p. 101 | The Mark of the Beast by V. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 25, 1875

The Mark of the Beast.

By V. S.

A CORRESPONDENT writes: “The query is arising in some minds here: ‘If this country is the two-horned beast, and Sunday-keeping the mark, what about all the rest of the world, this being so small a portion of the earth’s surface?’”

ANSWER: The rest of the world will be dealt with according to their deserts. When God singles out the worshipers of the beast, and receivers of his mark, as especially guilty and subject to special punishments, it does not release the rest of the world, nor clear them from such judgment as may be due to their condition and sins. There are in the world about eight hundred millions of heathen. They will be dealt with as heathen. The Greek, Roman Catholic, and Protestant churches, are estimated to number about three hundred and sixty-nine millions. The Greek church is only a modified form of Roman Catholicism. In all these churches, which embrace all Christendom, the beast can be worshiped and his mark received. All that is restricted to this country is the worship of the image, which is here to be formed. But the threatening of the third message warns not only against the worship of the image, but against the worship of the beast, in whatever quarter of the earth that worship may be rendered. V. S.