The Seal of God & the Fathers Name ( Character)
One of the most important and prominent characteristics of the 144,000 is the special seal and name they bear in their foreheads (Revelation 7: 1-4; 14:1). Shortly after this special seal is secured, the great tribulation and seven last plagues blast onto an unrepentant world. Typically in Revelation, when we think of someone being marked or sealed, it conveys a very negative connotation. In reality, all the saved and lost in Revelation bear some form of mark or seal in their foreheads or hands.
Ezekiel 9 records a vision where only the saved are marked. The criteria that allow them to receive this saving mark is that they are grieved by sin and long for purity. And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof (Ezekiel 9:4). Then, only those who have this mysterious mark are spared the awful plague of slaughter that follows.
So what is this seal found on the foreheads of the 144,000 Principally, it must be the Holy Spirit in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13). And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). Obviously, whoever has the good mark has the Spirit of God. But beyond the Holy Spirit, there is something more distinctive about this unique seal. We also see that the seal of God involves the law of God. As Isaiah 8:16 records, Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. This also should not surprise us, because three times in Revelation, the saved are identified as a people who keep the commandments of God (Revelation 12:17; 14:12; 22:14).
Thats also why Moses urged Gods people to have Gods law in their hands and their foreheads three different times. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes (forehead), that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth (Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8; 11:18).
But this seal or sign with the Fathers name goes even deeper.
All government seals contain three common elements: the name, title, and territory of the ruler. For example, Daniel 1:1 reads, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. You have the name, the official title, and his area of dominion. Within the 10 Commandments, only one has all the characteristics of a seal the fourth. There we read, For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them (Exodus 20:11). Here in the Sabbath commandment, we have Gods name (the Lord or Jehovah), His title or office (the Creator) and His territory (the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them). The Sabbath Commandment is the only one that is repeatedly referred to as a seal or sign of Gods creative, redeeming power.
For instance, Exodus 31:16,17 says, Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Furthermore, I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them (Ezekiel 20:12). And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God (Ezekiel 20:20).
Keep in mind, the Bible never calls it the Sabbath of the Jews. He calls the Sabbath My Holy Day (Isaiah 58:13) and the sabbath of the LORD thy God (Exodus 20:10).
God reveal his name/character to us in Exo. 33:17-23 and Exo. 34:1-6. The character of God is the 10 commandments including the Sabbath day. When you take away the Sabbath day, the seventh day, God’s character is reduced.