Awesome Truths and Amazing Facts
Richard Vaughn

Today: “Prophecy – The Seal of God – Part 2”
Last week we were discussing the fact that God has a seal that will be put in the foreheads of His true followers. Before going further, we need to understand that a seal in the Bible may stand for a truth or a requirement of God, or a seal may indicate God's ownership and approval.  
There must be three distinct parts of a seal in order for the seal to make an instrument legal or official. Government seals are used to officially identify laws and authorize legal documents for its jurisdiction. Such a seal must give the lawgiver's: A. Name; B. Title; and C. Territory over which that person or government body rules and has authority. For example, the presidential seal gives the name, George Bush; the title, President; the territory, the United States of America.
So what is God’s seal and where is it found? Exodus 20: 8-11 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
Note- God's moral law, the Ten Commandments, contains God's seal in the fourth commandment. It states: A. God's name ("the Lord thy God"), B. His title or office as Creator ("made") and C. His dominion or territory ("heaven and earth").
The fourth commandment sets forth in unmistakable language, the authority behind the Ten Commandments, the authority of our creator and the Government of God.  
 It is not only God's Mark or Seal, it is also God's Sign. Revelation is clear, we worship God because He is our CREATOR, Revelation 4:11 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created; and REDEEMER, Revelation 5:9 “And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.””
 What has God provided for His people as a sign, seal or mark of His creating and redeeming power? Exodus 31:16,17  “Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”; Ezekiel 20:12,20 “Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them; hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.”
Note- God Himself, made the Sabbath a sign of His creating, redeeming power. When I keep His Sabbath holy, I demonstrate my acceptance of Him as my Creator and Savior.
Where does the great angel of Revelation 7 say this sign or seal of God will be placed on a person? Revelation 7:3 “saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.””
Note- The forehead represents the mind. We serve the Lord with our minds, Romans 7:25 “I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.”
When we consent to keep God's Sabbath we are marked, or signed in our minds, which are represented by the forehead. Angels of God are holding back the fury of Satan, until God's people everywhere have accepted His sign. God is reaching His people all over the world to receive this very message, through personal evangelism, television, radio and short wave radio and He is using this article to reach those of His people that might never had been reached otherwise.  
Are you beginning to get the picture? The Papacy’s mark, the mark of the beast is Sunday, the day the Papacy made holy with no Biblical authority for the change. God’s mark or seal is the seventh day Sabbath. It is about a day and who has your worship.
In our next article we are going to look at three things God did to the seventh day to make it special.  
Next Week: “Prophecy – The Seal of God – Part 3”