Page 17 - 08 The Sealing Work

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

“God is a Spirit,” and knows no rest but

spiritual rest. The rest, the blessing, and the

sanctification of the Sabbath of Jehovah are all

spiritual, and only such as are living in a

condition symbolized by the first seal, can rest

as God rested. Such, and such alone, have a

knowledge of God. The seal placed in the

forehead by the angel, cannot be read by man;

only God and heavenly beings can read it. For

this reason, no civil law can enforce Sabbath

keeping. Man may keep the form one day in

seven, but only a knowledge of God can give

the seal in the forehead. Christ was a living

commentary on true Sabbath observance, and

the things which He did on that day, reveal the

mind of God toward the children of men. “The

seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy