514
 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 14 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 41:41,42

 - Illustrative 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 7 9:7; 37:7; RE 20:3

 515
 Second Coming of Christ, The 

 - Time of, unknown
     #MT 24:36; MR 13:32

 - CALLED THE
   . Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord
       #AC 3:19

   . Times of restitution of all things
       #AC 3:21; RO 8:21

   . Last time
       #1PE 1:5

   . Appearing of Jesus Christ
       #1PE 1:7

   . Revelation of Jesus Christ
       #1PE 1:13

   . Glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior
       #TIT 2:13

   . Coming of the day of God
       #2PE 3:12

   . Day of our Lord Jesus Christ
       #1CO 1:8

 - FORETOLD BY
   . Prophets
       #DA 7:13; Jude 14 1:14

   . Himself
       #MT 25:31; JOH 14:3

   . Apostles
       #AC 3:20; 1TI 6:14

   . Angels
       #AC 1:10,11

 - Signs preceding
     #MT 24:3-51

 - The Manner of
   . In clouds
       #MT 24:30; 26:64; RE 1:7

   . In the glory of his Father
       #MT 16:27

   . In his own glory
       #MT 25:31

   . In flaming fire
       #2TH 1:8

   . With power and great glory
       #MT 24:30

   . As he ascended
       #AC 1:9,11

   . With a shout and the voice of the Archangel
       #1TH 4:16

   . Accompanied by Angels
       #MT 16:27; 25:31; MR 8:38; 2TH 1:7

   . With his saints
       #1TH 3:13; Jude 14 1:14

   . Suddenly
       #MR 13:36

   . Unexpectedly
       #MT 24:44; LU 12:40

   . As a thief in the night
       #1TH 5:2; 2PE 3:10; RE 16:15

   . As the lightning
       #MT 24:27

 - The heavens and earth shall be dissolved, etc. at
     #2PE 3:10,12

 - They who shall have died in Christ shall rise first at
     #1TH 4:16

 - The saints alive at, shall be caught up to meet him
     #1TH 4:17

 - Is not to make atonement
     #HEB 9:28; RO 6:9,10; HEB 10:14

 - THE PURPOSES OF, ARE TO
   . Complete the salvation of saints
       #HEB 9:28; 1PE 1:5

