The Seal of the
Living God
Tonight’s topic – The Seal of God.
In our last lecture we identified the
antichrist power of Rev 13 and Daniel 7
And we found that it is the papal
SYSTEM. NOT THE PEOPLE!
We know that this power has a mark
called the “Mark of the Beast.”
It is vital that we know what this Mark is –
as there is a terrible warning given
against those who receive it
Lets look again at the verses about the
Mark of the beast.
We read this verse in our last lecture.
Revelation 14:9-10 “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,”
This mark is obviously a serious thing
that we need to avoid.
We are going to identify the Mark
tomorrow night.
But the bible tells us that God also has
an identifying mark – it is called the seal
of God.
We are now going to discover that in the
future there will be two groups – one with
the seal of God, & one with the Mark of the
beast.
The Seal & the mark will distinguish who
you give your allegiance to!
One distinguishes your allegiance to the
Beast. (Papacy)
One distinguishes your allegiance to the
Lord.
But what is the seal of God?
We find the seal of God in Revelation
chapter 7
READ FROM BIBLE
Rev. 6:14-17
Who shall be able to stand is the great
question
We get our answer in the next verses
READ FROM BIBLE
Rev: 7:1-3
Notice it is “the servants of God” –
Christians who receive the seal.
It’s not the wicked. –
Notice that these are “servants” of God
already – Christians that are missing
something in there Christian experience.
Notice where the seal of God is – it is in
there foreheads.
This is the same place the mark of the
beast is placed. – In the forehead.
Now: What is the seal of God?
The first thing we need to ask is:
What is a seal?
A SEAL IS LIKE AN OFFICIAL
SIGNITURE
In ancient times the ruling official or king
would have a seal that would be in the
form of a stamp or often a ring. Wax
would be melted and the impress left in
the wax.
Example: An ancient seal
Esther and king Ahasuerus seal.
King Ahasuerus se al.
Esther 8:8 “…for the
writing which is written
in the king’s name, and
seale d with the king’s
ring, may no
man reve rse .”
What is a seal?
Note: An official signature – So powerful
that it couldn’t be changed.
Contains three elements
1. Name
2. Title
3. Territory
- Ahasuerus
- Persian Empire
- King
Three elements that
make up a seal:
Example: A modern seal
1. Name:
2. Title:
3. Territory:
President
U.S.A.
1. Name: George Bush
Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister
Australia
1. Name:
2. Title:
3. Territory:
God’s Seal would be as follows
1. Name: Lord God
2. Title: Creator
3. Territory: Heaven & Earth
A seal validates a worldly law or official
document.
It is a mark of ownership and authority.
Does God’s seal have to do with His
great legal document – His law?
YES!
Isaiah 8:16
“Bind up the
testimony,
seal the law
among my
disciples.”
Seal has something to do with the law.
In Revelation 14:12 we find God tells us
who are the ones that don’t receive the
Mark of the Beast
Notice who they are
Revelation 14:9-10 “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,”
Revelation 14:12 “Here is
the patience of the
saints: here are they that
keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of
Jesus.”
The distinguishing mark of those that
receive the seal of God is that they keep
the COMMANDMENTS.
They are sealed into the forehead.
What does the Bible say God wants to
put into our forehead?
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the
covenant that I will make
with them after those days,
saith the Lord, I will put my
laws into their hearts, and
in their minds will I write
them.”
Law in written in their minds.
In the forehead not on the forehead
God’s seal has something to do with His
Law!
Where in God’s law do we find His seal?
Now remember three things make up a
seal:
1. Name. 2. Title. 3. Territory.
Which law constitutes the seal.
Mention commandments at random before
the 4th.
The only place we find God’s seal – his
official signature – is in the fourth
commandment!
Exodus 20:8-9
“Remember
the S abbath
day, to keep it
holy. S ix days
shalt thou
labour, and do
all thy work.
Exodus 20:10
“But the
seventh day is
the S abbath of
the LORD thy
God: in it thou
shalt not do
any work…”
Exodus 20:11 “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.”
Remember the Sabbath day.
Only the fourth commandment contains
these three.
The Lord your God
Made -Creator
Heaven &Earth
This is the only commandment which
constitutes God’s seal.
Without this signature in God’s law any
other God could claim this law as his.
Buddha Mahomed God’s of India and
China I could say I am God and claim
it
Only the God of the Bible has the ability
to create which makes it His law.
Note: The Sabbath is the seal of God.
Note: I can hear someone say “but isn’t
there any other scripture that says the
Sabbath is God seal?” YES THERE IS.
