
service with the brethren that evening (i.e. early hours
of Sunday), breaking bread (Act246). It should here be
mentioned that, even if they had held an actual
communion service that night, this would in no way
make it a holy day. The Lord’s Supper commemorates
Christ’s death, not His resurrection (1Cor1126). Later,  In the Council of Laodicea around the year A.D. 364, the
Paul then journeyed on Sunday (Act2011-14) from Catholic Church decreed 59 Canon laws. Canon law XXIX (29)
morning. clearly outlawed Seventh day Sabbath-keeping:
 Act207-8 “Christians must not judaize by resting on the
Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather
2) Only a direct command by God, in Scripture, can honouring the Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting
make any day of the week holy then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be
 Act2015-38 judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.”
— Canon XXIX, (Percival
d)Once: In a letter to the Corinthians Translation).
As the Sabbath will be past and a new week
begins, Paul instructs the believers to do their
bookkeeping at home on Sunday mornings.
 1Cor161-2
Why Sunday became so popular? Consider the following issues from Catholic quotations:
a) Pope John Paul II
 On March 7, AD 321, when Emperor Constantine issued the Pope John Paul II, in his Apostolic Letter, “Dies Domini”, writes:
first National Sunday Law in history. This was the first so-called Given this array of new situations and the questions which they
“blue law” to be issued by a federal government. Here is the text prompt, it seems more necessary than ever to recover the deep
of Constantine’s Sunday law decree: doctrinal foundations underlying the [Catholic] Church's precept,
“Let all judges and townspeople and occupations of all so that the abiding value of Sunday in the Christian life will be
trades rest on the venerable day of the sun [Sunday]; clear to all the faithful. In doing this, we follow in the footsteps of
nevertheless, let those who are situated in the rural districts the age-old tradition of the Church, powerfully restated by the
freely and with full liberty attend to the cultivation of the fields Second Vatican Council in its teaching that on Sunday "Christian
because it frequently happens that no other day may be so believers should come together, in order to commemorate the
fitting for plowing grains or trenching vineyards, lest at the suffering, Resurrection and glory of the Lord Jesus, by hearing
time the advantage of the moment granted by the provision God's Word and sharing the Eucharist, and to give thanks to God
of heaven be lost. Given on the Nones (seventh) of March, who has given them new birth to a living hope through the
Crispus and Constantine, being counsuls each of them, for Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
the second time.” —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
-The Code of Justinian, Book III, title 12, law 3. Apostolic Letter Dies Domini, section 6, pg.
3]
 During the Dark Ages (538-1798 AD), the Catholic Church and
political leaders, made Sunday Law decrees in years AD 321, So, note that the Pope acknowledged that:
343, 365, 386, 389, 458, 468, 538, 554, 578, 581, 589, 681, 690, a) Sunday is a Catholic Church’s precept
and onward. Men and women of earlier centuries gradually lost b) The Catholic Church is trying to “recover” its
something precious, something they loved. Rather, it [the historically “lost supremacy of Sunday observance”
Sabbath] was taken from them by force, on pain of death. at the collapse of the Dark Ages
They had to sit in silent grief and watch as the years passed and c) The Sunday institution is an “old tradition” of the
their children grew up, never having had it. At last it became a Catholic Church, which it inherited from paganism,
tradition until today, but without any biblical command. not Biblical decree

“… through the centuries, she [Catholic Church] has made laws

concerning Sunday rest, … and thus enable everyone to keep the
The cruelty of the Catholic Church’s Papacy Lord’s Day holy. Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical Rerum Novarum
spoke of Sunday rest as a worker’s right which the State must
guarantee.”
 —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 66, Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 79,
pg. 29] pg. 34]

“Christians will naturally strive to ensure that civil legislation So, note that the Pope acknowledged that:
respects their duty to keep Sunday holy”. a) The Catholic Church forced people to keep Sunday
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The by making it an obligation
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 67, b) The Catholic Church involved the state (civil
pg. 30] government) in its enforcement
c) Instituted penalties against those who did not comply
So, note that the Pope acknowledged that: with the Sunday-keeping decree
a) The Catholic Church is making an aggressive push d) The Church sought for Sunday-keeping until it
and compelling all countries to legislate Sunday- became “normal/tradition” through prolonged
observation into law observance.

