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The Sealing
The Historic SDA Position Unveiled
Hello friends, I take this opportunity to welcome us to this study. It is not a new
subject but it’s one that we know of which am drawing our attention to so that we
may come to the point of seeing where we are as a people.

Those words in bold they are there for more emphasis. It is my prayer as you enter
this study you may fervently pray for the spirit to hallow you with the presence of
the Father and the Son so that you may come to repentance due to His goodness.

These words have made me to make this presentation at this time:-

“I then saw the third angel. Said my accompanying angel, ‘Fearful is his work.
Awful is his mission. He is the angel that is to select the wheat from the tares
(this is all about the shaking), and seal, or bind(this is all about the sealing),
the wheat for heavenly garner(at the final harvest that is to say at the second
coming of Christ Jesus). These things should engross the whole mind, the whole
attention. (Meaning that it should involve all our body meditation)” EW 118.1

Follow me beloved as the spirit of Christ will bring us to the knowledge of this
solemn truth for we are living in solemn times.

"The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The mark of
the beast will be urged upon us. . . . Many a star that we have admired for its
brilliancy will then go out in darkness. Chaff like a cloud will be borne away on
the wind, even from places where we see only floors of rich wheat."
"Testimonies," volume 5, page 81.

“Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any
seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually
and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as soon as God’s people are
sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come.” 4BC 1161.

A life or Death Message

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“The Lord has shown me that precious souls are starving, and dying for want
of the present, sealing truth, the meat in due season; and that the swift
messengers should speed on their way, and feed the flock with the present
truth.” The Present Truth, vol. 1, No. 4.

Note that the there is noted famine among God’s people and that is why it is noted
that precious souls are starving, and dying for want. What are they in need of is not
food for the body but she says, ‘of the present, sealing truth; meat in due
season.’

“When we began to present the light on the Sabbath question, we had no clearly
defined idea of the third angel’s message of Revelation 14:9-12. The burden of our
testimony as we came before the people was that the great Second Advent
movement was of God, that the first and second messages had gone forth, and that
the third was to be given. We saw that the third message closed with the words:
‘Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus.’ And we as clearly saw as we now see that these
prophetic words suggested a Sabbath reform.” 1T 78, 79

“I was shown three steps — the first, second, and third angel’s messages. Said
my accompanying angel, ‘Woe to him who shall move a block or stir a pin of
these messages. The true understanding of these messages is of vital
importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the manner in which they are
received.’ I was again brought down through these messages, and saw how dearly
the people of God had purchased their experience.” EW 258, 259

“Decided efforts should be made to bring the message for this time
prominently before the people. The third angel is to go forth with great power.
Let none ignore this work or treat it as of little importance. . . . “There is to be no
change in the general features of our work. It is to stand as clear and distinct as
prophecy has made it. We are to enter into no confederacy with the world,
supposing that by so doing we could accomplish more. If any stand in the way,
to hinder the advancement of the work in the lines that God has appointed, they
will displease God. No line of truth that has made the Seventh day Adventist
people what they are to be weakened. We have the old landmarks of truth,

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experience, and duty, and we are to stand firmly in defense of our principles, in
full view of the world.” 6T 16, 17

The precious truths that constitute the “old landmarks” should remain firm and we
have to defend them. For us they are a sacred principle.

The sealing or Sabbath message is one of these truths. It ought to be preached in

clear and distinct lines as prophecy has revealed it to us.

“Messages of every order and kind have been urged upon Seventh-day
Adventists, to take the place of the truth which, point by point, has been
sought out by prayerful study, and testified to by the miracle-working power
of the Lord. But the waymarks which have made us what we are are to be
preserved, and they will be preserved, as God has signified through His Word and
the testimony of His Spirit. He calls upon us to hold firmly, with the grip of
faith, to the fundamental principles that are based upon unquestionable
authority.” 1SM 208.

The ninth chapter of Ezekiel reveals the importance of being sealed in the
forehead.

The class that will not have the seal of God in their foreheads will be destroyed.
The destiny of each person depends upon the acceptance or rejection of this
message. He will be protected in the day of slaughter only if he is sealed.
Otherwise he will be destroyed.

