"Panama announces gender-based virus curfew
The government in Panama has decreed men and women can only leave their homes on alternate days in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Friederike Heine and Andrea Sosa Cabrios
Deutsche Presse AgenturAPRIL 2, 20205:18AM
Men and women in Panama will only be allowed to leave their homes on alternate days, according to a new anti-coronavirus measure imposed by the government.
The decision allows women to leave the house on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and men to do so on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The new measure, under which both men and women must stay indoors on Sundays, "seeks to reduce circulation by half," the Health Ministry said."

https://www.news.com.au/world/break...s-story/32eec6d37050a3f69a1a6afef4333b0a

That is what is meant that they receive it in the hand with no religious belief (they receive the mark not knowing), while those who receive it in the forehead is a religious belief.

Exactly! Global events are devolving at a dizzying pace.

I don't see how on earth this could be considered "mark of the beast" like this. That is something that the Bible is pretty clear about what has to take place first and this law in Panama comes nowhere close to it. While "Sunday" will, at one point, be the mark, it is not so now. No one can receive the mark by having it "forced" upon them A person has to choose it. Or a person can alternatively choose the seal of God. The reason the Bible says people "RECEIVE" the mark is to tell us this. When you "receive" something, its not forced upon you. You have to take it knowingly and willingly. Its not "breaking God's law" to obey civil authorities when they ask us to do something like this on Sundays. The reason would probably be that since, in that country, most couples would be going to church every Sunday; then the danger of spreading any diseases making the rounds would be that much greater. Its a simply practical law, nothing to do yet, with "mark of the beast."

The "Mark" will be enforced.

"When Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God." GC 449

Rev. 3:16 And he will cause all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that has the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

We may not be wise to wait for "something" to happen first --


A little closer to home -- at least for Canadians.

The Sunday movement is being rapidly reinforced by the passage of laws. The lamb like beast is beginning to speak like a dragon and his voice is being echoed around the world! God?s people, hold on to your Lord!

This has not happened anywhere yet.



This is not really what happened, it is only part of the story:

DIVISION II
HOURS AND DAYS OF ADMISSION
2. Subject to sections 3 to 14.1, the public may be admitted to a commercial establishment only between the hours of
(1) 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on the other days of the week;
(2) 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on 24 and 31 December;
(3) 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on 26 December where it falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, and 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. where it falls on another day of the week.
SOURCE It would appear that this legislation in Quebec is about BOTH Saturday and Sunday; and that its not really "Sunday law" fodder.


The thing to keep in mind is that prophecy, when speaking to the looming spectre of "Sunday Laws" actually refers to decrees by civil authorities to force people to physically observe the first day of the week:


So this is not about the more petty laws, which have been on the books for many years, sometimes called Sunday Blue Laws. This is/will be about much more than "Sunday closing laws." Further, we are warned about making up a time of trouble prematurely:



It would be far more fruitful for us who are supposed to be God's people, to talk more about Jesus than we do the mark of the beast.

Should we to be saying "it's not happening" right up until the final law is passed?
Or is this a very loud wake up call that we are standing on the edge -- on the very brink?
(True, the world hasn't plunged into the last crises yet, but it is teetering on the very edge of doing so, while huge forces are working to push it over) Pray we will have a little longer -- but without Divine intervention the world will slide over the edge.
Can't you see how things are shaping up in amazing leaps?




Are you saying the following report was false???

In Quebec (and other provinces) a lot of stores were closed totally due to the pandemic, but March 30, the Primier of Quebec announced those stores that were allowed to remain open could NOT be open on Sundays anymore? Except for Pharmacies, and a couple others, all stores, including grocery stores must close on Sundays.

In your rebuttal you quoted a much earlier legislation dealing with normal store hours -- as it stood February 1, 2020.

The above quotes from Quebec's premier, that stores must close SUNDAYS, took place March 31, 2020.
He said they must close for all of April -- but let's see if the restriction is lifted after April.

Things are changing RAPIDLY as more and more "laws" are passed.




Back in the late 1880's the Adventist church took a far different stand against Sunday closure laws.
They didn't just sit back and say "Oh, well, blue laws have always existed, so what's the big deal", no, they opposed the closure laws!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWxp3USJwc

Remember as well -- the blue laws were there BEFORE the constitution. Do a little research on how much "religious liberty" some of those early colonies had when the blue laws were in full force. Slowly those blue laws, even though they didn't disappear, began to lose their power after the American revolution-- but now people are suggesting they should be brought back into force.

It is obvious, we are in the time when those in other churches are to be called out. Is it not the "message of warning" that must be delivered, now? People in other churches have little need to be told to "Behold The Lamb of God". They need to hear what they have not heard before, the three angels messages, especially the third and final one!

"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."Revelation 14:9-12

Disasters being seen as a sign to return to the faith (Catholic) in Europe! Does this sound familiar?
https://youtu.be/QfupLAI_DCo