The Great and Only Seal by Archer Thorne Shearer

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 25, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 17.

The Great and Only Seal.

By Archer Thorne Shearer

By Archer Thorne Shearer.

GOD uses the selfsame seal with which to finish every great work of His hands. By searching His word, we find that seal upon every important manifestation of His omnipotence. What is the seal of God? Read Eze. 20:20: "Hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God." This and many other scriptures make this plain.

When He finished the work of creation, we find that God immediately placed upon it the seal of His approbation. Gen. 2:1-3.

When He had delivered His people from the bondage of Egypt, His seal was placed upon the work to make it complete. Ex. 16:29.

When He gave the law through Moses to the children of Israel, the seal of His authority and authorship was found embodied in it. Ex. 20:8-11.

When the Jews were brought back from captivity, and Jerusalem was restored, the seal of God was applied to that work also. Neh. 13:15-22.

The ministry of our Saviour Jesus Christ upon earth was made complete by that same seal. Matt. 5:17-19.

The redemption of man from sin has reached the place where the seal must be applied to make it a finished work. It is now being placed upon the redeemed to bind them to the Father in heaven forever; and this is the same seal. Rev. 7:1-8; 14:9-12.

You must make a definite choice in this matter. You must choose to accept this seal of God, which is a sign to the world that you will obey Him, or reject it and take upon you the mark of disobedience. What is your deliberate choice?