The document discusses the biblical passage in Revelation 7:1-3 about an angel being sent to seal the servants of God. It provides context around the events in Revelation 6 and establishes various symbolic meanings. Key points made include: 1) The sealing represents God marking his faithful people for protection before pouring out judgments. 2) It signifies those who have proven loyal to God and his commandments like the Sabbath. 3) The number sealed, 144,000, is a symbol rather than a literal count, as they represent a vast multitude from all tribes of spiritual Israel.

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2.  Introduction
 This chapter comes just after the sixth seal has been broken.
 Commotion is raging high as a result of the seal.
 God is about to rain havoc on earth, see Rev. 8:6
 SOP says: “I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds
and
. These plagues enraged the wicked against the
righteous…” EW36.
 Just like with Israel of old, God would like to whisk His children to
safety first before havoc begins.
 In the case of Israel, the blood on the doorpost was said to mark
their safety, this time God’s special mark does the trick.
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3.  Symbology used here is not our ordinary Constant Keys
(CKs) but Variable Key (VK).
 Please refer to our chapter 1 to refresh your memory on
these keys.
 Seal = many different interpretations depending on the
context e.g. Seal in Rev. 6 is different from seal of Rev
7:2-3 , Dan 12:4 and also different from seal of Rev
22:10. NB: seal in prophecy should be different from seal
elsewhere in the bible.
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4.  Verse 1: “After this…” “this” refers to the beginning of a
havoc as explained in Rev. 6:15-17.
 This chapter then speaks to what will happen
the second coming of our Lord.
 SOP shares this light: “The Lion of Judah,
, will be the Lamb of
God to the obedient and faithful. The pillar of cloud which
speaks wrath and terror to the transgressor of God's law is
light and mercy and deliverance to those who have kept
His commandments.” 6T404
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5.  Next, we need to resolve the on “Angel” in this verse.
 In Rev. 1:20, “angels” referred to the Ministers / Elders /
Bishops of the church.
 That was a variable key (vk.) and was explained in the
chapter!
 In this chapter since no explanation is given, then we’ll
interpret “angel” as a literal messenger of God as is known
and believed to exist.
 “...Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to
the four angels...” LS119. EG White confirms our view.
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6.  The next key we recognise is “winds”. “Winds are a
symbol of strife.” GC439.
 SOP also calls this a “restraining power of God”
6T408.
 “The four winds of heaven …represent the terrible
scenes of conquest and revolution by which
kingdoms have attained to power.” GC.440.
 We have thus confirmed with the SOP our CK.
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7.  We have since established that we’ll face real
havoc should these angels let go of the wind.
 There seem to be a multiplicity of danger here
since the angels are holding back FOUR winds.
 As we conclude this part, SOP says: “…and when
God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there
will be such a scene of as no pen can
picture.” Ed179.
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8.  As stated earlier on, the “seal” is a variable key thus
depend on the context.
 In this chapter an Angel is presented as having a “seal of
the Living God” as he’s “sealing” God’s people.
 We’ll spend some time looking at the best possible
explanations of the seal as EG White gives it to us:
 “... While living under and proclaiming the most solemn
message ever borne to mortals, presenting
they are transgressing its holy precepts”2T468
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9.  “… the four winds were about to blow, the merciful
eye of Jesus gazed
, and He raised His hands to the Father, and
pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for
them.
 Then another angel was commissioned to fly
to the four angels, and bid them hold, until
.” LS119.
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10.  “The seal of God will be placed upon the foreheads of those
Those who link in
sympathy with the world are eating and drinking with the drunken and will
surely be destroyed with the workers of iniquity.” 5T212
 “
or be cut down by the destroying weapons” 5T212
 “ Ibid 214
 “
” 5T213
 “
.” 5T214
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11.  “We must bear our message without any delay.
We must give evidence to the universe of
Heaven, and to men in this degenerate age,
of which
Christ is the Author and His word the divine
oracle.” AU.1898-10-15
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12.  “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth
sure, having ,
. He
reads correctly. He weighs
motives. Nothing escapes His all-seeing eye; the
thoughts, the intents and purposes of the
hearts--all are discerned by Him” 4T583 / 2T490
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13.  “The class who do not feel grieved over their
own spiritual declension, nor mourn over the
sins of others,
.” 5T211
 “Many hear the invitation of mercy, are tested
and proved;
.” 5T50
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14.  “Now is the time to prepare.
” 5T216
 “…close and unexpected tests will be brought to bear upon them
to see who are worthy to receive the seal of the living God.”
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15.  “
, the Creator of
the heavens and the earth. Those who obey this
commandment take , and all
the blessings it involves are theirs.” 6T350
 “ .
Each Sabbath institution bears the name of its author, an
ineffaceable mark that shows the authority of each.”
6T352
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16.  “
, the Lord's memorial of creation.
"The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the
children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep:
;
that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you."
Exodus 31:12, 13.
” 8T117
 “We are to be distinguished from the world because God has
placed His seal upon us, because He manifests in us His own
character of love” 7T144
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17.  “ … While one class, by
accepting the sign of submission to earthly powers, receive
the mark of the beast,
, receive the seal of God.”
 “If parents allow their children to receive an education with
the world,
.” HS217
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18.  “"A fair miter" is set upon their heads. They are to be as
kings and priests unto God.
.
These are they that stand upon Mount Zion with the
Lamb, having the Father's name written in their
foreheads.” 5T475 /5T501
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19.  “The precious graces of the Holy Spirit are not developed
in a moment.
