Tuesday August 1
Bible Reading: Rev. 7: 1 - 8
Topic: Our Seal
Our text opens with four
Angels at the four corners of the earth.
Their divine mandate
heralds danger.
The fifth Angel confirms
this in v. 3 "Don't harm"
The purpose of suspending
the imminent harm is noteworthy "till we have sealed the servants of our
God on their forehead"
Verses 4 and 5 identify
those sealed as representatives from the tribes of Israel, God's covenant
people.
The seals on their
foreheads identify them as God's people and guarantee their preservation during
the ensuing seven years of tribulation. So God's seal identifies His people for
safety in times of danger.
In Eph. 1: 13 - 14, Paul
teaches us that as many as have received Christ into their lives as Lord and
Saviour are "sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, Who is the Guarantee
of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession"
There is a day of
reckoning for all mortals, when God will judge the actions of men.
Only those who have the
seal of Christ - His Holy Spirit - will be safe for all eternity.
Have you invited Jesus
into your life and received the seal of the Holy Spirit?
Why not take advantage of
the blessing if you have not
Make peace with God now
before it is too late
Prayer
Father in the Name of Jesus
Christ, I bow before You asking that Your grace be made sufficient for me to
have my life sealed with the seal of the Holy Spirit that I may be saved from
the forthcoming tribulations, Amen.
Memory Verse Rev. 7: 1
"And after these
things, I saw four Angels standing on
the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the
wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree."
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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