THE SEAL OF GOD

The 23th study in the series. Studies written by William Carey. Presentation Michael Salzman. All texts are from the New King James version. All rights reserved.

1-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Is there a message for the last days? Revelation 7:1-3 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

1-SG THE SEAL OF GOD seal 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,

1-SG THE SEAL OF GOD sealed in their foreheads 3 saying, “Do not hurt the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. In the last days God will send a special message to all the world that will place the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.

2-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What is a seal used for? 1 Kings 21:8 And she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth.

2-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Every nation in the world has it’s seal. The SEAL of any nation is the SIGN of its authority. The seal of God is the sign of the authority of Jehovah, the only true God and supreme ruler of all.

3-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Why is Jehovah the only true God? Psalms 121:2 made My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. The Lord Jehovah is identified as the only true God and ruler of all by the fact that He is Creator of all.

4-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What sets the Lord apart from other gods? Psalms 96:5 made For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. Only the CREATEOR of the heavens can be the true God. God alone has creative power. None of the so-called gods of the heathen have any CREATIVE POWER.

5-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What happens to false gods? Jeremiah 10:10-12 true God But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and an everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

5-SG THE SEAL OF GOD made 11 Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.” made 12 He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

5-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Those false gods are the gods that have not made the heaven and the earth, while the true and living God is manifest and established forever as the One who made heaven and earth, Acts 14:15; Jonah 1:9.

5-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Since the authority of Jehovah as the only true God and ruler of all is based on His creatorship, the SEAL of God must be THE SIGN OF GOD AS CREATOR.

6-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What is the sign between God and man? Exodus 31:16-17 perpetual covenant “Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

6-SG THE SEAL OF GOD sign between Me and the children of Israel made was refreshed 17 ‘It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

6-SG THE SEAL OF GOD God has appointed the seventh-day Sabbath to stand as the SIGN OF HIS CREATIVE POWER in making the world in six ordinary 24-hour days; therefore THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH IS THE SIGN OF GOD AS THE CREATOR.

7-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Does the Sabbath represent more than just creatorship? Exodus 31:13 sign I am the LORD who sanctifies you “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

7-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Since it takes the same divine power to save man from sin as it did to create him in he beginning, the 7th- day Sabbath, the sign of the Lord Christ, as Creator of the world in six days, also becomes THE SIGN OF THE LORD CHRIST AS MAN’S ONLY SAVIOUR FROM SIN AND AS HIS SANCTIFIER.

7-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Since the seventh-day Sabbath is the sign of God as Creator and only true god, the only Saviour and Sanctifier, the SABBATH THEN MUST BE THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD.

8-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Where can the seal of God be found? Exodus 20:11 LORD made the LORD hallowed itFor in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

8-SG THE SEAL OF GOD On a notary’s seal you will find three things: his name, his title as notary, and the territory where he is empowered to take acknowledgements. The fourth commandment is the only one of the Ten Commandments which contains these three things in reference to God.

8-SG THE SEAL OF GOD In the Sabbath commandment we find: (1) God’s name -- “Lord” (2) His distinguishing title -- “Lord” that MADE heaven and the earth, THE CREATOR (3) The territory over which He rules – the heaven and the earth

9-SG THE SEAL OF GOD Who is the only one who can sanctify? Ezekiel 20:12 My sign sanctifies them “Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

9-SG THE SEAL OF GOD God gave the Sabbath to be His SIGN as the only true God and SANCTIFIER, so it must be the SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD. The keeping of the seventh-day, instead of being opposed to God’s saving grace, is actually a SIGN OF HIS SAVING GRACE AND SANCTIFYING POWER.

10-SG THE SEAL OF GOD How do we accept the Seal of God? Ezekiel 20:20 My sign “Hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

10-SG THE SEAL OF GOD The Sabbath becomes God’s sign or SEAL upon you only as you actually hallow it in our life from week to week. The SEAL is placed on the forehead. The forehead represents the MIND. When you REMEMBER the Sabbath to keep it holy (Ex. 20:8), that will put God’s SIGN OR SEAL ON YOUR FOREHEAD.

10-SG THE SEAL OF GOD By keeping the 7th-day Sabbath we show that we worship the true God, who made the world in six days, and that we accept the power of that same Lord Christ to save us from sin and sanctify us to His service. We thus restore His seal to his law, Isa. 8:16.

11-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What sets the 144,000 apart? Revelation 14:1 hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

11-SG THE SEAL OF GOD The Father’s name is His character, Ex. 34:5-7. Those who receive the seal of God on their forehead will be those who surrender all to do God’s will, so that their heart and mind will be brought into conformity to the character of God.

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD What happens if you do not have the seal of God? Ezekiel 9:1-6 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand.”

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side;

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD mark on the foreheads of the men 4 and the LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD 5 To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD the mark 6 “Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

12-SG THE SEAL OF GOD When the last plague came on Egypt; the death of the first-born-- the only ones who were saved from that plague were those who had the MARK OF THE LORD on the doors of the houses; SO the only ones who will be protected from the seven last plagues will be those who have the SEAL OF GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS.

THE SEAL OF GOD Do you need the SEAL OF GOD? Do you want to receive the SEAL OF GOD? END