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Sealing is courage, fortitude, faith, and absolute trust in God's power to save. By a life of holy work and living by His commands the children of God are sealing their destiny. The Sealing work is taking place now. When the Lord returns He's bringing His reward with Him. (Revelation 22:12)
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SELF EXAM
Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Test yourselves... (2 Corinthians 13:5)
Preparation for the outpouring of the Latter Rain.
If you have been in the faith for a while the following are topics one should understand in Spirit and Truth.
1. The Holy Scriptures
2. The Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
3. Creation
4. The Law of God
5. The Sabbath
6. The Nature of Humanity
7. The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ
8. The Experience of Salvation
9. Growing in Christ
10. Christian Behavior
11. Marriage and Family
12. The Second Coming of Christ
13. The Great Controversy
14. Standing on the Promises of God
THE SEALING IS IN PROGRESS
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:11.
When the work of the investigative judgment closes, the destiny of all will have been decided for life or death. Probation ends a short time before the appearance of the Lord in the clouds of heaven.
Scoffers pointed to the things of nature—to the unvarying succession of the seasons, to the blue skies that had never poured out rain, to the green fields refreshed by the soft dews of night—and they cried out: “Doth he not speak parables?” In contempt they declared the preacher of righteousness to be a wild fanatic; and they went on, more eager in their pursuit of pleasure, more intent upon their evil ways, than before. But their unbelief did not hinder the predicted event.
Christ declares that there will exist similar unbelief concerning His second coming. As the people of Noah’s day “knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so,” in the words of our Saviour, “shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:39. When the professed people of God are uniting with the world, living as they live, and joining with them in forbidden pleasures; when the luxury of the world becomes the luxury of the church; when the marriage bells are chiming, and all are looking forward to many years of worldly prosperity—then, suddenly as the lightning flashes from the heavens, will come the end of their bright visions and delusive hopes.
The events connected with the close of probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never been revealed. Satan watches to catch away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and the time of trouble will find them unready.
(The Great Controversy, 594).
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Who Shall Receive God’s Seal?
And 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 given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation 7:2, 3.
The seal of the living God will be placed upon those only who bear a likeness to Christ in character. As wax takes the impression of the seal, so the soul is to take the impression of the Spirit of God and retain the image of Christ.
It is obedience to the principles of the commandments of God, which molds the character after the divine sameness.
The seal of God’s law is found in the fourth commandment. This only, of all the ten, brings to view both the name and the title of the Lawgiver. It declares Him to be the Creator of the heavens and the earth and thus shows His claim to reverence and worship above all others. Aside from this precept, there is nothing in the Decalogue to show by whose authority the law is given.
The Israelites placed over their doors a signature of blood, to show that they were God’s property. So, the children of God in this age will bear the signature God has appointed. They will place themselves in harmony with God’s holy law. A mark is placed upon every one of God’s people just as verily as a mark was placed over the doors of the Hebrew dwellings, to preserve the people from the general ruin. God declares, “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 20:12.
Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as soon as God’s people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has begun already; the judgments of God are now upon the land, ... that we may know what is coming. (30SDA Bible Commentary 4:1161).
TIME OF RETURN
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
(Act 1:10-11)
We cannot know the exact time of Jesus’ return, so we must watch and wait. But there is much to be done as we wait. We can purify our souls by obeying Jesus’ teachings. We can cooperate with angels in reaching out to others with the good news about Jesus. Like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses in their times, we have a special warning for our generation.
The signs of the end are all around us and are frightening. As God’s Spirit withdraws from the world, tragedy after tragedy occurs in every land. Earthquakes, fires, floods, crimes, and murder touch every family. Who can feel secure about the future? The end-time crisis is creeping up on us gradually. The sun rises and shines each day, people build houses, and eat and drink. Merchants buy and sell as people struggle to get more money and more power. People search for pleasure and amusement at theaters, sporting events, casinos, and on the internet. But in the middle of all this excitement, the close of probation is rapidly approaching. Every person’s eternal fate will soon be decided. Satan is working overtime to keep us deceived, amused, and busy until the door of heaven is closed forever. “‘So be ready all the time. Pray that you will be strong enough to escape all these things that will happen and that you will be able to stand before the Son of Man’” (Messiah, pp 340).