Daniel T. Bourdeau - The Eternal Gospel Church

the seal of God. Again, the words seal and sign are used
interchangeably in the Bible (Rom. iv, 12), and we have
seen that the Sabbath is a sign between God and his people.
p. 141, Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
The sealing work as brought to view in Rev. vii, has
respect to God's servants, and is accomplished this side of
the leading signs of Christ's coming (Rev. vi, 12, etc.;
Matt. xxiv, 29, 30), and while the nations are getting
angry, preparatory to the battle of the great day. It must
therefore synchronize with the work of the third angel of
Rev. xiv, which is now going on. The message of the third
angel will divide men into two classes. One class will
worship the beast and receive his mark, while the other
class will keep God's commandments, and consequently have
the seal, mark, or name of God in their foreheads. One
class will drink the unmixed wrath of God, which can not be
inflicted until mercy closes, and which is the same as the
seven last plagues (compare Rev. xiv, 9, 10; xv, 1; xvi, 1,
2), while the other class will escape the awful wrath of
God and stand on Mount Zion. Rev. xiv, 1-3; Isa. lvi, 7.
p. 141, Para. 3, [HOLINESS].
6. We shall delight ourselves in the Lord, and feed on the
heritage of Jacob. "If thou turn away thy foot from the
Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call
the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and
shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding
thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then
shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord: and I will cause
thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed
thee on the heritage of Jacob, thy father: for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it." Isa. lviii, 13, 14. p. 142,
Para. 1, [HOLINESS].
From the previous verse we see that the Lord is speaking
for the benefit of the repairers of the breach, the
restorers of paths to dwell in -- those who will raise up
the foundations of many generations. They will understand
the nature and design of the Sabbath, call the Sabbath a
delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable, and take great
pleasure in observing it. As a consequence they will
delight themselves in the Lord. They will see his glorious
character in his law and in his dealings with mankind, and
will rejoice in all his ways, and try to imitate his
imitable perfections. The law of their God will be in their
hearts, and none of their steps shall slide. Ps. xxxvii,