“It is now that we must keep ourselves and our children unspotted from the world.
It is now that we must wash our robes of character and make them white in the
blood of the Lamb. It is now that we must overcome pride, passion, and spiritual
slothfulness. It is now that we must awake and make determined effort for
symmetry of character. . . .

“What are you doing, brethren, in the great work of preparation? Those who are
uniting with the world are receiving the worldly mold and preparing for the mark
of the beast. Those who are distrustful of self, who are humbling themselves before
God and purifying their souls by obeying the truth these are receiving the heavenly
mold and preparing for the seal of God in their foreheads. When the decree goes

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forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for
eternity.

“Now is the time to prepare. The seal of God will never be placed upon the
forehead of an impure man or woman. It will never be placed upon the
forehead of the ambitious, world-loving man or woman. It will never be
placed upon the forehead of men or women of false tongues or deceitful
hearts. All who receive the seal must be without spot before God—candidates
for heaven. Go forward, my brethren and sisters. I can only write briefly upon
these points at this time, merely calling your attention to the necessity of
preparation. Search the Scriptures for yourselves, that you may understand the
fearful solemnity of the present hour.” 5T 215, 216

I heard an Angel say, ‘speed the swift messengers, speed the swift messengers; for
the case of every soul will soon be decided, either for Life, or for Death.’ “The
Present Truth, vol. 1, No. 4.

Some questions what of consideration

 When did the Adventists obtain the light on the Sealing Message?
 When did the Sealing Work begin?
 Will any who have died in the faith since 1848, when that message was
received, be reckoned with the 144,000.
 And what can on do to be sealed?

When did the Adventists obtain the light on the Sealing Message?

"God by His Holy Spirit let light shine forth upon His servants, and the subject
gradually opened to their minds. It required much study and anxious care to
search it out, link after link. By care, anxiety, and incessant labor has the work
moved on until the great truths of our message, a clear, connected, perfect whole,
have been given to the world."

Although, down to the year 1848, our people had clear light on the different
features of the third angel's message, their attention had not been especially
called to the sealing message.

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They did not believe that, according to Rev.14:1-5, there would be 144,000 to
stand redeemed 9 on Mount Zion.

This company was also mentioned by Sister White in her first vision, recorded in
"Experience and Views," old edition, page 12. But they had not as yet studied the
light on the sealing of the 144,000.

In the month of March of the same year [1848], in Hydesville, Wayne County,
New York, spirit rappings began in the home of the Fox and Fish family, which
was moved to Rochester, New York, for more public investigation.

For a time, these rappings were called "the Rochester knockings." The first-day
Adventists then said, with great zeal:

"This conflict in Europe will culminate in the battle of Armageddon, and the
Lord is about to come. These spirit rappings are the spirits of devils, going forth
to gather the nations to the battle of the great day of God Almighty."

As our people had the light of the third angel's message and the Sabbath, and
were confident that this truth must be proclaimed to the world, they could not
accept the faith made by the first-day Adventists, that the Lord was about to come.

Those people would say to the Sabbath keepers: "You had better give up your
Sabbath message. You are too late with it. Join us in warning the world to get
ready for the immediate coming of Christ."

Such was the situation in the summer of 1848. This led the Seventh-day
Adventists to earnest, prayerful study for light.

The Lord led their minds to the holding of the winds (wars) and the sealing
work, with a determination to find the meaning of the situation.

They found, in their study of the Scriptures, that the Seventh-day Sabbath was
the sign of the living God, and the seal of His law. This newly received light
from the word of God gave still greater force to the Sabbath message, and doubly
assured them that this, as the sealing message, must be proclaimed to the world
before the actual coming of Christ.

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In Brother Bates's book, he refers to a meeting held in the home of Brother Otis
Nichols, at Dorchester, near Boston, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1848, and
says:

"A small company of brethren and sisters were assembled in a meeting near
Boston, Massachusetts. . . . We had made it (the manner of publishing the
message) the subject of the prayer at the Topsham conference meeting a little
previous, and the way to publish not appearing clear, we (now) therefore resolved
unitedly to refer all to God. After some time spent in prayer for light and
instruction, God gave Sister White a vision."

