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Seals
Called signet - Ge 38:18,25
Precious stones set in gold used as - Ex 28:11
Inscriptions upon, alluded to - 2Ti 2:19
Generally worn as rings or bracelets - Jer 22:24
IMPRESSIONS OF
- Frequently taken in clay
- Job 38:14- Used for security
- Da 6:17; Mt 27:66- Attached to all royal decrees
- 1Ki 21:8; Es 3:12; 8:8- Attached to covenants
- Ne 9:38; 10:1- Attached to lease and transfers of property
- Jer 32:9-12,44- Set upon treasures
- De 32:34- Attached to the victims approved for sacrifice, alluded to
- Joh 6:27- Were given by kings as a badge of authority
- Ge 41:41,42Illustrative of
- Circumcision
- Ro 4:11- Converts
- 1Co 9:2- What is dear or valued
- So 8:6; Jer 22:24; Hag 2:23- Secrecy
- Da 12:4; Re 5:1; 10:4- Security
- So 4:12; 2Ti 2:19; Re 7:2-8; 20:3- Full approval
- Joh 3:33- Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit
- 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30- Restraint
- Job 9:7; 37:7; Re 20:3 Next Topic (Second Coming of Christ, The)