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The day had arrived where there was to be a difference made between those who were concerned and those who were not concerned about the spiritual condition of the people of the Lord. The division was to be made between those who were the cause and those who by their intercession cried out to the Lord for a change. We note that the altar of brass is the starting place of these seven who will sweep through the country identifying those who are worthy of deliverance and those who will be judged. It is a time of sanctification and cleansing. The Lord will move through His church in the end of the age with a mighty manifestation of sanctification and cleansing. The Lord has set the seasons and the times for the last days and that day will inevitably be accomplished in His church. Peter said that judgment must first begin in the house of the Lord. 1 Pet. 4:17 It is that one feast of Israel which as yet does not have itís counterpart in the church, that is, the great day of Atonement. The day when Israel stood in absolute purity because the high priest had entered in to the Most Holy place and made atonement for all Israel as well as the Tabernacle or the Temple. Lev 16
Once again we find the Lord exhibiting His works according to His temperament by visiting them first with mercy, then the sentence is executed. The man with the marking pen will go first, placing his mark or signature in the foreheads of those who are desirous of truly having the Lord in their lives. Eze. 9:4 The corresponding New Testament act is the sealing of the baptism of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the seal, the mark, the stamp placed in the life of the believer that they might be proclaimed as being totally the possession of the Lord. 2 Cor. 1:22 The cry of the Spirit backed up by the Word of the Lord is, let all who are His, depart from iniquity. 2 Tim. 2:19 So many today are deeply concerned about the mark of the beast, while we should be much more concerned to make certain that we have the seal of the Lord. Again a specific time is set when the Lord will place the sign of that seal in the foreheads of His very own. Rev. 7:3 The signature of the Lord Jesus Christ will be upon those who are His in the form of His name and His Fathers name. Rev. 14:1 NIV That the fullness of His name is to be upon them is confirmed by the Lord Jesus. He charged John to send a message to the those who are triumphant Christians stating that He would write the name of God, the name of the city of God the New Jerusalem and His new name, which is the Lord Jesus Christ upon them. Rev. 3:12 What a glorious privilege He gives to those who will follow and serve Him of being called after His name. The most marvelous name of time and eternity. The greatest of ALL.