Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 4:34 pm:

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Im not sure what I think as far as the mark is or represents.

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Replacing the Holy Spirit with the Seventh-day Sabbath

By calling the Sabbath God's seal instead of acknowledging that the Holy Spirit is God's seal, we have come perilously close to blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

I believe that this position is unbiblical and offensive to God. First of all, if the Word of God teaches that the Holy Spirit is the seal of God -- and I believe it does -- then the third person of the Godhead is the rightful owner of that chair. If we have placed the Sabbath -- something that God created -- in God's chair, then we have taken something that God created and placed it in the seat of the Deity.

Whenever we place something God created in the position He claims as His position, we've declared war on God's right to be our God! Our God is a Jealous God! I truly believe that Adventism is in serious danger of blaspheming the Holy Spirit with its traditional teaching regarding the seal of God. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a dangerous place to be! I believe the Sabbath is significant, but the way the church has taught it is wrong, and we need to repent of it."

"Gilbert's Bible Study for September 24, 2005
Question: See Rev 7:2-3 and 9:4. What does the Bible say the "Seal of God is?"

Rev 7:2 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,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.


==== Verses I found ====
Verses I found:
John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
John 3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
John 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

2 Cor 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
2 Cor 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
Eph 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christís sake hath forgiven you.

Rev 7:2 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,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.


==== Questions ====
1. If the Seal of God is the Seventh-day Sabbath then do all Sabbatarians, including Jews, have the Seal of God? Didn't the Pharisees and Sadducees keep the Seventh-day Sabbath?
2. Where in the Bible is the Sabbath ever called a ěSealî?
3. According to the Bible, what are the requirements for receiving the Seal of God?


==== What the Bible Seems To Say to Me ====
We receive our salvation by faith as a promise by Christ to all of those who believe. Christ then places the Holy Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee that our inheritance is assured, and welcomes us into his heavenly family. Isn't this the "Seal of God"? He then takes charge of our lives, and guides us in our every day walk with Christ. This is how we then manifest the "fruits of the Spirit" that Paul talks about. This, combined with Christ's freely available gift of salvation, is how we "appear" perfect before God the Father. It seems to me that this "plan of redemption" is what the Lord's leading the children of Israel out of Egypt foreshadowed."