   . Be glorified in his saints
       #2TH 1:10

   . Be admired in them that believe
       #2TH 1:10

   . Bring to light the hidden things of darkness
       #1CO 4:5

   . Judge
       #PS 50:3,4; JOH 5:22; 2TI 4:1; Jude 15 1:15; RE 20:11-13

   . Reign
       #ISA 24:23; DA 7:14; RE 11:15

   . Destroy death
       #1CO 15:25,26

 - Every eye shall see him at
     #RE 1:7

 - Should be always considered as at hand
     #RO 13:12; PHP 4:5; 1PE 4:7

 - Blessedness of being prepared for
     #MT 24:46; LU 12:37,38

 - SAINTS
   . Assured of
       #Job 25 19:25,26

   . Love
       #2TI 4:8

   . Look for
       #PHP 3:20; TIT 2:13

   . Wait for
       #1CO 1:7; 1TH 1:10

   . Haste to
       #2PE 3:12

   . Pray for
       #RE 22:20

   . Should be ready for
       #MT 24:44; LU 12:40

   . Should watch for
       #MT 24:42; MR 13:35-37; LU 21:36

   . Should be patient to
       #2TH 3:5; JAS 7 5:7,8

 - Shall be preserved to
     #PHP 1:6; 2TI 4:18; 1PE 1:5; Jude 24 1:24

 - Shall not be ashamed at
     #1JO 2:28; 4:17

 - Shall be blameless at
     #1CO 1:8; 1TH 3:13; 5:23; Jude 24 1:24

 - Shall be like him at
     #PHP 3:21; 1JO 3:2

 - Shall see him as he is, at
     #1JO 3:2

 - Shall appear with him in glory at
     #COL 3:4

 - Shall receive a crown of glory at
     #2TI 4:8; 1PE 5:4

 - Shall reign with him at
     #DA 7:27; 2TI 2:12; RE 5:10; 20:6; 22:5

 - Faith of, shall be found to praise at
     #1PE 1:7

 - THE WICKED
   . Scoff at
       #2PE 3:3,4

   . Presume upon the delay of
       #MT 24:48

   . Shall be surprised by
       #MT 24:37-39; 1TH 5:3; 2PE 3:10

   . Shall be punished at
       #2TH 1:8,9

 - The man of sin to be destroyed at
     #2TH 2:8

 - Illustrated
     #MT 25:6; LU 12:36,39; 19:12,15

 516
 Seed 

 - Every herb, tree and grass yields its own
     #GE 1:11,12,29

 - Each kind of, has its own body
     #1CO 15:38

 - SOWING OF
   . Time for, called seed time
       #GE 8:22

   . Necessary to its productiveness
       #JOH 12:24; 1CO 15:36

   . Required constant diligence
       #EC 11:4,6

   . Often attended with great waste
       #MT 13:4,5,7

   . Often attended with danger
       #PS 126:5,6

 - Yearly return of time of sowing, secured by covenant
     #GE 8:21,22

 - The ground carefully ploughed, and prepared for
     #ISA 28:24,25

 - Often sown beside rivers
     #EC 11:1; ISA 32:20

 - Often trodden into the ground, by the feet of oxen
     #ISA 32:20

 - Required to be watered by the rain
     #ISA 55:10

 - In Egypt required to be artificially watered
     #DE 11:10

 - Yielded an abundant increase in Canaan
     #GE 26:12; MT 13:23

 - MOSAIC LAWS RESPECTING
   . Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
       #LE 19:19; DE 22:9

   . If dry, exempted from uncleanness though touched by an
     unclean thing
       #LE 11:37

   . If wet, rendered unclean by contact with an unclean thing
       #LE 11:38

   . The tithe of, to be given to God
       #LE 27:30

   . Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
       #LE 25:4,20

   . Not to be sown in year of jubilee
       #LE 25:11

 - Difference between, and the plant which grows from it,
   noticed
     #1CO 15:37,38

 - THE JEWS PUNISHED BY
   . Its rotting in the ground
       #JOE 1:17; MAL 2:3

   . Its yielding but little increase
       #ISA 5:10; HAG 1:6

   . Its increase being consumed by locusts
       #DE 28:38; JOE 1:4

   . Its increase being consume by enemies
       #LE 26:16; DE 28:33,51

   . Its being choked by thorns
       #JER 12:13; MT 13:7

 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
   . The word of God
       #LU 8:11; 1PE 1:23

   . Spiritual life
       #1JO 3:9

 - SOWING, ILLUSTRATIVE OF
   . Preaching the gospel
       #MT 13:3,32; 1CO 9:11

   . Scattering or dispersing a people
       #Z9 EC 10:9

   . Christian liberality
       #EC 11:6; 2CO 9:6

   . Men's works producing a corresponding recompence
       #Job 8 4:8; HO 10:12; GA 6:7,8

   . The death of Christ and its effects
       #JOH 12:24

   . The burial of the body
       #1CO 15:36-38

 517
 Seeking God 

 - Commanded
     #ISA 55:6; MT 7:7

 - INCLUDES SEEKING
   . His Name
       #PS 83:16

   . His word
       #ISA 34:16

   . His face
       #PS 27:8; 105:4

   . His strength
       #1CH 16:11; PS 105:4

   . His commandments
       #1CH 28:8; MAL 2:7

   . His precepts
       #PS 119:45,94

   . His kingdom
       #MT 6:33; LU 12:31

   . His righteousness
       #MT 6:33

   . Christ
       #MAL 3:1; LU 2:15,16

   . Honor which comes from him
       #JOH 5:44

   . Justification by Christ
       #GA 2:16,17

   . The city which God has prepared
       #HEB 11:10,16; 13:14

 - By prayer
     #Job 5 8:5; DA 9:3

 - In his house
     #DE 12:5; PS 27:4

 - SHOULD BE
   . Immediate
       #HO 10:12

   . Evermore
       #PS 105:4

   . While he may be found
       #ISA 55:6

   . With diligence
       #HEB 11:6

   . With the heart
       #DE 4:29; 1CH 22:19

   . In the day of trouble
       #PS 77:2

 - Ensures
   . His being found
       #DE 4:29; 1CH 28:9; PR 8:17; JER 29:13

   . His favor
       #LA 3:25

   . His protection
       #EZR 8:22

   . His not forsaking us
       #PS 9:10

   . Life
       #PS 69:32; AM 5:4,6

   . Prosperity
       #Job 5 8:5,6; PS 34:10

   . Being heard of him
       #PS 34:4

   . Understanding all things
       #PR 28:5

   . Gifts of righteousness
       #HO 10:12

 - Imperative upon all
     #ISA 8:19

 - Afflictions designed to lead to
     #PS 78:33,34; HO 5:15

 - None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
     #PS 14:2; RO 3:11; LU 12:23,30

