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<div class="SSN_title">"THE SEAL OF GOD."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE SEAL, THE MARK OF OWNERSHIP.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Each merchant had his own seal.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. In Ephesus, he would purchase goods from the caravans coming from the east.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They would be crated for shipment then sealed with a seal with the owner's imprint.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. When the goods arrived at Puteoli, the port city, for goods headed for Rome.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Agents for merchants recognized and claimed goods by seal, a mark of ownership.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. IN REVELATION WE SEE THE PROTECTIVE CAPACITIES OF SEAL.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Four angels about to release violent winds of destructive force upon the earth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Hold them back till servants of God sealed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. In chapter 9, when demon hordes are released from abbusso.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Power to inflict torment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Not to hurt those with seal of God in their foreheads.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. IN REVELATION THOSE WHO HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD ARE JEWS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Of all the tribes of Israel - 144,OOO.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. 12,000 from each tribe.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. The imprint on the seal is "Yahweh."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Many cult groups have tried to identify their group as the 144,000.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. ANOTHER GROUP SEALED OF GOD (<a onClick="return mV('Eph',1,13);">Eph. 1:13</a>).</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. <a onClick="return mV('Eph',1,1);">Eph. 1</a> declares our spiritual blessings in Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We have been chosen, predestined, adopted.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We are accepted by God, redeemed by the blood of Christ, now heirs of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. "Sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. "Earnest of our inheritance."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Greek word "Arrobon" deposit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. We have today the term, "earnest money."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. That which indicates full intent.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. "Until redemption of purchased possession."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. You are God's purchased possession.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. "What, know ye not your body is the..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. The redemption is not yet consummated.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. God has not picked up His goods.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. We with all creation wait for that day.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">3. Some day soon, He is coming to claim that which is His. Either by death or rapture, I will be standing before Him in my new body, my redemption complete.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. In the meantime, He has placed His mark of ownership on me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. How do you know God is sincere in His promise to redeem you?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. He made the deposit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">2. His seal of ownership is on me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">3. I'm just waiting to arrive in port so He can claim His goods.</div>
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