Ezekiel 20:12 “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 them.”
Ezekiel 20:20 “And hallow
my sabbaths; and they
shall be a sign between
me and you, that ye may
know that I am the LORD
your God.”
The Sabbath, a sign or seal.
These words can be used
interchangeably
Romans 4:11 “And he
(Abraham) received the sign
of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith
which he had yet being
uncircumcised.”
A Sign = A Seal
Note: Sign & Seal are both synonymous
Now why is the Sabbath important?
Because it is an indicator of who you
worship, look at this;
Notice the 1st angels message – the
three are given just before Jesus comes.
Revelation 14:6
“And I saw another
angel fly in the midst
of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to
preach unto them that
dwell on the earth,
and to every nation,
and kindred, and
tongue, and people, >
Revelation 14:7 “S aying with
a loud voice, Fear God, and
give glory to him; for the hour
of his judgment is come: and
worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of
waters .”
Fear God and give glory to Him
Note: In verse 7 it says “Worship him that
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters.” Rev 14:7.
These words are taken from the 4th
commandment
And this message [the first angel’s message]
is a last day message that is calling us back to
the creator, and calling us back to His
memorial of creation, the Sabbath.
Today people are being deceived into
worshipping almost anything – even
them selves
But the call of God today is to worship
Him and the sign of that worship is
keeping the Sabbath day holy
The Sabbath was instituted at creation –
it is the memorial of God’s creative
power.
Today because of the loss of the
Sabbath, people have lost contact with
God.
Today people don’t believe in creation
week.
WHY?
Because they have lost that seal that
connects them with creation – the
Sabbath.
As the Sabbath came in around the
world every week, it was to be a sign that
God created us and all that we see.
But today man is rejecting God for
evolution!
Evolution has taken the place of creation!
– Never existed if Sabbath was kept.
Evolution is the Devils counterfeit to
creation.
The Bible says that our father is - The
almighty God.
Evolution says that our father is – A
monkey!
How could you think that you came from
a monkey if every week you bowed the
knee to your Creator?
Friends, you have been created by God
almighty, and you were not a mistake!!
The Bible says that God knew you before
you were born. Don’t let any one tell you
that you were a mistake!!
Now all Christians know the ten
commandments – and they all know the
largest commandment is the Sabbath
But it gets very interesting here with our
next question
This is where this topic begins to be
come very important
What Day is the
Sabbath Day?
Exodus 20:10 "But the
seventh day is the
S abbath of the
LORD thy God."
?
But how do we know which day is the
seventh day?
Dictionary Definition
Note: But of course we can’t take our
theology from the dictionary.
Let’s see what day the Bible defines as
the 7th day Sabbath.
Luke 23:52
“This man we nt
unto Pilate, and
be gge d the body
of Je s us .”
Luke 23:53-54 “And he took
it down, and wrappe d it in
line n, and laid it in a
s e pulchre that was he wn in
s tone , whe re in ne ve r man
be fore was laid. And that day
was the pre paration, and the
S abbath drew on.”
Luke 23:55
“And the wome n
als o, which came
with him from
Galile e , followe d
afte r, and be he ld
the s e pulchre , and
how his body was
laid.
Luke 23:56
“And the y
re turne d, and
pre pare d s pice s
and ointme nts;
and re s te d the
S abbath day
according to the
com mandm e nt.
Luke 24:1
“Now upon the firs t
day of the we e k,
ve ry e arly in the
m orning, the y came
unto the s e pulchre ,
bringing the s pice s
which the y had
pre pare d, and
ce rtain othe rs with
the m.”
The whole Christian world knows what
day Good Friday is & what day Easter
Sunday is; the Sabbath is the day
between Good Friday and Easter
Sunday.
It is on Saturday
Now you maybe thinking - why do most
Christians BREAK the Sabbath and keep
Sunday?
Was the Sabbath changed by Jesus or
the disciples?
According to the Bible, Christ or early
Christians never kept or sanctified
Sunday.
Jesus kept Sabbath. Notice;
Luke 4:16
“And he came to
Nazare th, whe re
he had be e n
brought up: and,
as his custom
was, he we nt into
the s ynagogue
on the s abbath
day, and s tood
up for to re ad.”
As His custom was, he went to synagogue on
Sabbath
Let me ask you, what was Jesus’ custom?
It was to go into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day. That’s what His custom was. A
custom is something you do habitually, all the
time.
