“In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.” Sealed! What a comforting word. It suggests a finished transaction, absolute assurance, eternal security. An illustration of God’s sealing is found in Revelation 7 where we read that during the postrapture judgment age 144,000 chosen Hebrew witnesses will be sealed by God to bear worldwide witness to the gospel of the kingdom. The beast—the devil’s messiah—will be enraged, but