The
National Sunday Law - Revisited
What will cause seven
billion people
to worship the beast?
Revelation 13:8
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SDAs correctly believe
that the devil is preparing to make
war on the remnant of God’s
people, but they do not understand
Revelation 13:1-8. The devil is
preparing to wage war on the remnant
of the woman in Revelation 12:17, and
verse 7 says the devil will conquer
the saints. When this war ends, “All
[of the wicked] inhabitants of
the earth will worship the
beast…” Will this war
last forty-two literal months or
another 1,260 years (calculated using
the DSA rule, that is, a day always
represents a year)?
This war will last
forty-two literal months because
there is a mechanism that tells us
when God translates a day for a year
and when He does not. SDAs do not
understand this mechanism and their
conclusions on Revelation 13 are
prophetically confusing and harmful.
The devil is preparing to wage war
against the saints, and although SDA
Church anticipates religious
persecution, they are sitting at the
wrong bus stop, prophetically
speaking, waiting for the arrival of
a national Sunday law. Why is the
church sitting at the wrong bus stop?
They have put the seven trumpets in
the wrong place!
End Time Scenario
Because space is
limited, I would like to close with
an end time scenario for your
consideration. The biblical basis for
this story is supported in my book, A
Study on the Seven Trumpets, Two
Witnesses and the Four Beasts, so
I will not defend the details here.
Just read over the story, consider
its ramifications and pray about it.
If you want to further examine
“the rest of the story,”
you can download the book free or you
can purchase a printed copy.
The overall purpose of
the seven trumpets is to awaken the
whole world to the authority and
reality of the returning of our God
and Savior, Jesus Christ. God’s
wrath against degenerate and decadent
behavior is about to be released.
During the seven trumpets, Jesus will
send destructive judgments that will
cause devastation and death on a
scope not seen since the flood in
Noah’s day. The
scope and severity of this
destruction will awaken everyone to
the reality that corporate mercy has
ended. The 144,000 will put this
world on notice that Jesus is in
charge of Heaven and Earth, and that
He is about to return to Earth to
conclude the sin problem. Even in His
wrath, His generous offer of
salvation is extended. For 1,260
days, the 144,000 will faithfully
proclaim the eternal gospel
throughout the world! (Matthew 24:14;
Revelation 14:6,7) Jews and Moslems,
Hindus, Catholics, Protestants,
Atheists, and Pagans will humbly
listen to a gospel that is unlike
anything they have ever heard.
Millions of honest-hearted people
will embrace Jesus Christ as their
Creator and worship Him on His holy
Sabbath as He decrees.
The first four
trumpets will occur over a period of
about sixty-four days and the results
will be overwhelming and catastrophic
for the whole world. The first
trumpet-judgment will be a meteoric
shower of burning hail that burns up
a third of Earth! (Revelation 8:7)
Notoriously wicked places all over
the world will be burned up just like
Sodom and Gomorrah were. The second
trumpet-judgment will be an asteroid
impact on an ocean. Ships will sink
and sea creatures will die. But
worse, the impact of a huge asteroid
will create a tsunami that rises
several hundred feet high. Of course,
a wall of water several hundred feet
high moving at a high rate of speed
will quickly destroy thousands of
coastal cities within a few hours.
The ocean will roil with great
turbulence for months. (Luke 21:25)
(Do you remember the December 26,
2004 tsunami that destroyed 230,000
people in southeastern Asia? That
event stands as a prophetic warning
and is just a sample of the huge
tsunami that will soon destroy
thousands of coastal cities.)
The Third
trumpet-judgment will be another
asteroid impact; only this impact
will hit a wicked continent. Seismic
havoc will cause rivers and
underground aquifers to become
contaminated with buried sewage and
toxic waste. Millions of people will
die from drinking poisoned water. The
fourth trumpet describes a judgment
that will affect the Sun, Moon, and
stars. Even though the Bible does not
explicitly say what the causes the
darkness, there is a simple
geological answer. Hundreds of
volcanoes will erupt simultaneously.
The ash and ejecta, carried by the
jet stream, will darken the middle
third of planet Earth for months.
Crops will perish and famine will
overtake the world. God’s
coming wrath is beyond calculation,
but so is His great offer of
salvation!
The first four
trumpets will achieve two impressive
goals. First, religious and political
leaders will see God’s wrath
with their own eyes, and the
smoldering ruins will force all
mankind to realize that there is one
living God and He is not happy with
this planet. Every nation on Earth
will reel from God’s judgments.
All 194 nations will be affected and
as a result, citizens of the world
will conclude that they must unite as
one family to beg Almighty God for
forgiveness so that His wrath will
cease. Out of anguish and fear, the
nations of the world will repeat the
words of ancient Israel, Whatever
you want oh God, we will do!
(Exodus 19:8)
Second, the
world’s religious and political
leaders will meet to discuss ways to
appease God. During this meeting,
world leaders will create a new
religious government that will have
authority over all the nations of
Earth to lead the world in
repentance. The book of Revelation
calls this beast,
“Babylon.” Babylon
will be given authority over every
nation without firing a single
bullet. In fact, at first
almost everyone will think that
forming Babylon is a great idea!
(Revelation 13:3)
Babylon and its global
authority represent mankind’s
united response to God’s wrath.
Babylon’s mission will be
simple: Appease God so that His wrath
will cease. The leaders of Babylon
will have authority over all nations
to determine what must be done within
each nation to best appease
God’s wrath. Because no nation
wants to further offend God and risk
more destruction, secular legislators
will dutifully carry out
Babylon’s religious demands,
outlawing sinful behavior of all
kinds.