Then he gives words which she spoke in the vision, which he copied down as she
spoke them. From these words we quote the following:

"He (God) was well pleased when His law began to come up in strength. That
truth [the Sabbath truth] arises, and is on the increase, stronger and stronger.
It's the seal! It's coming up! It arises, coming from the rising of the sun, like the
sun, first cold, grows warmer, and sends its rays. When that truth arose, there
was but little light in it; but it has been increasing. Oh, the power of these rays!"

Next came words that spoiled the claims of the first-day Adventists that "the angels
were no longer holding the winds of war and strife, but were letting them blow."

The words spoken in vision were:

"The angels are holding the winds. It is God that restrains the powers. The
angels have not let go, for the saints are not all sealed. The time of trouble has
commenced. It has begun. The reason why the four winds are not let go, is
because the saints are not sealed. It (the trouble) is on the increase more and
more: that trouble will never end until the earth is rid of the wicked. Why, they (the
winds) are just ready to blow. There is a check put on because the saints are not
all sealed. Yes, publish the things thou hast seen and heard, and the blessing of
God will attend."

After coming out of this vision, Sister White said to her husband:

"James, I have a message for you. Begin to print a little paper, small at first. Send
it out free. The readers 17 will send you money to print it. It will be a success from

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the first. I saw from this small beginning it was like streams of light that went clear
around the world."

In a vision given to Sister White at Rocky Hill, Connecticut, January 5, 1859, she
had another view of the sealing work.

This view, written by herself, is in "Early Writings," old edition, pages 29-31, and
reads as follows:

"I saw four angels who had a work to do on the earth, and were on their way to
accomplish it. Jesus was clothed with priestly garments. He gazed in pity on the
remnant, then raised His hands upward, and with a voice of deep pity cried, 'My
blood, Father, My blood, My blood, My blood.' Then I saw an exceeding bright
light come from God, who sat upon the great white throne, and was shed all about
Jesus. Then I saw an angel with a commission from Jesus, swiftly flying to the four
angels who had a work to do on the earth, and waving something up and down in
his hand, and crying with a loud voice, 'Hold! Hold! Hold! Hold! until the
servants of God are sealed in their foreheads.'"

The explanation made to her by her attending angel was "that the four angels had
power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were about to let them go,
but while their 18 hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow,
the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not sealed, and He raised
His hands to the Father, and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for
them. Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels, and
bid them hold, until the servants of God were sealed with the seal of the living
God."

Being thus fortified with light from the Scriptures, and the testimony of the Spirit
of God, those having the light of the third angel's message were shielded from
these claims of the first-day Adventists, with their "new time message," and were
filled with new energy to press forward with the third angel's message, being
confident that the God whom they trusted would clear the way for this, the
last message to the world, to accomplish its purpose.

In 1849 another vision was given Sr. White on the open and shut door.

We quote:
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“I saw that the present test on the Sabbath could not come until the mediation of
Jesus in the Holy Place was finished and He had passed within the second vail;
therefore Christians who fell asleep before the door was opened in the Most
Holy, when the midnight cry was finished, at the seventh month 1844; and
had not kept the true Sabbath, now rest in hope; for they had not the light and
the test on the Sabbath which we now have, since that door was opened. I saw
that Satan was tempting some of God’s people on this point. Because so many
good Christians have fallen asleep in the triumphs of faith, and have not kept the
true Sabbath, they were doubting about it being a test for us now. . . .

“Satan is now using every device in this sealing time to keep the minds of God’s
people from the present, sealing truth and to cause them to waver. I saw a
covering that God was drawing over His people, to protect them in the time of
trouble; and every soul that was decided on the truth, and was pure in heart, was
to be covered with the covering of Almighty God.

“Satan knew this, and was at work in mighty power, to keep the minds of as many
as he possibly could unsettled, and wavering on the truth. . . .[So is he
determined with more energy than before.]

“Satan was trying his every art to hold them where they were, until the sealing
was past, and the covering drawn over God’s people, and they left out, without a
shelter from the burning wrath of God, in the seven last plagues.

“God has begun to draw this covering over His people and it will very soon be
drawn over all who are to have a shelter in the day of slaughter.” The Present
Truth, vol. 1, no. 3.

