Sealing Seal

The allusions and references to seals and sealing are frequent in the sacred writings. Seals or signets were in use at a very early period, and they were evidently of various kind. Some were used as a substitute for signing one's name, the owner's name or chosen device being stamped by it with suitable ink on the document to be authenticated. Seals to be used for this purpose, with or without the sign manual, appear to have been worn by the parties to whom they respectively belonged. The seal of a private person was usually worn on his finger, or his wrist, or in a bracelet, being small in size, Jeremiah 32:10 Luke 15:22 James 2:2. See RINGS.

The seal of a governor was worn by him, or carried about his person in the most secure manner possible. The royal seal was either personal, to the king, or public, to the state; in other words, the seal of the king and the seal of the crown, 2 Samuel 1:10: the first the king retained; the latter he delivered to the proper officer of state. So far modern usages enable us to comprehend clearly the nature of this important instrument. The impress of the royal seal on any document gave it the sanction of government, 1 Kings 21:8; and a temporary transfer of the seal to another hand conveyed a plenary authority for the occasion, Esther 3:10,12 8:2. Instead of the impression of a seal, probably on account of the heat of the climate, Job 38:14. The seal was a token of possession and of careful preservation, De 32:34 Job 9:7 14:17. A portion of clay covering the lock or opening of a door, etc., guarded it from being opened clandestinely, So 4:12 Daniel 6:17 Matthew 27:66. Travellers in the East have met the same custom in modern times. The cord around a book, box, or roll of parchment was often secured with a sea, Isaiah 8:16 Revelation 5:1. The Holy Spirit seals Christians, impressing his image upon them as a token that they are his, Ephesians 1:13,14 4:30. See SO.

4972. sphragizo -- to seal
... 4972 ("to seal") signifies and the full carried by the backing (full authority)
of the owner. "Sealing" in the ancient world served as a "legal signature ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4972.htm - 8k2885. tabbaath -- signet ring, ring, signet
... ring. From taba'; properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), ie Signet (for sealing);
hence (generally) a ring of any kind -- ring. see HEBREW taba'. 2884, 2885 ...
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The Sealing of the Servants of God.
... The sealing of the servants of God in their foreheads, designates them, but does
not ... storm, the servants of the Lord are to be indicated by the seal of the ...
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Seal and Earnest
... Further, this sealing, which is thus the token of God's ownership, is also the pledge
of security. A seal is stamped in order that there may be no tampering ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/seal and earnest.htm

The Cardinal Point of the Synchronisms; Or, the Synchronism
... That the same assembly begins with the seventh seal, is plain from the seventh chapter,
where the act of sealing immediately follows the sixth seal; since, as ...
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The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit, Rom. 8 14 16 Eph. 1 13 14
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:144. The witnessing and sealing Spirit, Rom. 8. 14 16. Eph. ...
2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints, And seal the heirs of heaven? ...
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The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit. Rom. 8:14,16; Eph. 1:13,14.
... CM The witnessing and sealing Spirit. Rom.8:14,16; Eph.1:13,14. ... Some tokens of thy
grace. Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,. And seal the heirs of heav'n? ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 144 the witnessing and.htm

Of the Thousand Years in which the Dragon or Satan is bound, with ...
... shut the doors of the Temple of Bel, and sealed them with the king's seal. In like
manner the Jews secured the sepulchre of our Saviour, "sealing the stone and ...
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On Sacraments in General
... by God, and, therefore, subject to his power, and made suitable to seal that which ...
which has regard both to the representation, and to the sealing or witnessing ...
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Christ with Chrism, Lo!
... (Resp."Christ with chrism, lo! He is sealing the newborn lambs in His flock!) ... It
befits Him the Lord of the flock, that in His own person He seal His sheep. ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii christ with chrism.htm

Grieving the Holy Spirit
... But, again, by sealing is meant preservation. Men seal up that which they wish to
have preserved, and when a document is sealed it becomes valid henceforth. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/grieving the holy spirit.htm

After the Scripture.
... Speaking of the image stamped on sealing-wax by a seal, I can say, "I have stamped
the wax after the image of the seal," referring to the concave image of the ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/viii after the scripture.htm

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