Three Angels Message

The three angels messages in Revelation 14 are of such great importance that they have just as much significance as the message Noah gave to the world before the flood. The three angels message is the last warning to the world before the second coming of Christ Jesus, to worship and obey our Heavenly Father and Creator, and we find such solemn words in the messages that any true believer should be greatly stirred by them. This end time message is a life and death message and I pray that you will meditate on these three messages and keep them close to your heart. Please give all your soul, heart, mind and strength to Christ Jesus, as Time is running out!

"INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES.--THE TRUTH FOR THIS TIME, the third angel's message is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, meaning with increasing power, as we approach the great final test. The present truth for this time comprises the messages, the third angel's message succeeding the first and the second. The presentation of this message with all it embraces, is our work. We stand as the remnant people in these last days to promulgate the truth and swell the cry of the third angel's wonderful distinct message, giving the trumpet a certain sound. Eternal truth, which we have adhered to from the beginning, is to be maintained in all its increasing importance to the close of probation. The trumpet is to give no uncertain sound." (Manuscript Releases, Vol.9, P.291)

All three messages are linked together and cannot be separated as they give a combined warning to the world about who it is we should worship and obey.

Revelation 14:6-7 .....'And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a LOUD VOICE, fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.'

This message and the other messages are to be proclaimed to the world with a LOUD VOICE, because it is such an important end time message. And as the above quote from Manuscript Releases reveals, we are approaching the "great final test" that is to come upon the inhabitants of the world, and that great final test is the mark of the beast. Now there will be two classes of people at the end time when the mark is enforced, those who accept the mark and worship the beast (Papal Church of Rome), and those who refuse the mark and worship the One True God, Creator of the heavens and the earth.

The whole theme of the three angels messages is who we WORSHIP. And this first message calls us to worship God, who "made the heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters". Now there is one strong link between this message, the creation account, and God's ten commandments .... THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. At the end of creation week, God set aside a special day for worship. A day for us to rest and spend in special communion with our Creator (who by the way is Christ Jesus), and He blessed this day and made it holy. Now if you read the 4th commandment, you will see it points back to creation and that seventh day of rest, just as the first angels' message above points to the creation account and the God of creation. You see, the seventh day sabbath is a sign for all those who keep it, that they are worshipping the true God of creation. Whereas those who keep Sunday as the sabbath are following the tradition of man rather than following their creator God.

You will see this sabbath link as you study through the three angels messages, because the third angel warns us about receiving the mark of the beast and then reveals that those who don't take the mark are the one's KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD! And the one commandment that reveals God as Creator is the 4th Commandment. And this is the one commandment that the majority of professing Christians have been deceived on, by keeping a tradition of man (Sunday) over the commandment of God.

This first angel also says that the "hour of judgment has come". This message has been proclaimed since 1844, that Jesus has now moved into the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sactuary to begin judging the world, and the fact that we are NOW being judged as to how we are living up to the faith we proclaim, should cause us to live every moment for Christ and keep God's Commandments.

See The Bible Sanctuary message, for an amazing study to help in understanding this message.

Revelation 14:8 .....'And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.'

We see another warning of "Babylon" being fallen in Revelation 18:2-3 .....'And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.'

Is this literal Babylon? No, because Babylon was destroyed in Old Testament times and Jeremiah prophesied that it would be in ruins forever (Jeremiah 51). Babylon here is not a literal city, but a symbolic representation of Babylon in the Old Testament, the Pagan kingdom which trampled upon the commandments of God. Take a look at what the apostle Peter said .....1 Peter 5:13 .....'The church that is at BABYLON.' ..... Who was Peter referring to when he said "Babylon"? It couldn't have been literal Babylon, because it was in ruins and had never been rebuilt. No, Babylon was now the spiritual name of ROME! Peter was talking to the church in ROME. So Babylon now refers to the Roman Empire, and more specifically, to the religious/political institution; THE PAPAL CHURCH OF ROME!

Babylon is also mentioned in Revelation 17 as "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS". The Roman Catholic Church incorporated many of the Pagan practices from Old Testament Babylon, which is why she has the name of Babylon applied to her in Revelation. Babylon also means "confusion", and there is plenty of confused practices and teachings within the Catholic Church. But who are the harlots? They are the protestant churches that were "BORN" from the Church of Rome during the reformation, but held onto some of her false doctrines, and today we are seeing the protestant churches uniting with the Roman Church again. So "Babylon" in the second angels' message encompasses the Roman Catholic church and all protestant churches (Mother and harlots) that have rejected God's truth and have "fallen" into apostasy.