The covering of God (the seal) was extended over His people or, in other words,
the seal of the living God was being placed on their foreheads. Those who were
not sealed would be subject to the seven last plagues. The prophetess said that at
that time (1849) the sealing was already in progress.

“Our position looks very clear. We know we have the truth, the midnight cry is
behind us; the door was shut in 1844 and Jesus is soon to step out from between
God and man. The sealing will then be accomplished—finished up. Oh, let us

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keep the whole armor of God that we may be ready for battle at any moment. We
shall have to fight every inch of the ground now.” 5MR 200.

“The sealing time is very short, and will soon be over. Now is the time, while
the four angels are holding the four winds, to make our calling and election sure.”
EW 58.

“I saw that Satan would work more powerfully now than ever he has before.
He knows that his time is short and that the sealing of the saints will place them
beyond his power; he will now work in every way that he can and will try his
every insinuation to get the saints off from their guard and get them asleep on
the present truth or doubting it, so as to prevent their being sealed with the seal
of the living God.”8MR 220.

Praise ye the Lord !

Instead of declaring that the sealing would soon start, she clearly stated that it
would soon be over.

“When Jesus leaves the Sanctuary, then he that is holy and righteous will be
holy and righteous still; for all their sins will then be blotted out, and they will
be sealed with the seal of the living God. But those that are unjust and filthy will
be unjust and filthy still; for then there will be no Priest in the Sanctuary to offer
their sacrifices, their confessions, and their prayers before the Father’s throne.
Therefore, what is done to rescue souls from the coming storm of wrath, must
be done before Jesus leaves the Most Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary.”
The Present Truth, vol. 1, No. 4.

The pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church believed and taught that
from 1844 the first part of the seventh chapter of Revelation was being fulfilled.

We quote:

“After the disappointment of 1844, the people of God saw the light on the subject
of the sanctuary in heaven. Then they saw that binding of the fourth
commandment as well as the nine other commands of the Decalogue. The
Sabbath reform commenced at that time; by 1848 it began to be recognized as
the fulfillment of Revelation 7:1-4.” Bible Handbook, p. 88, by Haskell.

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“The seal of Rev. 7:1-4 is the same as the Father’s name of Rev. 14:1, Seal and
sign are sometimes synonymous terms. Rom. 4:11. The sign between God and His
people is the Sabbath. Ex. 31:13-17; Eze. 20:12, 20. The attribute of creative
power distinguishes the true God from all other gods, and his attribute is found
only in the Sabbath command, hence that command, and that only, contains the
title or name which really seals the Decalogue as the law of God; hence the
Sabbath becomes the seal of God’s law, and a sign between Him and His true
children. The sealing message of Rev. 7:1-8 is therefore only a prophecy of the
Sabbath reformation in the last days.” Bible Textbook, p. 172, by O. A.
Johnson.

When did the Sealing Work begin?

The testimonies already quoted as to the reception of the sealing message by the
Seventh-day Adventists is also good proof as to the time when the sealing
began.

The four winds of war were about to blow when that commotion among the
nations of Europe broke out.

The four angels had their commission to hold those winds of war, that the work of
sealing be not hindered.

"A check was put on," so that the sealing might advance. We will note other
testimonies showing that the sealing work was going on at that time.

In "Experience and Views," "Early Writings," old edition, page 35, speaking of
what was then occurring, we read:

"Satan is now using ever device in this sealing time to keep the minds of God's
people from the present truth, and cause them to waver. I saw a covering that
God was drawing over His people to protect them in the time of trouble; and
every soul that was decided on the truth, and was pure in heart, was to be
covered with the covering of the Almighty."

From the same testimony, page 36, we read:

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"I saw that Satan was at work in these ways to distract, deceive, and draw
away God's people, just now in this sealing time. . . . Satan was trying his every
art to hold them where they were, until the sealing was past, until the covering was
drawn over God's people, and they left without a shelter from the burning wrath of
God, in the seven last plagues. God has begun to draw this covering over His
people, and it will soon be drawn over all who are to have a shelter in the day
of slaughter."

I will quote from a tract published in 1852, a vision given to Sister White, at the
home of Brother Harris, at Centerport, New York, August 24, 1850:

"I saw that Satan will work now more powerfully than ever before, for he
knows that his time is short, and that the sealing will soon be over. And he will
now work in every insinuation to get the saints off their guard, and get them to
sleep upon present truth, and doubting it, so as to prevent their being sealed with
the seal of the living God."