Courage, fortitude, meekness, faith, unwavering trust in
God's power to save, are acquired by the experience of
years.
.” 8T314
 “When Jesus leaves the sanctuary, then they who are
holy and righteous will be holy and righteous still;
.” EW48
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20.  “In every case the great decision is to be made
. And now, when we are on the borders
of the eternal world, what can be of so much value to us as to
be found loyal and true to the God of heaven? What is there
that we should prize above His truth and His law? What
education can be given to the students in our schools that is
so necessary as a knowledge of "What saith the Scriptures?”
6T130
 “The message we bear has the seal of the living God.” 6T166
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21.  “…I saw that those who of late have embraced the truth would have to know
what it is to suffer for Christ's sake, that they would have trials to pass
through that would be keen and cutting, in order
, pass
through the time of trouble, see the King in His beauty, and dwell in the
presence of God and of pure, holy angels.” EW67
 “I also saw that
without a high priest in the sanctuary through the
time of trouble.
.”
EW71
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22. wholly in reference to the
coming of the Son of man.
, and will soon be over. Now is
the time, while the four angels are holding
the four winds, to make our calling and
election sure. EW58
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23.  “The human family is in need of a moral
renovation, a preparation of character, that they
may stand in God's presence”. 6T21.
 “
The present truth is to be our burden.
The third angel's message must do its work of
separating from the churches …” 6T61
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24.  Recapitulation from slide 8 – 23.
 The Angel in this chapter and verse is literal.
 He is not going to go around preaching the Sabbath
to any person.
 The sealing here is not as defined in 2Cor. 1:21
 Those sealed this time have been loyal to the
Eternal God throughout.
 Their loyalty included the TRUE SABBATH
keeping.
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25.  Just as in the case of Israel of old, before they left Egypt they had a special
mark to distinguish them from Egyptians, so will it be in the case of these
spiritual Israelites.
 Marking {sealing} is done by an unseen angel of God to the true remnant
of God.
 Sealing indicates the side of Eternity one belongs to and will not change.
 This sealing takes place at the close of mercy when every individual’s case
has been decided either for eternal life or eternal death
 Ten (10) of our 15 slides spoke of loyalty to the precepts of God, hence the
sealing.
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26.  One's character immerged as primary to sealing.
 5 of the 15 slides emphasize on the Sabbath as
prerequisite to sealing.
 This sealing confirms salvation by faith as opposed
to salvation by works (my keeping of the Sabbath).
 The Sabbath here is crucial in identifying ones
loyalty, then the sealing.
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27.  This Angel has been specially sent from God with
the special message. LS119
 Note that the faithful remnant is there even at this
time and is observing the True Sabbath already!
 For the reason to call on these 4 Angels, let’s read
Rev. 9:4-5.
 Note that this happens after the event of Rev. 7:3
hence now they are told who not what to harm.
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28.  Note that verse 4 talks about what John heard
as the number to be sealed (protected).
 There usually is a discrepancy between what
John hears and what he sees.(Rev.1:10 cf. 12; 4:1
cf. 2 {throne wasn’t about to happen}; 5:5 cf. 6)
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29.  Similarly here he heard “the number” and the “12
tribes of Israel”.
 Remember that so far there’s no prophecy
restoring the 12 tribes of Israel! Only spiritual Israel
exists so far.
 Notice that the sealing takes place in verse 3 ONLY
since the time in verse 4 is in the perfect time.
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30.  Verses 5-8 recount the tribes of Israel (as John
heard).
 These numbers form a perfect square! (120002)
 John did not see the sealing but heard about it.
 The events in verse 9 are interrupted since he
says: “after this…”
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31.  It is only now that he looks at what he heard was
happening.
 Now there’s clear discrepancy between what he heard and
what he sees!
 He does not see the 144 000 but a multitude, innumerable!
 This is now as promised to Abraham, Gen 22:17.
 Quickly John is returned to Heaven in his vision, to link
these sealed with those “souls under the Alter” Rev. 6:9-11
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32.  “By this time the 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united.
, and a
.[ G REV. 3:12.] At our
happy, holy state the wicked were enraged, and would rush violently
up to lay hands on us to thrust us in prison, when we would stretch
forth the hand in the name of the Lord, and the wicked would fall
helpless to the ground…” WLF14
 “
, and a glorious … The
144,000 shouted, Hallelujah! as they recognized their friends who had
been torn from them by death, and in the same moment
.” Day Star 1846-01-24; RH.1851-07-21; 2SG32;
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33.  “ all in solemn silence gazed on the cloud
as it drew nearer, lighter, and
brighter, glorious, and still more glorious, till
it was a great white cloud.[ J REV. 14; 14.]
The bottom appeared like fire, a rainbow was
over it, around the cloud were
singing a most lovely song…” Ibid
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34.  Notice the “we” and the “us” by EG White!
 Notice again that this group is literally sealed by
an angel and we are told what that inscription
contains!
 This way, EG White is perfectly in agreement
with the Bible, Revelation 7:2-3
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35.  Remember in chapter six, these were crying
“how long…” but now they cry “Salvation
belongs to our God…”
 These together with their counter parts who
had been slain for the Gospel, are wearing white
robes!
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36.  These were not a great multitude in chapter six, but
they together with the 144000 now form this great
multitude.
 They are all referred to as the 144000, Rev. 14:1
 They all sing the new song that no man or angel could
learn, as it is the song of their experiences. Rev. 14:3-5.
 The verses after verse 9 in chapter 7 are a continuation
of chapter 6:9-11, only that they include the 144000.
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