“Wise pastoral intuition suggested to the Church the “Therefore, dear Brother Bishops and Priests, I urge you to work
Christianization of the notion of Sunday as ‘the day of the sun.” tirelessly with the faithful to ensure that the value of this sacred day
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The is understood and lived ever more deeply. This will bear rich fruit in
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 27, Christian communities, and will not fail to have a positive influence
pg. 12] on civil society as a whole.
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
So, note that the Pope acknowledged that: Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 87,
a) Sunday-observation has no Christian background pg. 37]
b) Sunday-observation is pagan sun-worshipping
c) The Catholic Church was advised to adopt the pagan So, note that the Pope acknowledged that:
precept of sun-worshipping by “Christianising it’ or i) As Catholics, they have to strive that Sunday-keeping
rather “introduce it into Christianity” become a universal charge for human being in the
d) The adoption of Sunday into Christianity is a result of world [i.e. whether Christian or non-Christian], an issue
“human wisdom/intelligence/reasoning” to justify it so which will not fail.
that it would be easily accepted by Christians. [This
is naked evidence that before the Catholic Church “The Code of Canon Law of 1917 for the first time gathered this
came into being, Sun-day was kept by pagans alone tradition into a universal law. The present Code reiterates this,
since it belonged to them, whilst true Christians kept saying that "on Sundays and other holy days of obligation the
the true Sabbath. It was the Catholic Church that faithful are bound to attend Mass". This legislation has normally
“baptised Sunday” into Christianity]. been understood as entailing a grave obligation: this is the teaching
of the Catechism of the Catholic Church”
“It was only later, faced with the half-heartedness or negligence of —Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The
some that the Church had to make explicit the duty to attend Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 47,
Sunday Mass: more often than not, this was done in the form of pg. 22]
exhortation, but at times the Church had to resort to specific
canonical precepts. This was the case in a number of local So, note that the Pope acknowledged that:
Councils from the fourth century onwards (as at the Council of i) Once again, Sunday-keeping is only human tradition
Elvira of 300, which speaks not of an obligation but of penalties [i.e. not a Biblical requirement]
after three absences and most especially from the sixth century ii) This tradition later enacted into law through human
onwards (as at the Council of Agde in 506). These decrees of local legislation [because it was not previously a law, as it
Councils led to a universal practice, the obligatory character of has no Biblical enforcement]
which was taken as something quite normal.” iii) Sunday-keeping is a teaching of the Catholic Church
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The [i.e. not from the Bible]
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 47,
pg. 22]
b) Ending the Climate Change Crisis
It is clear then why, even in our own difficult times, the identity of There is a growing concern and awareness that the world’s
this day must be protected and above all must be lived in all its climate crisis is claimed to be more of a moral issue.
depth … What began as a spontaneous practice later became a i) Pope Francis issued an encyclical letter, “Laudato Si”
juridically sanctioned norm [i.e. National Sunday Law] ... It was in which addresses the concern for climate change and
this spirit that the Second Vatican Council… declared that the how to end it. In this letter, Pope Francis said:
Church "is prepared to accept only those arrangements which “On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has
preserve a week of seven days with a Sunday" special importance. Sunday ... is meant to be a day
—Pope John Paul II, May 31, 1998. The which heals our relationships with God, with
Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, section 30, ourselves, with others and with the world … And so
pg. 14] the day of rest, centred on the [Sunday] Eucharist,
sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us
to greater concern for nature and the poor”
Sunday emerges therefore as the natural model for understanding —Pope Francis, May 25, 2015. The Encyclical
and celebrating these feast days of the Liturgical Year, which are of Letter, Laudato Si, section 237, pg. 172-173]
such value for the Christian life that the Church has chosen to
emphasize their importance by making it obligatory for the faithful In response to the Pope’s concern, the letter was
to attend Mass and to observe a time of rest, even though these “welcomed” and “lauded” by the UN officials and
feast-days may fall on variable days of the week. Their number has numerous heads of state.
been changed from time to time, taking into account social and
economic conditions, as also how firmly they are established in
tradition, and how well they are supported by civil legislation.
 Surprisingly, the Pope had a copy of the letter he f) Worship will be the central issue and it will be worldwide (Rev134, 8,
personally signed for Donald Trump (US president) 12, 15
; 147, 9)
alone g) The question will be who to worship: the beast or true God
(Rev152)
ii) After more repeated calls for a worldwide combined h) The commandments will also be an issue, especially the first table
action, on May 27 2019, Pope Francis said to the of the law (Rev1217)
world: i)There will be a union of church and state (Rev172; 183)
“… you will agree upon a common plan that j)State leaders of the whole world will be involved (Rev1614, 172, 18)
accords with climate science…above all the ethics k) The mark of the beast will be imposed by force. A death decree will
of human dignity” be proclaimed against God’s faithful remnant who refuse to worship
the image of the beast (Rev1315-16)
iii) Pope Francis’s message to UN Convention on l)The death decree will be universal (Rev315- 16)
Climate Change, 2014: said m) Music and external display will play a significant role in the end time
“The effective struggle against global warming will (Rev1822)
only be possible with a responsible answer, that n) God will have a faithful remnant which will refuse to worship the
goes beyond particular interests and behaviour image to the beast (Rev1217; 1412; 152-4)
and is developed free from political and economic o) Very few will be faithful (Mt714)
pressures…The establishment of an international p) Religious leaders will be the foremost to accuse the remnant of
climate change treaty is a grave ethical and moral God
responsibility” q) Satan will manifest his wrath (Rev1217) when the kings of the earth
drink the wine of the wrath of Babylon’s fornication (Rev171-2; 183-5).
iv) The Guardian, 17 Sep 2009, has an article entitled r) All the people will wonder at the beast in awe (Rev133-4)
“Slow Sunday: The simple solution to global s) There will be a severe time of trouble and God’s people will appear
warming” https://theguardian.com/environment/cif- doomed. (Mt2421, Rev714)
green/2009/sep/17/low-carbon-sunday t) Jesus will personally intervene to deliver His people (Dan121;
Rev114)