We read in "Early Writings," "Experience and Views," page 49, old edition:

"The sealing time is very short, and soon will be over. Now is the time, while
the four angels are holding the four winds, to make our calling and election
sure."

It was because of these plain statements, that our people and ministers, down to
1894, believed and taught that the sealing work had been going on since 1848,
and that the 144,000 were being sealed.

Stand: - I do not see how we could draw any other idea, from the testimonies we
have quoted, than that the sealing work had begun in 1848-1850.

Will any who have died in the faith since 1848, when
that message was received, be reckoned with the
144,000.
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Here I will be using only the testimonies to show on what should we believe since
our pioneers believed on it. But in the meanwhile, let’s look on the partial
resurrection.

According to Daniel 12, there is a partial resurrection in the "time of trouble," just
before Christ's second coming.

We read:

"At that time shall Michael stand up . . . And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt."

Surely those who awake to everlasting life will be alive and "among men,"
when Christ comes. Amen

Then we proceed:-

If, in 1848-1850, persons were being sealed, we would naturally expect they would
be of those wakened to everlasting life, and so be with the 144,000.

Of this resurrection we read in "Early Writings," old edition, page 145:

"There was one clear place of settled glory, whence came the voice of God like
many waters, shaking the heavens and the earth. There was a mighty earthquake.
The graves were opened, and those who had died in faith under the third
angel's message, keeping the Sabbath, came forth from their dusty beds,
glorified, to hear the covenant of peace that God was to make with those who
had kept His law."

Of the same we read in "Testimonies for the Church," volume 1, page 59:

"Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and
hour of Jesus' coming. The living saints, 144,000 in number (remember that the
resurrected Sabbath keepers are then among the living saints), knew and
understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an
earthquake. When God spake the time, He poured upon us the Holy Spirit, and
our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God, as Moses' did when he
came down from Mount Sinai.

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"The 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On their foreheads were the
words 'God.' 'New Jerusalem and a glorious star containing Jesus' new name. At
our happy, holy state the wicked were enraged, and would rush violently up to lay
hands on us to thrust us into prison, when we would stretch forth the hand in the
name of the Lord, and they would fall helpless to the ground."

If it be claimed that none will be numbered among the 144,000 but those who live
until Christ's second coming, without tasting death, what about those Sabbath
keepers who in 1848 to 1850 were being sealed?

There are not a half dozen of those now alive who were then keeping the Sabbath.
If they were then sealed, they will be among those resurrected to eternal life at
the voice of God.

There are surely some experiences of Sr. White of which will reveal to us the fact
on this testimonies and what she could reveal about others.

On page 33 of "Experience and Views," old 26 edition, she speaks of what the
angel told her while she was viewing Saturn:

"I begged of my attending angel to let me remain in that place. I could not bear the
thought of coming back to this dark world again. Then the angel said, 'You must
go back, [and if you are faithful, you, with the 144,000], shall have the privilege
of visiting all the worlds and viewing the handiwork of God.'" (emphasis in
brackets)

That surely looks like some of the 144,000 being of those who will have been
raised from the dead.

“And as we were about to enter the holy temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and
said, ‘Only the 144,000 enter this place,’ and we shouted, ‘Alleluia.’ “EW 19.

“The 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On their foreheads was
written, God, New Jerusalem, and a glorious star containing Jesus’ new
name.” EW 15.

We read of one sister who died under the third angel’s message to whose
husband E. G. White wrote:

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“Dear Brother: “I hardly know what to say to you. The news of your wife’s death
was to me overwhelming. I could hardly believe it and can hardly believe it now.
God gave me a view last Sabbath night which I will write. . . . “I saw that she was
sealed and would come up at the voice of God and stand upon the earth, and
would be with the 144,000. I saw we need not mourn for her; she would rest in
the time of trouble, and all that we could mourn for was our loss in being
deprived of her company. I saw her death would result in good.” 2SM 263.

As the third angel’s message ends, the wonderful promise is given:

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labours; and their works do follow them.” Rev. 14:13.

