Awesome Truths and Amazing Facts
Richard Vaughn

Today: “Prophecy – The Seal of God – Part 1”
In the last 8 preceding articles, we identified the Little Horn Power of Daniel 7 with nine different points and found it could only be the Papacy. And in Revelation 13 we discovered the Papacy again as the only power on earth that fits the nine identification points of that chapter. We further learned that this power changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday and boasts that it is a mark of her ecclesiastical power to have done so.  
 In the act of changing the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, for which there is no scriptural authority, the Papacy deepened the apostasy that had been developing since the end of the first century, and added to the wine of Babylon that all nations of the earth have been made drunk with. We will show in subsequent articles that apostate Protestant America would form an image to the beast and soon pass a National Sunday law, which would usher in the Mark of the Beast. Everyone embracing Sunday worship would receive the Mark of the Beast in the forehead (belief system). Those who choose to work on Saturday, God's Sabbath, receives the mark of the beast in the hand. No one has that mark yet, but we do believe this is the generation of that very fulfillment.
This week we are going to focus in on God's Special Mark.
God has a special mark, or seal or sign that he places in the foreheads (belief system) of His people. Would you be startled to learn that unless a person bears this mark at Jesus' return, he/she cannot enter God's kingdom? Would you be shocked to learn that most people are totally unaware of God's mark, and thus ignore it? One great prime purpose of Revelation is to identify and restore God's mark to His people. Few things are as important to God as His mark, and He is much displeased that mankind is ignoring it. Now let's examine this subject more closely.
In Revelation 7:1-3, “After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then 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 granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.””  So a mighty angel has commanded that the final winds of war and destruction not unleash their fury upon the earth and sea until something very important be completed. “…we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads” Note- The angel is saying that God will not permit destruction to come upon the earth until His people have all received His seal or mark. With God, the marking of His people is an extremely imperative priority matter. Remember that in prophetic symbolic language, winds represent war, strife and destruction.  
How widely will the serious messages of Revelation, including the truth about God's seal, sign or mark, be presented? Revelation 14:6  “Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—.”
Note- Seal, Sign and Mark are used interchangeably in Scripture. Romans 4:11 "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,"; Ezekiel 9:4 "and the LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”"; Revelation 7:2,3 "Then 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 granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”"  
This week we see that just as the little horn power, the beast of Revelation 13, (the Papacy), has a mark that its followers will receive in their foreheads, (belief system), so God also has a mark or seal that His true followers will receive in their foreheads, (belief system). 
In our next article, we will look deeper into this subject as we understand what a seal is.
Next Week: “Prophecy – The Seal of God – Part 2”