Revelation 7:1-4 (ESV)
After this I saw four angels
standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of
the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any
tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the
four angels who had been given power to harm earth and
sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we
have sealed the servants of our God on their
foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed
from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
Devotional:
Are you signed sealed and ready for delivery? Today’s passage speaks about the 144,000
Israelites being sealed during the times of Revelation. While they are set aside and sealed by the
angel we too are sealed. John 3:16-17,
ESV:
“For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but
have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Also
in Romans 3:23-26, ESV:
for all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God, and are justified by his
grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put
forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to
show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former
sins. It
was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and
the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
So
as you can see anyone who is a believer in Jesus, accepting Him as God’s son
who died upon the cross and rose from the dead, is also sealed. It is through the redemption of Christ that
we are marked for salvation.
Salvation
is not just for a select few or the elite.
Salvation is for anyone who is willing to have faith and believe that
Jesus is God’s Son. Jesus is Fully human
and Fully God. Jesus lived a perfect
life and died upon the cross. He is the ultimate
sacrifice for all. Three days later
Jesus rose from the dead and IS alive.
He ascended into heaven where He is now.
He is waiting to return and fulfill the prophecy given to us in
Revelation.
Do
you believe? Are you signed, sealed, and
ready for delivery? If you wait to see
the other side to decide it will be too late.
The decision will be made for you.
You will not be included in the book of LIFE. Are you in the book of Life? Are you signed, sealed, and ready…
