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are sealed, and the sealing is for their protection that they might not be harmed by the

judgments of God that are poured out.
At the time of the sealing we see four angels who are standing to hold back the wind

from the four corners of the earth, and we see another angel ascending from the rising of
the sun and we are told that the earth and sea and trees are about to be harmed. This is

symbolic of a great scorching coming upon the earth, but this scorching will not touch the
144,000. Contrast this with the great multitude that purchased white robes for themselves

during the Tribulation. We are told:

Revelation 7:16
"They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun beat down

on them, nor any heat...”

These have been touched by the judgments that have come upon the whole world.
They were not sealed in their foreheads before these judgments were loosed. They did know

hunger. They did know the burning heat of the sun. Yet by their patience in the midst of

great tribulation they have purchased white robes and have entered a place of rest.
We can see in this that Yahweh does make a distinction between His saints, between
those who have been faithful and those who have not. One group is kept from the day of

great evil and the other is not. Yet those who were sealed were still present on the earth.

They were not raptured into heaven. They were like the children of Israel who were kept
from the judgments of God when the ten plagues were loosed on Egypt. We have these
words recorded of those earlier tribulations:

Exodus 8:22-23
"But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living..., in

order that you may know that I, Yahweh, am in the midst of the land. I will put a
division between My people and your people.”

There is great precedence for Yahweh setting His people apart during times when His

wrath is poured out. Egypt is a type of the world, and when Yahweh brought judgment to
Egypt He made a distinction between His people and the people of Egypt. He will do so