The Deadly Wound
Healed
Babylon will have
seven heads. The seven heads
represent the seven religious systems
on Earth. The head that was wounded
and healed is the Roman Catholic
Church. Preeminent among equals, the
pope will be selected as the leader
of Babylon because the Catholic
Church is the only church that
already has diplomatic relations with
177 nations. When the religious and
political leaders of the world select
the pope to lead Babylon, the deadly
wound will be healed. Finally, the
reigning pope will have the authority
over the nations as he did during the
Dark Ages.
Keep in mind that the
pope will not be put into a position
to impose the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church on all nations of
Earth. (Christians are a mere 25% of
the world’s population.) The
world’s religious systems view
the will of God in different ways,
but all seven will have one thing in
common after they see and experience
God’s wrath! They will agree
that mandatory worship and respect is
necessary to appease God! This
process explains the enactment of
laws mandating worship.
The pope and his
religiously diverse executives will
approach each nation according to the
prevailing religion within that
nation. For example, the pope and his
cabinet will direct lawmakers in the
United States to establish a day for
repentance and worship. This is how
the national Sunday law will occur in
the United States. Moslem nations
will implement Friday laws (the
Moslem day for worship), and the
modern nation of Israel will honor
Saturday as its holy day. In fact,
every nation on Earth will enact laws
mandating respect For God so that His
judgments will cease. Each nation
will also implement and enforce
additional laws forbidding sinful
behavior such as homosexuality
(including gay marriage or gay
clergy), abortion, sexual immorality,
gambling, cursing, and drinking. A
long list of “sin-less”
laws will constitute Babylon’s
desperate effort to appease
God’s wrath, and everyone, in
every nation, will be obligated by
severe penalties to obey these laws.
I know it seems
outrageous to say that the
world’s political leaders will
voluntarily submit to the leadership
of the pope and Babylon’s
religious authority! In today’s
secular and diverse societies,
submitting to a single religious
authority is unthinkable and
impossible, but the Bible predicts it
will occur. Do you recall how
Republicans and Democrats stood
together on the steps of Capitol Hill
after the World Trade Towers fell?
Remember when representatives from
many different religions later stood
together on the same platform and
prayed together? When world leaders
see and experience the magnitude and
scope of God’s wrath on
thousands of notably wicked places
and when they witness how God’s
wrath has killed almost two billion
people, everyone will tremble at
God’s displeasure.
Final Three
Trumpets
A few words about the
last three trumpets are necessary.
The fifth trumpet will be the
physical and glorious appearing of
the devil – the Antichrist
himself. The devil will physically
masquerade around the world as
Almighty God! He will deceive the
world through his mighty miracles.
One miracle will stand out above all
others. He will convince the world
that he is truly is God by calling
fire down from out of heaven at will.
(Revelation 13:13,14) Jesus will
grant the devil, attended by 200
million angels (actually demons
– Revelation 9:11,16), five
months to convince the world that he
is God. (See 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
The sixth trumpet is even worse. At
the end of the fifth trumpet, the
devil will demand that a theocracy
(the image to the beast) be
established. He will kill a third of
mankind (those who oppose him), and
set himself up as King of kings and
Lord of lords. Masquerading as God,
the devil will declare, “There
is no room for religious
diversity!” Everyone willing to
obey and worship the devil on his
universal holy day will receive a
tattoo (a mark) on his or her right
hand. Evidence of this tattoo will be
required each time a business
transaction occurs. Finally, the
seventh trumpet will sound in
Heaven’s court. This trumpet
will mark the close of God’s
grace and mercy. Every choice will
have been made every decision is
final. At this time, God will
demonstrate a great display of His
divine power. Everyone on Earth will
look up and see the Ark of the
Covenant, which contains the Ten
Commandments. God will show the world
that His Law is above all laws. The
seven bowls will then be poured out
on those having the tattoo that
represents the mark of the beast.
Summary
We have briefly
examined the origin of Sunday blue
laws. We have briefly examined
the prophetic beliefs of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church as they
pertain to a national Sunday law in
the United States. We have briefly
considered the problem of imposing
Sunday laws on 194 countries around
the world. We have noticed that SDAs
do not know what a trigger a national
Sunday law. SDAs do not have an
explanation for Revelation 13:8
because they do not properly
understand the seven trumpets.
We have briefly
examined the first four trumpets
because they will drastically change
life on planet Earth, as we know it.
The first four trumpets events will
be the catalyst that causes
Revelation’s end time story to
begin. They reveal how, when, and why
Revelation’s story will unfold
so that worship will become the
matter of greatest concern for
everyone on Earth. We have examined
some of the obstacles that prevent
SDAs from putting the seven trumpets
in the future. We have also learned
how long held SDA position (promoted
by Ellen White) on the sixth trumpet
does not have a historical support or
significance. So, where does all this
information leave you? I hope it
causes you to want to learn more
about the book of Revelation!
This article has been
prepared and distributed in hopes
that you might become motivated to
restudy Revelation and reexamine your
prophetic position. This is not an
attempt to siphon members or money
away from the church. My concern
is simple and straightforward. I
believe the seven trumpets are about
to sound. I believe that God’s
wrath will soon be directed at Earth
and billions of people will soon
perish as a result. I believe that
God’s Word has much to say about
coming events – much more than
Christians have been willing to
embrace.
Because the Great
Tribulation will be the worst time in
Earth’s history, we need to know
and understand God’s Word. His
Word will be a lamp unto our
feet and a light on our path
as we proceed through 1,335 days
of severe tribulation. At a minimum,
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God. The Bible has not been more
relevant than now. Bible truth is
more complete and comprehensive than
ever before. God’s truth is
marching on. We cannot afford to
depend on church leaders or the final
crisis to awaken us. “The end
of things is near. Therefore be clear
minded and self-controlled so that
you can [study and] pray.”
(1 Peter 4:7, insertion mine)
L.W. Wilson
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