Here she writes of some pioneers of the third angel’s message who, in 1844,
labored and helped the cause, and died in the faith, keeping the Sabbath, as
follows:

“Bro. and Sr. Nichols were among the first to embrace the Sabbath, and liberally
hand out their means to sustain the cause in its infancy. It was money from her
hand that bore our expenses from their door, in 1844, to the first Conference
of believers in the third message, held at Rocky Hill, Conn. Of these who then
bore the cross, and with their means sustained the cause, and have since toiled
and suffered for the good of others, and have died in hope, it is said: ‘Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.’ “RH April
21, 1868.

Sister White stated that she herself expected to be among these blessed ones:

“I may live until the coming of the Lord; but if I should not, I trust it may be
said of me. ‘Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith
the Spirit that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them’
(Rev. 14:13).” 1SM 55, 56.

Why are they who die in the Lord “from henceforth” blessed above others who had
died before?

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They are especially blessed because they will be resurrected at the partial
resurrection, at the voice of God (GC 636, 637), to complete the number of the
144,000.

They that die in the Lord from the time the third angel started his message are
sealed and therefore a part of the 144,000. Amen

The prophetess entered the temple where only the 144,000 could enter. She was a
part of that number.

A statement of Uriah Smith, published in the time of Ellen G. White, reads:

“Those who die after having become identified with the third angel’s message,
are evidently numbered as a part of the 144,000; for this message is the same as
the sealing message of Revelation 7, and by that message only 144,000 were
sealed. But there are many who have had their entire religious experience under
this message, but have fallen in death. They die in the Lord, and hence are counted
as sealed; for they will be saved. But the message results in the sealing of only
144,000; therefore these must be included in that number. Being raised in the
special resurrection (Dan. 12:2; Rev. 1:7) which occurs when the voice of God is
uttered from the temple, at the beginning of the seventh and last plague (Rev.
16:17; Joel 3:16; Heb. 12:26), they pass through the period of that plague, and
hence may be said to come ‘out of great tribulation’ (Rev. 7:14), and being raised
from the grave only to mortal life, they take their stand with believers who have
not died, and with them receive immortality at the last trump (1 Cor. 15:52), being
then, with the others, changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Thus,
though they have passed through the grave, it can be said of them at last, that they
are ‘redeemed from among men’ (Rev. 14:4), that is, from among the living; for
the coming of Christ finds them among the living, waiting for the change to
immortality, like those who have not died, and as if they themselves had never
died.” DR 347 (Footnote).

J. N. Loughborough supports this belief thus:

“If there is still a doubt of the resurrected Sabbath keepers being numbered
with the 144,000, consider the following from Sister White’s words in 1909. At
the General Conference in 1909, Elder Irwin had a stenographer accompany him

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in a call upon Sister White. He wished to ask her some questions, and have an
exact copy of the words of the questions, and the exact words of the replies.
Among other questions was this one:

‘Will those who have died in the message be among the 144,000?’ In reply, Sister
White said: ‘Oh, yes, those who have died in the faith will be among the
144,000. I am clear on that matter.’ These were the exact words of question and
answer, as Brother Irwin permitted me to copy from his stenographer’s report.”
Questions on the Sealing Message, p. 31.

So beloved, we come to the point that all who die from now while grounded in
third angel’s message will be reckoned among the 144,000. Will you be among
them?

Our message concerning this part of the study is:-

“Let us strive with all the power that God has given us to be among the hundred
and forty-four thousand.” Review and Herald, March 9, 1905.

And what can on do to be sealed?

“‘Many are called, but few are chosen.’ Many hear the invitation of mercy, are
tested and proved; but few are sealed with the seal of the living God. Few will
humble themselves as a little child, that they may enter the kingdom of heaven.”
5T 50.

These few sealed ones are numbered in the Bible:

“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. 7:4.

Why will many Sabbath keepers not be sealed?

The Spirit of Prophecy answers:

“Not all who profess to keep the Sabbath will be sealed. There are many even
among those who teach the truth to others who will not receive the seal of God in
their foreheads. They had the light of the truth, they knew their Master’s will, they

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understood every point of our faith, but they had not corresponding works.” 5T
213, 214.

