Digging Deeper Into The Seal Of The Living God

"Now we ask, 

Q: What is the seal of the living God? 

A: Ezekiel will help us understand, for he mentions the "mark" which is placed upon the foreheads of God's people (Ezekiel 9:3, 4). --This "mark" is a sign of victory over sin and of loyalty to the Lord.

In Egypt, as the destroying angel went through the land to slay all the firstborn of the Egyptians, he passed over those homes where the mark of blood was placed on the doorpost. 

So, in the final destruction, the destroying angels are commanded, "Do not come near any one on whom is the mark" (Ezekiel 9:6). The "seal of God" is therefore the mark identifying God's people as His. Being placed in their "foreheads" signifies that it has to do with the character. The character of His people is God's great concern.

 

John further describes this seal in Revelation 14:1, saying that the 144,000 have "the Father's name written on their foreheads."

Q: What is God's name? 

A: In 1 John 4:8, we read: "God is love." When the character of the people of God is transformed into perfect love, then will the "Father's name" be written in their foreheads.

Q: But how is love revealed? 

A: "Love is the fulfillment of the law" (Romans 13:10). 

If we profess to love, but do not fulfill the law of God, we deny the seal of God. And if we profess to keep God's commandments, but do not reveal love in our lives, we deny the Holy Spirit who impresses the seal upon God's people, because "the fruit of the Spirit is love" (Galatians 5:22).

A seal is the sign of authority, and is associated with the laws of government. "Whatever is written in the king's name and sealed with the king's signet ring, no one can revoke" (Esther 8:8). Queen Esther knew that if King Ahasuerus sealed the writing of the Persian law, it could never again be changed. God says through Isaiah: "Seal the law among my disciples" (Isaiah 8:16). 

Therefore we shall find the seal of God in His law.

A seal must have three details in order to be legal:
(1) The name of the law-giver;
(2) his position, or authority; and
(3) the territory over which he rules. For example, the Queen of England's seal would read, Elizabeth (name), Queen (position or authority) of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Commonwealth (territory). 

Now we ask, 

Q: where can we find the seal of God in His law? 

A: Only the Sabbath commandment contains all three essentials of a seal:
(1) "The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God" (name
of the law-giver);
(2) "in six days the Lord made" (His position or authority, He is the Creator); 

(3) "the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them" (the territory over which He rules.) "

R.J.W.