Apostles kept Sabbath. Notice;
Acts 13:42 “And whe n
the Je ws we re gone out of
the s ynagogue , the
Ge ntiles bes ought that
the s e words m ight be
pre ache d to the m the ne xt
s abbath.>
Acts 13:44
And the ne xt
s abbath day came
almos t the whole
city toge the r to he ar
the word of God.”
Gentiles heard the word of God on the
Sabbath
In fact:
Jesus kept the Sabbath – the disciples
kept the Sabbath – the early Christians
kept the Sabbath
Jesus or the disciples never changed it.
One of the greatest evidences that Jesus
never intended the Sabbath to change
after his death IS: Matt 24:20 SEE
NEXT SLIDE
Matthew 24:20
“But pray ye that your flight be
not in the winte r, ne ithe r on
the S abbath day.”
Jesus was referring to the destruction of
Jerusalem in 70 AD
The fact that Jesus commanded to pray
that your flight be not on the Sabbath day
forty years after His death, proves that
Jesus, when prophesying, understood
clearly the Sabbath was not done away
with. And remember this, forty years after
the crucifixion the Jewish people were no
longer representatives of God. Therefore,
Jesus implied that forty years after the
crucifixion, the Gentiles would keep the
Sabbath.
7 Misunderstandings
about the
Sabbath.
Now your probably thinking to your self –
hang on a minute – what about…..
Objections: Now I want to spend a little time
answering the objections that people bring
up. Seven main objections.
1. The Lord’s day
is Sunday.
Revelation 1:10
“I was in the
spirit on the
Lords day”
The first thing we see here is that the
Lord had a special day
This is about 70 years after Jesus died.
What day is the Lords day
John knew exactly what day the Lord’s
day was – he heard Jesus say:
Mark 2:27-28
“And he said
unto them, The
S abbath was
made for man,
and not man for
the S abbath:
Therefore the
Son of man is
Lod l fth
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath – which is
Saturday the seventh day
Note: He is the author, the maker, the
sanctifier, and the architect of the Sabbath.
Rev 1:10 p908 - proves that John kept the
Sabbath.
2. Sabbath was
made for the
Jews.
Mark 2:27
“And he said
unto them,
The S abbath
was made for
man, and not
man for the
S abbath.”
Mankind not Jews!
God made the Sabbath 2000 years before
there was a Jew.
Abraham was considered the father of the
Jewish nation
3. We keep Sunday
in honour of the
Resurrection.
God never made it Holy. – Why not keep
Friday holy too….
4. The Sabbath
was lost.
Video of time line
The Sabbath has been kept until the day in
which we live – it was never lost but it was
changed.
5. I worship Godevery day.
The Bible commands you to do so
But the Bible also commands you to rest on
one day and work on the other six.
There is a difference between worshipping
and having a day of worship.
You can’t keep the Sabbath every day
unless you go on the dole!
6. Any day in
seven will do!
Try telling your wife that next time you
forget your wedding anniversary!!!!!!!!!
To illustrate:
Just say now I got seven women out the
front here. The lady here on the end is my
wife Paula. Now what would you think if I
took a look over these seven women and
decided to take number 3 or number 4?
After all, they might suit me better. And
after all, one is as good as the other. Any
one will do.
The Sabbath is connected to an event like
your birthday, you can’t change it!
Your birthday is an historical fact – you
cannot change that.
God designed us to be in tune with a seven
day week – French revolution – made a ten
day week it did not work. Why? Because
God tuned us to a seven day week
We don’t know where the seven day week
came from – months and years come from
the cycle of the sun and moon – but why a
seven day week – god created it at
creation.
Genesis 2:2
“And God
blessed the
seventh day, and
sanctified it:
because that in it
he had rested
from all his work
which God
created and
Sanctified & blessed the Sabbath
God did three things on the 7th day that He
NEVER DID ON ANY OTHER DAY OF
THE WEEK.
God Rested on
the Seventh Day
God Blessed the
Seventh Day
God Sanctified
the Seventh Day
7. The Sabbath was
nailed to the
cross.
This is a misunderstanding that people
often bring up when discussing this subject
and at first glance it seems like a very good
argument
Lets read the verses that bring this point out
Colossians 2:14 “Blotting out
the handwriting of
ordinance s that was agains t
us , which was contrary to
us , and took it out of the
way, nailing it to his cros s ;
Colossians 2: 16 “Le t no m an
the re fore judge you in m e at,
or in drink, or in re s pe ct of
an holyday, or of the ne w
m oon, or of the S abbath
days .”
Colossians 2:17 “Which
are a s hadow of
things to com e ; but
the body is of Chris t.”