“What is the condition of those who keep the commandments of God and have the
faith of Jesus? If in families there are those who are refusing obedience to the
Lord in keeping His Sabbath, then the seal cannot be placed upon them. The
sealing is a pledge from God of perfect security to His chosen ones. (Ex. 31:13-
17). Sealing indicates you are God’s chosen. He has appropriated you to Himself.
As the sealed of God we are Christ’s purchased possession, and no one shall pluck
us out of His hands. The seal given in the forehead is God, New Jerusalem. ‘I
will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God’
(Rev. 3:12).” 15MR 225.

“Only those who receive the seal of the living God will have the passport through
the gates of the Holy City. But there are many who take upon themselves
responsibilities in connection with the work of God who are not wholehearted
believers, and while they remain thus cannot receive the seal of the living God.
They trust in their own righteousness, which the Lord accounts as
foolishness.” 7BC 970.

“Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one
spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters,
to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement.” 5T 214.

“The seal of God will never be placed upon the forehead of an impure man or
woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of the ambitious, world-loving
man or woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of men or women of
false tongues or deceitful hearts.” 5T 216.

“If we receive the image of God, if our souls are cleansed from every moral
defilement, the seal of God will be placed upon our foreheads, and we shall be
prepared for the closing scenes of this earth’s history.” SD 342.

“The class who do not feel grieved over their own spiritual declension, nor mourn
over the sins of others, will be left without the seal of God.” 5T 211.

“Those who stand under the bloodstained banner of Prince Immanuel cannot be
united with the Free Masons or with any secret organization. The seal of the living
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God will not be placed upon anyone who maintains such a connection after
the light of truth has shone upon his pathway. Christ is not divided, and
Christians cannot serve God and mammon. The Lord says, ‘Come out from among
them, and be ye separate, . . . and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive
you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty’ (2 Cor. 6:17, 18).” 2SM 140.

There are many who teach the truth, preach the gospel, and believe and teach with
energy the second coming of Christ.

Notwithstanding, the prophetess sees them howling in agony in the time of trouble.
While the 144,000 triumph, they are without a shelter:

“This was the time of Jacob’s trouble, then all the saints cried out with anguish of
spirit, and were delivered by the voice of God. Then the 144,000 triumphed.
Their faces were lighted up with the glory of God. Then I was shown a company
who were howling in agony. On their garments was written in large characters,
‘Thou art weighed in the balance, and found wanting.’ I asked who this company
were. The angel said, ‘These are they who have once kept the Sabbath and have
given it up.’ I heard them cry with a loud voice, ‘we have believed in thy coming,
and taught it with energy.’ And while they were speaking, their eyes would fall
upon their garments and see the writing, and then they would wail aloud. I
saw that they have drunk of the deep waters, and fouled the residue with their
feet— trodden the Sabbath underfoot—and that is why they were weighed in
the balance and found wanting.” The Present Truth, vol. 1, no. 3.

We have a duty, and we must do our part so that we may receive the seal of the
living God in our foreheads and be sheltered in the day of slaughter.

The Lord has given us a possibility and also strength and so the responsibility is to-
us ward remaining.

The Spirit of Prophecy tells us:

“The seal of God will be placed upon the foreheads of those only who sigh and
cry for the abominations done in the land. Those who link in sympathy with the
world are eating and drinking with the drunken and will surely be destroyed with
the workers of iniquity.” 5T 212.
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“Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones
who shall receive the seal of the living God.” TM 445.

“You must learn in the school of Christ, else you can never be qualified to enter
the higher grade, receive the seal of the living God, enter in through the gates
into the city of God, and be crowned with glory, honor, and immortality.” 5T 502.

My dear friends, I close this with this solemn appeal that we must come to the
point of living the life of Christ for without we are not going to receive the seal of
God and so no heaven.

Closing remark is:-

“Let us strive with all power that God has given us[God has given us power
through the gospel unto salvation] to be among the hundred and forty-four
thousand.” RH March 9, 1905.

What are you waiting? Now is the time for thorough preparation.And may the Lord
bless this study in Jesus name.

Blessings…..Shalom/

Compiled by:-

Bro. Ogoti Duncan Mogire

ogotidancanmogire@gmail.com

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