The churches have been progressively falling further into apostasy by "fornicating" with the world and allowing the heathen world to influence their "worship". Part of this apostasy is the teaching that we can be saved IN our sins, when the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus saves us FROM our sins. In other words, when we truly come to Christ Jesus and accept His righteousness for salvation, the evidence of our true faith is TURNING AWAY from our sinful nature and KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. And the third angel confirms that the true saints are those who are KEEPING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS and following Christ Jesus.

Now there is coming a time soon when this second angels' message will come to a COMPLETE FULFILMENT, and that is when the earth beast of Revelation 13, which is America, sets up the image of the beast (image of the Papal Church of Rome), which will be the protestant churches of America uniting church and state to enforce "religious" laws upon the people. This union will become the Image of the Beast spoken of in Revelation 13 and then we will see the Mark of the Beast being enforced.

Revelation 14:9-12 .....'And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

This is the most solemn end time message, and we must make every effort to search and seek the truth on this matter. What is the mark of the beast? Fall on your knees before God and pray that He will guide you to His truth and open your eyes on this matter.

It is amazing that so many people have been deceived into thinking that the mark of the beast is some sort of microchip or ID card. This is more Hollywood fiction than Bible truth! The third angels' message above actually gives us the clue as to what the mark of the beast will be. First the angel describes what will happen to those who take the mark and end up "spiritually" worshipping the beast. Then he says something of great importance and truth. He says that the "saints", the one's who DON'T take the mark, are "KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS". So if we are KEEPING God's ten commandments and following in the footstep of Jesus, then we will not take the mark.

Now make no mistake, the mark isn't going to be as obvious to the world as is normally portrayed, like the microchip or some sort of technology. We are battling against the arch deceiver in Satan, so unless we arm ourselves with the truth of God's Word, by studying it each day and making it the rule of our lives, we WILL BE DECEIVED by the evil one. So if it is keeping the ten commandments of God that prevents us from taking the mark of the beast, then it is by BREAKING at least one of them that causes us to take the mark. Now looking at the ten commandments, which the angel above says the true saints are keeping, which one has the majority of the professing Christian world been deceived on? THE SABBATH DAY! The arch deceiver has deceived the Christian world into believing that we need not keep the 4th commandment anymore, or that it has been changed, when in reality the seventh day sabbath is as important today as it was when God wrote it on the tables of stone.

So how could the sabbath issue be the mark of the beast? Because the Roman Catholic Church are pushing for a Sunday law to be enforced, and many protestants in America are now pushing for Sunday laws too. And what does it say in Revelation 13? That the earth beast (America) causes the world to take the mark of the sea beast (the mark of the Roman Catholic Church).

"Sunday is our MARK of authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact." Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.

"Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act...And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things." H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.

"Sunday is the MARK of Christian identity." Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, 1st June 2012.

The little horn in Daniel 7:25 is said to "think to change time and laws". This little horn power is the same institution/kingdom as the sea beast of Revelation 13. It is the Papal Church of Rome. Did the Papal Church think to change a law of God regarding time? YES! Read the above quotes again, they believe they had the power to change the sabbath commandment from Saturday to Sunday! So the enforcement of a Sunday law, which the Roman Catholic Church are pushing for, will be the "MARK" of the beast. Revelation 13 says that the world will be forced to take the mark, and the three angels messages warn against taking that mark. It will happen in America first, and then throughout the world. So we need to worship our Creator and keep His holy seventh day sabbath that He instituted at creation, rather than keep "another" day that man invented. The mark is coming and I pray that you will stand firm on the truth of God's Word, trust in the righteousness of Christ Jesus, and keep God's commandments.

So what does the three angels messages tell us? That those who believe in Christ Jesus and accept His righteousness for salvation, accept the gospel and follow Christ, worship the Creator and keep His ten commandments, will not take the mark of the beast and will be saved. But those that substitute the holy precepts of God for the tradition and laws of man will receive the full wrath of God, and will be lost. I pray that you will study this important issue, as the TIME is at hand!