They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4
I don’t have any mark on my head, do you? How many times must God tell us that it is not our outward appearance that matters and that it’s what’s in your heart that counts? We accept Jesus as our Savior through the Holy Spirit, but it takes a bit of head knowledge to do that; therefore, we are marked because of our belief. Revelation is not a straightforward message, it was a dream or vision, and like any dream, there is an interpretation that needs to occur using the clues from the dream. God includes stories in the Bible to help us with this interpretation, but we need to be diligent in combing the scriptures to uncover the meaning. There are stories of Joseph and Daniel interpreting the dreams of kings, and they weren’t straightforward or easily understood. God will give us interpretation as he sees fit.
Here is what gets me excited: we have the seal of God through our salvation in Jesus. That makes me feel special, how about you?
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