After
the worship scene in heaven where “the
Lamb”
of God received the “scroll” in God's right hand, the beginning
of the tribulation to come upon the earth began, and John the apostle
saw the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and the sixth seal
opened. He shared how men responded to the cataclysmic events upon
the earth, and he continued, “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. And 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 given to hurt the earth and the sea.”
In chapter seven and verse three of Revelation John heard the “angel”
“saying
hurt not … till we have sealed the servants of our God” where
we read:
Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till
we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The
verse reads, “Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, ...”
John
began with the word, “saying”
which means “uttering, declaring and proclaiming” “hurt
not” which
means “do not wrong, damage or harm” “the
earth” or
“the arable land, country, territory or region”, “neither
the sea”
which refers to “do not wrong, damage or harm the large bodies of
water”, “nor the trees”
or “do not wrong, damage or harm the “trees such as oaks and
others”. John heard the “loud voice” of the next “angel”
instruct the “four angels”
who were “holding the winds”
upon the “four corners of
the earth”.
The
verse continues, “...
till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
John
added the word, “till”
which means “until or unto the time” “we
have sealed”
or “the angels had marked upon by the impress of a seal or stamp”
“the
servants”
which refers to “bondmen, attendants or men of servile condition”
“of
our God” or
“pertaining to the angel's Godhead bodily and trinity which is
comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”
“in
their foreheads”
which means “upon the space between the eyes and forefront of the
head”. The “angel”
prohibited
the “four
angels”
from harming the “earth,
sea and trees”
until such time as they had “placed a seal” upon the “foreheads”
of those who were “servants”
of God.
When
we consider John's words in this verse, we see how destruction was
planned but limited until such time as the “servants of God” were
protected by God's “seal” upon their “foreheads”.
God desires to “save” people, not destroy them. Only those who
reject God's offer of His Son Jesus shall endure the destruction
planned for the earth. All of His “servants” upon the
earth during the “tribulation” shall be “seal” with
His protective “signet seal”, and those who receive Jesus as
their personal “Savior and Lord” are “sealed” with His
Holy Spirit and shall not endure the time of “tribulation” upon
the earth. May all who read these words accept Jesus today and be
“sealed” with God's way of escape for the destruction to
come.
Next
time
we John sees how, “there
were
sealed an hundred and
forty and
four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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