earnest and final seals (two kinds of seals of God)
According to KJV, & EGW confirms that there is a distinction between being sealed by the Holy Spirit as an "earnest" or pledge of inheritance upon believing, and the final "seal of the living God" placed upon the foreheads of the faithful just before the close of probation, which renders their character pure and spotless for eternity: ### **Bible Foundation** ● "[Ephesians 1:13] In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, [Ephesians 1:14] Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." [1] ● "[Ephesians 4:30] And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." [2] ● "[Revelation 7:2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voic...