When referring to these passages there are
some who come to the conclusion that Paul
was talking about the ten commandments
and the 7th Day Sabbath,
therefore the Ten commandments and the
Sabbath was nailed to the cross & was
done away with.
But what is the Bible telling us here? What
was nailed to the cross?
2 Laws given
Ten Commandment Law.
Ceremonial Law -Hand
writing of ordinances
2 types of Sabbaths
Seventh-day Sabbath.
Ceremonial Sabbaths.
Spoken by Moses – Lev. 1:1, 2
Written by Moses – Deut. 31:24
Written in a book – Deut. 31:24
Placed on the side of Ark – Deut. 31:26
Finished at the cross – Col. 2:14
Ceremonial Law
Ten Commandments
Spoken by God – Deut. 5:22
Written by God – Deut. 5:22
Written in stone – Deut. 5:22
Placed in the Ark – Deut. 10:5
Everlasting -Psalms 111:7, 8
In the ceremonial law was ceremonial
Sabbaths
Ceremonial Sabbaths
Feasts of Trumpets
Day of Atonement
Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of First Fruits
Passover Feast
These special feast days were ceremonial
Sabbath days – because the people were
not to work on these day
In Colossians, Paul is talking about
ceremonial Laws and ceremonial Sabbaths
that were nailed to the cross because they
were all pointing to Jesus who was to come
– and when he came there was no need to
keep these any more.
Notice the ord in Colossi ai
Colossians 2:16-17 “Let no
man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday, or of
the new moon, or of the
Sabbath days : Which are a
shadow of things to come.”
In Paul’s time there were lots of Jewish converts
that were still advocating old laws – circumcision
was one – it was hard for them in changing from
old to new covenants.
So What Law and what Sabbath was nailed to
the cross???? The ceremonial law and
Sabbaths!!!! Not the weekly Sabbath from
creation.
The bible said this law was a “Shadow of things
to come” - To Come
Note: To point forward.
Sabbath of
Creation
Ceremonial
Sabbaths
In fact, the Sabbath will be kept in heaven for
all eternity
Isaiah 66:22 “For as
the new heavens and the
new earth, which I will
make, shall remain before
me, saith the LORD, so
shall your seed and your
name remain.
Isaiah 66:23
And it shall come
to pass, that from
one new moon to
another, and from
one S abbath to
another, shall all
flesh come to
worship before me,
saith the LORD.”
Wouldn’t it seem strange for God to give
us the Sabbath from creation until Jesus
came the first time; then abolish it for
2000 years; and then re-establish it for
eternity after the second coming of
Jesus?
But doesn’t the
church claim that
the change of the
Sabbath comes
from the
Scriptures?
“You may re ad the Bible from
Ge ne s is to Re ve lation and
you will not find a s ingle line
authoriz ing the s anctification
of S unday. The S cripture s
e nforce the re ligious
obs e rvance of S aturday.”
Faith of our
Fathe rs by
Cardinal Jam es
Gibbons p.561
“The authority of the church
could the re fore not be bound
to the authority of the
S cripture s be caus e the
church had change d the
S abbath into S unday, not by
a comm and of Chris t, but by
its own authority.”
Canon and
Tradition p.263
“I hone s tly be lie ve that
this com m andm ent the
S abbath is jus t as binding
today as it e ve r was … The
S abbath was binding in
Ede n, and it has be e n
in force e ve r since .>
How can me n claim that
this one com mandm e nt has
be e n done away with whe n
the y will adm it that the
othe r nine [adulte ry,
m urde r, lying, the ft, e tc.]
are s till
binding?”
Dwight L. Moody. W e ighe d and
W anting, 1898, p 46-47.
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“But S unday is not the
Sabbath. Any school
boy knows that
Sunday is the first day
of the week. I have
repeatedly offered one
thousand dollars>
$1000 REWARD
to anyone who will
prove by the Bible
alone that S unday is
the day we are bound
to keep, and no one
has called for the
money.”
T. Enright, in the
American
Sentinel. 1893
REWARD $100,000
for anyone who can
find in the seminar
Bible where the
S abbath was
changed to
S unday.
In Matthew 15 there is controversy about
the 5th commandment and how the Jews
had a tradition that allowed them to break
this commandment. Jesus said to them:
Matthew 15:9
"But in vain
the y do
worship me,
teaching for
doctrine s the
commandmen
ts of me n."
Tomorrow Night we are going
to find out what the dreaded
mark of the beast is, and why
the Sabbath is going to
become Especially important in
the future.
666 AND THE MARK
OF THE BEAST
• What is the mark?
• Who will receive it?
• How can we avoid
it?