 - SAINTS
   . Specially exhorted to
       #ZEP 2:3

   . Desirous of
       #Job 8 5:8

   . Purpose, in heart
       #PS 27:8

   . Prepare their hearts for
       #2CH 30:19

   . Set their hearts to
       #2CH 11:16

   . Engage in, with the whole heart
       #2CH 15:12; PS 119:10

   . Early in
       #Job 5 8:5; PS 63:1; ISA 26:9

   . Earnest in
       #SO 3:2,4

   . Characterised by
       #PS 24:6

 - Is never in vain
     #ISA 45:19

 - Blessedness of
     #PS 119:2

 - Leads to joy
     #PS 70:4; 105:3

 - Ends in praise
     #PS 22:26

 - Promise connected with
     #PS 69:32

 - Shall be rewarded
     #HEB 11:6

 - THE WICKED
   . Are gone out of the way of
       #PS 14:2,3; RO 3:11,12

   . Prepare not their hearts for
       #2CH 12:14

   . Refuse, through pride
       #PS 10:4

   . Not led to, by affliction
       #ISA 9:13

   . Sometimes pretend to
       #EZR 4:2; ISA 58:2

   . Rejected, when too late in
       #PR 1:28

 - They who neglect denounced
     #ISA 31:1

 - Punishment of those who neglect
     #ZEP 1:4-6

 - Exemplified
   . Asa
       #2CH 14:7

   . Jehoshaphat
       #2CH 17:3,4

   . Uzziah
       #2CH 26:5

   . Hezekiah
       #2CH 31:21

   . Josiah
       #2CH 34:3

   . Ezra
       #EZR 7:10

   . David
       #PS 34:4

   . Daniel
       #DA 9:3,4

 518
 Self-delusion 

 - A characteristic of the wicked
     #PS 49:18

 - Prosperity frequently leads to
     #PS 30:6; HO 12:8; LU 12:17-19

 - Obstinate sinners often given up to
     #PS 81:11,12; HO 4:17; 2TH 2:10,11

 - EXHIBITED IN THINKING THAT
   . Our own ways are right
       #PR 14:12

   . We should adhere to established wicked practices
       #JER 44:17

   . We are pure
       #PR 30:12

   . We are better than others
       #LU 18:11

   . We are rich in spiritual things
       #RE 3:17

   . We may have peace while in sin
       #DE 29:19

   . We are above adversity
       #PS 10:6

   . Gifts entitle us to heaven
       #MT 7:21,22

   . Privileges entitle us to heaven
       #MT 3:9; LU 13:25,26

   . God will not punish our sins
       #PS 10:11; JER 5:12

   . Christ shall not come to judge
       #2PE 3:4

   . Our lives shall be prolonged
       #ISA 56:12; LU 12:19; JAS 13 4:13

 - Frequently preserved in, to the last
     #MT 7:22; 25:11,12; LU 13:24,25

 - Fatal consequences of
     #MT 7:23; 24:48-51; LU 12:20; 1TH 5:3

 - Exemplified
   . Ahab
       #1KI 20:27,34

   . Israelites
       #HO 12:8

   . Jews
       #JOH 8:33,41

   . Church of Laodicea
       #RE 3:17

   . Babylon
       #ISA 47:7-11

 519
 Self-denial 

 - Christ set an example of
     #MT 4:8-10; 8:20; JOH 6:38; RO 15:3; PHP 2:6-8

 - A test of devotedness to Christ
     #MT 10:37,38; LU 9:23,24

 - NECESSARY
   . In following Christ
       #LU 14:27-33

   . In the warfare of saints
       #2TI 2:4

   . To the triumph of saints
       #1CO 9:25-27

 - Ministers especially called to exercise
     #2CO 6:4,5

 - SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN
   . Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts
       #RO 6:12; TIT 2:12

   . Controlling the appetite
       #PR 23:2

   . Abstaining from fleshly lusts
       #1PE 2:11

   . No longer living to lusts of men
       #1PE 4:2

   . Mortifying sinful lusts
       #MR 9:43; COL 3:5

   . Mortifying deeds of the body
       #RO 8:13

   . Not pleasing ourselves
       #RO 15:1-3

   . Not seeking out own profit
       #1CO 10:24,33; 13:5; PHP 2:4

   . Preferring the profit of others
       #RO 14:20,21; 1CO 10:24,33

   . Assisting others
       #LU 3:11

   . Even lawful things
       #1CO 10:23

   . Forsaking all
       #LU 14:33

   . Taking up the cross and following Christ
       #MT 10:38; 16:24

   . Crucifying the flesh
       #GA 5:24

   . Being crucified with Christ
       #RO 6:6

   . Being crucified to the world
       #GA 6:14

   . Putting off the old man which is corrupt
       #EPH 4:22; COL 3:9

   . Preferring Christ to all earthly relations
       #MT 8:21,22; LU 14:26

 - Becomes strangers and pilgrims
     #HEB 11:13-15; 1PE 2:11

 - Danger of neglecting
     #MT 16:25,26; 1CO 9:27

 - Reward of
     #MT 19:28,29; RO 8:13

 - Happy result
     #2PE 1:4

 - Exemplified
   . Abraham
       #GE 13:9; HEB 11:8,9

   . Widow of Zarephath
       #1KI 17:12-15

   . Esther
       #ES 4:16

   . Rechabites
       #JER 35:6,7

   . Daniel
       #DA 1:8-16

   . Apostles
       #MT 19:27

   . Simon, Andrew, James, and John
       #MR 1:16-20

   . Poor Widow
       #LU 21:4

   . The Christians
       #AC 2:45; 4:34

   . Barnabas
       #AC 4:36,37

   . Paul
       #AC 20:24; 1CO 9:19,27

   . Moses
       #HEB 11:24,25



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