1. The Sealing of the servants on earth. 7:1-8 V.1 a) The Standing angel - I. Before the 7th seal is broken a sealing takes place of 144.000 Jews ch.7. Before the 7th trumpet sound a sealing takes place of the uttering of the seven thunders ch.10. II. The 4 angels are possible in charge of the winds - Angels of winds. Dan.7:2 III. The 4 corners are the 4 directions: East, west, north and south. IV. The 4 winds speak of the judgment of God. Jer.49:36-38; Dan.7:2-3 V. Number 4 is the number of the world in Scripture. V.2 b) The Sealing angel - I. 3 sealers appears in Scripture: A. In the time of Ezekiel - Sealing Old Testament devotees. Ezek.9:2-11 B. In the Church period - Sealing of all believers. 2.Cor.1:22; Eph.4:13, 30 C. In the great tribulation period - Sealing of 144.000 Jews. Rev.7:2-8 D. Jesus was also sealed. John 6:27 II. This seal is perhaps a confirmation of ownership. 14:1 III. The high priest wore a turban on his head with the word engraved into a gold plate: Holiness (Separation) to the Lord. The engravings declared that the high priest belonged to the lord. V.3 c) The Servants Sealed - I. The 144.000 are the ones that are able to stand. 6:17 II. Before judgment is released, the servants are sealed. III. The seals protect them from the coming judgment of God, but not from becoming martyrs. 13:7 IV. Antichrist protects his follower’ s 13:16-18; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20 and persecutes the rest. God protects His follower’ s and judge the rest. V. 2 kinds of marks during the great tribulation: 1. The followers of the Lamb. Rev.7:2-8; 14:1-5 2. The followers of Antichrist. Rev.13:16-17 VI. The seal is the name of the Father. 14:1 VII. The 144.000 are virgins. (Spiritually 2.Cor.11:2 or physically) VIII. They are devoted Jews. 14:5 IX. In chapter 7 they are on earth. 7:2-8 In chapter 14 they are in heaven. 14:1-5 V.4 d) The Sealed tribes - I. The sealed Church is raptured and another group of people are now sealed. II. When the Church is raptured God’ s timetable for Israel begins: The last 7 years of Daniel’ s prophecy. Dan.9:27 III. The number of the sealed Isaiah 144.000 Jews. IV. “ The children of Israel” are always throughout Scripture a title for natural born Jews, it’ s not a title given to the Church. V. The Church is called the children of Abraham, never of Israel. Gal.3:7 VI. In Revelation “ The children of Israel” appears another place, in 2:14 and is clearly referring to natural born Jews. VII. For those that are not yet convinced that they are Jews, their tribes are described, the Church has no tribes. V.5-8 e) The Selected tribes - I. 12 x 12 thousands - 12 is the number of government. II. At least 19 times we have the list of the tribes of Israel in Scripture. Gen.35:22-26; 46:8-25; 49:3-27; Exod.1:2-5; Num.1:5-15; 2:3-31; 13:4-15; 26:4-51; 34:19-28; Deut. 27:12-13; 33:6-25; Josh.13:7-22; Judg.5:12-18; 1.Chron.2:1-8:40; 12:24-37; 27:16-22; Ezek.48:1-7, 23-28, 31-34) III. 2 tribes are missing: The tribe of Dan and Ephraim. IV. The tribe of Dan is left out here from those that are sealed; perhaps they do not follow the Lamb and responds to His call at the great tribulation, or another reason unknown to man. V. But when the Christ comes back at His 2nd coming and establishes the Millennial reign on the earth, then the tribe of Dan will be blessed. Ezek.48:1-2 VI. The tribe of Joseph represents also Ephraim. VII. Levi takes the place of Dan and Joseph the place of Ephraim. Differences between the 1st group of 144.000 v.1-8 and the 2nd group v.9-17: 1. The 1st group has a specific number 144.000. v.4 The 2nd group is innumerable. v.9 2. The 1st group is only Israelites. v.4 The 2nd group is from all nations (also Israelites). v.9 3. The 1st group is in earth. v.3 The 2nd group is in heaven. v.9