A. Some helpful lessons from the Three Hebrews of Daniel:

a) Babylon was the ruling power in the world at the time (Dan31)
b) God’s people were captive in Babylon (Jer5145) C. The Dark Ages (AD538-1798), a forerunner experience:
c) Nebuchadnezzar for a time lived as a beast (Dan416). a) The Roman Catholic Church’s papacy rose to supremacy and ruled the
d) Nebuchadnezzar set up an image to the beast. (Dan31) whole of Europe (mostly inhabited during the time)
e) The Babylonians worshipped the sun god (Dt419, Eze816, 2314) b) Saints were under the authority of the papacy
 All worship, if not unto God, is unto the sun; nothing c) The papacy was the beast
more! d) No need for the image of the beast by then as the beast was openly in
f) The primary issue in this controversy was worship (Dan36, 11) authority
g) The question was who will you worship: the image or the true God e) Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine is founded upon sun-worship
(Dan328) principles inherited from paganism
h) The law of God is also involved, primarily the first table which has f) The central issue was worship
to do with worship to the true God. (Ex203-4) g) The papacy claimed exercising the authority of God (forgiveness,
 We worship God because He is the Creator (Ps956) and the passing laws, etc.), the pope being referred to as the Father (God)
sign of worship to the Creator is the Sabbath (Rev147). “hidden under the veil of flesh”
i) There was a union of church and state (Dan32) h) The law of God was challenged resulting in the deletion of the 2 nd
j) All the political rulers who were present in order of rank. All the Commandment which is against idol worshipping, abolishing the
civil powers of the Babylonian world were present there. (Dan33) Sabbath Commandment, and division of the 10 th Commandment into
k) The government was enforcing a religious decree. To not worship two.
is treason against the government. (Dan3 11) i) The church and state united since the days of Emperor Constantine
l) The decree to worship was universal (Dan34) when he surrendered his political power to Pope Sylvester
m) Music played a vital role in connection with false worship (Dan35, 7, j) The papacy’s reign involved all Europe’s political leaders
10, 15
) k) The political powers were made to enforce Sunday-keeping, under the
n) A death decree against those who do not worship the image of command of the papacy
the beast (Dan36, 11, 15, 19) l) The whole of Europe was affected by the Sunday decrees
o) An insignificant remnant was faithful (Dan312) m) Entertainment was promoted on Sunday to popularize Sunday and
p) The religious leaders accused the three young men to the civil boost its acceptance
power (Dan22, 4, 5, 10, 12; 39-12) n) The papacy instituted death penalty to those who were against Sunday
q) Nebuchadnezzar attempted to intimidate the remnant who kept keeping
the commandments of God and worshipped only Him (Dan315). o) Some remained faithful unto death though many denounced their faith
r) All the people wondered in awe at the beast’s image p) True saints were ever accused
s) Time of trouble for the three young men (Dan320-23) q) Sabbath-keepers were condemned through papacy’s decrees
t) Christ Himself stood up to deliver His faithful remnant in the midst r) Most of the civil people ended up looking to the papacy
of the time of trouble (Dan325, 28) s) The whole period of the dark Ages was a time of tribulation
t) God came to rescue when the papacy’s supremacy ended in February
B. Now compare with the experience of the time of the end: 1798 when Pope Pius VI was dethroned by General Alexander
a) The power which will rule the world in the end-time will be Babylon Berthier, under Napoleon.
(Rev171-2, 5)
b) God’s people will once again be captive in Babylon but this time
spiritually (Rev184)
c) There will be a power described as the beast (Rev131-2).
d) The beast will raise up an image (Rev1311-18)
e) The image and mark MUST have something to do with the sun!
PLEASE NOTE THAT:

The Catholic papacy (kingdom of Popes) has been

working tirelessly to recover its lost supremacy (in
1798) for the past century through the infiltration of
its Jesuits. Very, very soon, the long waited New
World Order (NWO) under one leader, the Catholic
Pope, will come, and a National Sunday Law will be
instituted worldwide so that all who do not keep
Sunday (Mark of the beast) and accept the leadership
of Pope (666) will be persecuted (killed, jailed, etc.) as
they did before during the Dark Ages (538 -1798 AD)
when they killed between 50 million and 100 million
people. This means that those who keep all God’s
Commandments , and most importantly the Sabbath
(Seal of God) will be the targeted people.

So on which side are you? Please be part of those who

have the seal of God before it is too late!!!