Page 10 - 07 The Sealing

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 7 – The Sealing
Jezebel “wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and

sealed them with his seal.” These letters then

had all the authority of King Ahab. Again, in

Esther 3:12: “In the name of King Ahasuerus

was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.”

So also in chapter 8:8: “The writing which is

written in the king’s name, and sealed with the

king’s ring, may no man reverse.”

3. Where a Seal is Used. — Always in

connection with some law or enactment that

demands obedience, or upon documents that

are to be made legal, or subject to the

provisions of law. The idea of law is

inseparable from a seal.

4. As Applied to God. — We are not to suppose

that to the enactments and laws of God

binding upon men, there must be attached a

literal seal, made with literal instruments; but