14 SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
6. What is the meaning of the word seal? Note 4.
7. Where is God’s seal found? Isa. 8:16. Note 5.
8. What does the Lord call the Sabbath? Xze. 20:
12, 20; Ex. 31:17. Note 6.
9. To what does the true God appeal as evidence of
His power and right to rule? Jer. 10: 10-12.
10. Which day is the Sabbath? Upon what unchange-
able fact is it based? Ex. 20:8-11; Gen. 2:2, 3.
11. By what instrumentality does God place the seal
upon His children? Eph. 4:30; 1:13. Note 7. .
12. What other prophecy is given regarding the work
of Sabbath reformation? Isa. 58:12-14; 56:1, 2.
13. How are those who thus make up the breach in
the law designated? What do they keep? What do they
have? Rev. 12:17; 14:12.
14. What solemn admonitions are given to this rem-
nant church? Zeph. 2:1-3; Rev. 3:14-21,
Notes.
1. The sealing work here brought to view occurs after the
signs in the sum, moon, and stars which appear as heralds®of the
coming of Christ, and before the rolling together of the heavens
as a scroll. Chronologically, therefore, this work must take place
in the very time in which we live, and constitute a work now
being carried forward in the earth.
2. The 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 7, have the seal of
the living God. The same company is mentioned in Revelation 14.
Here they are said to have the Father’s name written in their
foreheads. Evidently the seal of the living God and the Father’s
name in these texts mean the same thing.
3. The work brought to view in Ezekiel % is without doubt
prophetic of the sealing work of Revelation 7. The mark, or seal,
is placed in the forehead. It should be noted that to receive the
seal of God as here set forth, means much more than merely to
assent to a theological truth, and outwardly to obey the same.
Only those are sealed that ‘‘sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’’ This indicates
a deep personal experience, such as can only be wrought by the