Scripture Reading: Genesis 4:3-15.
Memory Verse: Revelation 14:4.
1. How are we to worship God? Matthew 15:9, John 4:24.
2. Who receives the seal of God, and who received the mark of the beast? Revelation 7:3, Revelation 14:9-10.
3. Where are people marked? Revelation 13:16-17, Revelation 14:1.
4. Is the mark of the beast and the seal of God a physical, visible mark? Exodus 13:9, Deuteronomy 11:18, Hebrews 10:16.
5. How are people sealed by God? Ephesians 4:30, Isaiah 8:16.
6. What is a seal? Ezra 1:1-2.
Note: A seal typically has three components: 1. The official’s name, 2. The official’s office, 3. The official’s territory. A seal guarantees the legitimacy of a document by identifying the official who has jurisdiction. The seal is the official’s “mark” of authority.
7. Where is God’s seal found in His law? Exodus 20:11.
8. What is the mark of the beast? Ezekiel 22:8, 26.
Note: The mark of the beast is the devil’s mark of authority. In this battle, he aims to get people to worship him instead of God, and what better way than to confuse them about the Sabbath command? To profane means to treat the sacred as common. Thus, God’s seventh-day Sabbath is profaned by falsely teaching that the day He made holy is actually not.
9. How are people marked by the beast? Revelation 13:16-17.
10. When are people marked by the beast? Revelation 13:15.
Note: A nation speaks through its laws. People receive the beast’s mark only when exclusive Sunday worship becomes an enforced law. Until that occurs, there is still time to come out of Babylon. Many sincere Christians still need to hear the message to decide which mark to receive.
11. What are the ultimate fates of those with the seal of God and those with the mark of the beast? Revelation 14:11, Revelation 22:14.
12. How can you live through the world’s fiery finish? Revelation 14:12.
Conclusion: This issue isn’t about picking Saturday over Sunday to receive eternal life. The Sabbath command is spotlighted because the devil places it front and center in his war against God. The day on which you worship is an outward manifestation of our inward beliefs, a demonstration of who you love in your heart. Salvation is won in the last days just like in any other time in history- by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.