The war between good and evil is about JURISDICTION.  Where do we first find the Seal of God, and His claim of jurisdiction over Planet Earth?   "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."  Genesis 1:1.  Lucifer after he sinned, he was thrown out of heaven.  "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."  Revelation 12:9.  Lucifer caused Adam and Eve to sin, at this time Lucifer the Sun-god or Baal, claimed jurisdiction over this Planet.

The Creator stated His ultimate jurisdiction over this planet on the Mountain of Sinai, as stated in Exodus 20:8-11:
 

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:  But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:  For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Here the Lord Creator set his Seal [Name, Title & Jurisdiction], Name: Lord thy God.  Title: Creator - The Lord Made.  Jurisdiction:  Heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is.  In John 14:15, Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments."   "Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify [made them holy] them."   Ezekiel 20:12.  Those who worship the Creator and keep His commandments, will not receive the Mark of the Beast.  Thus the Mark of the Beast is a religious matter over jurisdiction, and where the people place their allegiance.

So what is the Mark of the Beast in the religious context, or the war between Christ and Satan.  In Daniel 7:25,  "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."  Now what church has changed the Law of God?

What were the ancient Priests doing in ancient times, they claimed to worship the true God, but instead were worshiping the Sun-god.  Ezekiel 8:16  "And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east."  This may shock you, but the first Sunday law was enforced by the Roman emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 A.D.  An edict declared, "On the venerable day of the sun [Sunday] let the magistrates and people residing in the cities rest, and let all workshops be closed" (Schaff's translation, History of the Christian Church, vol. iii, p. 75.  See also the Code of Justinian, Book 3, Title 12, Law 3).

There have been several groups working to bring back this one world government, and one world religion.  Recently on the religious side has been the United Religions Initiative:   Available from WayBack Machine:  http://www.united-religions.org/

It is stated on their website the following quote:
 

Over one hundred religious leaders in the wider San Francisco Bay area have formed a network to respond instantly and overwhelmingly to verified acts of hate violence perpetrated against religious, ethnic, racial, and gender minorities in Northern California.

Of course one would ask, what is a "act of hate violence?"  Could this be not keeping the appointed day of worship, and instead choosing to follow the Commandments given by God Almighty and written in stone with His finger?  Already the United Nations through the United Religions, has brought all the main religions of the world together, which includes all mainline Catholic, Protestant, Wiccan, Seventh-day Adventist, and other organizations.

Today the Mark of the Beast is not enforced, but the Image is full-blown as their forehead (mind) and Hand (works), for most of the world is already in full agreement and support of this One World Religion.  Most so-called Christians now worship Satan and call him Jesus.  They are very busy with all their good works, but the ". . .just will live by faith." Habakkuk 2:4.

So the MARK  will be a forced One World Religion, brought about through deception and one day soon we will wake up and a surprised planet will be forced to take a oath of allegiance to the One World State (a church/state union of the Dark Ages), at this point they will loose their right to buy or sell.  They will be hunted like animals, deprived of everything.  But fear not, the Lord has promised bread and water to those who do not take the Mark.  Isaiah 33:16  "He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Revelation 13:16-18.

Sunday is the MARK of the beast, and the seventh-day Sabbath is the Seal of God.  The choice is up to you, which will it be?  One is forced by decree and rules of men, the other honors the Creator and is a government based on freedom and agape love, as expressed in the Ten Commandments. In Revelation Jesus stands at the door and knocks, we only have to open up the door and seek Him, the Divine true God, Sun of Righteousness!  Malachi 4:2.