Tuesday, March 26, 2019

2 NOT 3

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Matthew 6:24

"As we draw near the end of time, the entire world is going to be polarized, divided into two camps.

On one side are those who are obedient to God’s law who will be marked or sealed by Him and will receive eternal life (Revelation 7:1–3; 14:1–5). (NOTE: The words seal and mark are used interchangeably in the Bible. See Romans 4:11.)
However, those who are disobedient and continue to break God’s law will receive the mark of antichrist, the mark of disobedience, called the “mark of the beast” (Revelation 14:9–12; 16:2; 19:20).

On one side will be those who
--have overcome the world,
--the flesh
--and the devil (Revelation 21:5–7; 1 John 5:4, 18; Romans 8:13), but on the other side will be those who
--have lived according to the flesh,
--who were conformed to this world
--and who were led on by evil spirits to commit all manner of sin. They will both worship the image to the beast and receive the mark of the beast (Revelation 21:8, 27; 22:15; 18:23, 24).

In the end of the world there will be no third category."
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