The Sealing Time

The Seal of God or The Mark of the Beast

The Final , Eternal Seal Of God

 

  • Completed “PRIOR to the close of probation.” Ezekiel 9:1-7; EW 279, 280; 1 SM 66GC 613.“I saw that the time for Jesus to be in the Most Holy Place was REALLY FINISHED and that time can last but A VERY LITTLE LONGER…. The sealing time is VERY SHORT and will SOON BE OVER.” EW 58; SD 342.
  • When God’s people are sealed, they will be “ETERNALLY  SECURE” and “PURE AND SPOTLESS FOR ETERNITY” -  NEVERMORE to be defiled by the corruption of the world.” 5T 216; 5T 475, 476.
  • The Seal of God is THE CHARACTER OF GOD. It is THE “SETTLING INTO THE TRUTH, both intellectually and spiritually, SO THEY CANNOT BE MOVED.” 4BC 1161; FILB 287; OHC 150; 7BC 970, 978; 1 SM 337, 338; TM 506

 

THE SEALING IS:


a.  A PERIOD of time.

b.  A PROGRESSIVE experience

c.   The LAST work done for the Christian.

d.   The RESULT of the three angel’s messages, and is

e.   CONCLUDED JUST PRIOR to the close of probation.

 

Mark of The Beast

 

  • “The mark of the beast is EXACTLY what it has been proclaimed to be.” 6T 17; 8T 159; Rev. 13:16, 17; Rev. 14:9, 10; TM 133 
  • “The sign or seal, of God is revealed in THE OBSERVATION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH, the Lord’s MEMORIAL of creation.” 8T 117.  
  • The mark of the beast is the OPPOSITE of  the seal of God. It is  THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SUNDAY. Rev. 13:16, 17; Rev. 14:9-12; 8T 117; TM 133; 6T 17.
  • The mark of the beast is not received until AFTER the National Sunday Law is enacted and the issue is clear. GC 449, 604, 605; 7BC 977; QD 184.
  • The entire world will be divided into JUST TWO CLASSES. EVERYONE will receive either the seal of God or the mark of the beast. 9T 16; GC 605
  • The SEAL of God is a SIGN OF LOYALTY TO GOD; the mark of the beast is a sign of DISLOYALTY to God. – a sign of APOSTASY.
  • The mark of the beast – a counterfeit Sabbath – is the sign of loyalty to the antichrist – a counterfeit Christ. GC 446. [ See also 6T 130; GC 445-450, 627, 628; 7BC 976; 1SM 66; 5T 80, 81