In contrast, the New Testament clearly separates these events. The Rapture - The SDA scheme of end time events places the Rapture at the end of the Tribulation and mixes with it some of the events that the Bible says will occur at the time of the Second Coming - such as the pouring out of God’s wrath and the devastation of the earth. It is the problem you always get into when you start spiritualizing the Word of God. Yet, Ellen White declared that the true mark of the beast would be Sunday worship! This is an obvious twisting of Scripture to make it mean whatever you want it to mean. It is also stated that the mark will be either the name of the beast or the number of his name. The book of Revelation clearly reveals that this is a mark the Antichrist’s false prophet will require people to put on their right hand or forehead in order to buy or sell anything.
The Mark of the Beast - Ellen White was equally reckless in determining the meaning of the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18). The following is an analysis of how the Seventh-Day Adventists view key eschatalogical events on their timeline.
