Sphragizō is the Greek word meaning:
to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal
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for security: from Satan
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since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret
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in order to mark a person or a thing
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to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp
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angels are said to be sealed by God
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in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing
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to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt
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of a written document
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to prove one’s testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be
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In Revelations 7, The angels were instructed to seal the 144,000 saints:
2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed…
Have you satisfied the requirements to be sealed? Do you know the requirements to be sealed? 144,000 saints are not that many, considering the current population of 6.5 billion inhabitants of the earth. Many are called but few are chosen. This would indicate that the revelation required to be sealed by the angels is not that well known or practiced among Christians today. After all, at least 1/3 of the entire population profess to be Christian, about 2.18 billion.
Those who will be sealed have no resistance to HIS Word or HIS Calling upon their lives. Their passion is for the Kingdom of GOD, not the trappings of this world. They are more interested in serving than being served. Later in this chapter, there is a great multitude before the Throne. What are they doing? Serving:
15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple.
Everyone is serving someone or some thing. You may be serving your ego, aka “false self”, or you may be serving Our Heavenly Father. But no one is outside of this classification. To be sealed, your “testimony” of what and who you profess to be must be confirmed. If an angel arrived on your doorstep today, what proof would there be? Now is the time to establish proof of your testimony by acts of Love to others. It is time to be a blessing, be a doer of the Word, not a hearer only. Set aside your own needs for a bit and minister life and Love to someone else for a change. Let that ego die.