Signed, Sealed, Delivered = Sonship! by Rav Sha'ul   One question....THOUGH I ALREADY BELIEVE IN BEING SIGNED (Sabbath) < SEALED (Shema) AND DELIVERED (Salvation of YHWH... Yahusha)!   Why doesn't Yahusha, the 12 Disciples, or Apostle Paul, not to mention the pre-Roman early Church Fathers use the term: "Signed, Sealed and Delivered?"   First, let me establish the reality of Signed/Sealed/Delivered.   YHWH has included Keeping His Commandments as a "term and condition" of The New Covenant with the addition of ONE new command, to believe in Yahusha as the Passover Lamb.  In short keeping His Commandments the sons of YHWH shall be "signed/sealed/delivered": 1rst commandment is to have no other god before YHWH.  This is the Shema defined as The Seal between your eyes. 4th commandment is to remember The Sabbath.  This is The Sign. The final command is to be Delivered by the blood of the Passover Lamb from the Second Death. Isaiah 6: 9 And He (YHWH) said (to Isaiah), “Go, and tell this people (to be Signed/Sealed/Delivered):        ‘ Keep on hearing, but do not understand;       Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’        10 “ Make the heart of this people dull,       And their ears heavy,       And shut their eyes;       Lest they see (the Sign) with their eyes,       And hear (The Seal: HEAR O Israel) with their ears,       And understand (the meaning of the Passover Lamb) with their heart,       And return and be healed (be Delivered).” Acts 28:27 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes (Signed), and hear with their ears (Sealed) , and understand with their heart (Passover Lamb), and should be converted, and I should heal them (Delivered).   Below is the proof, or at least a very short introduction.     The Sign = The Everlasting Covenant of The Sabbath   YHWH has defined an external sign by which the sons of YHWH might be made known to the world: Exodus 31 The Israelites (sons of YHWH) are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. 17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever It is the violation of The Sabbath, The Everlasting Covenant, that causes a curse to fall upon mankind ending in the destruction of humanity: Isaiah 24: 1-6 The Earth is polluted by its inhabitants - They have committed the Transgression of Desolation (transgressed the Torah, changed the Holy Feasts to Christopagan Holidays, and broken the Everlasting Covenant  of the Sabbath changing it to the pagan Sunday) - Therefore the Curse found in the Torah devours the whole Earth, the inhabitants of Earth will be burned up, and few men left. Daniel 8:12 12And the host [God's people] was given [to Satan] together with the continual (defense provided by Michael the Archangel) because of the Transgression of Desolation [of God's people--their abounding irreverence, ungodliness, lack of piety, and transgression of His Feast, Torah, and Sabbath]   The Seal = The Shema or the Understanding, Name, and Knowledge of YHWH and that He is the ONE and ONLY God   The Seal is called The Shema which means "Hear" and is defined in Deut. 6 below: Deuteronomy 6 4 Hear, Israel (Seed of Abraham): Yahuah is our Elohiym; Yahuah is one (not a Trinity or Bi-entity): 5 and you shall love Yahuah your Elohiym with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. (see Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ; 30:4-6 ; Matthew 22:36-40, Mark 28-34) 6 These words, which I command you (My "Chosen" Children) this day, shall be on your heart (your Spiritual Mind); 7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You (My Future Immortal Children) shall bind them for a sign on your hand (what you do, keep them), and they shall be for symbols between your eyes (Seal on your Forehead). Yahusha demonstrated this SEAL and declared it THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT of all as he quoted Deut 6 above: Mark 28-34 (NIV) 28 One of the teachers of the law (Torah) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Yahusha had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"  29 "The most important one," answered Yahusha, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one. 30 Love YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."  32"Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that YHWH is one and there is no other but Him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." Revelation refers to this SEAL again as the Name of YHWH written on the forehead (between the eyes per Deut. 6): Revelation 3 12 Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God (YHWH). Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God (YHWH)  Revelation 7:3 3 "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God (YHWH)." Revelation 9 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God (YHWH) on their foreheads. Revelation 22 4 They will see his face, and his name (YHWH) will be on their foreheads. Delivered = Deliverance from the Second Death by the Passover Lamb of YHWH, the blood of the Messiah Yahusha   The entire portrait of The Passover is deliverance from death through the blood of the Lamb.  Yahusha is that Lamb and we are commanded to be in covenant with Yahusha in order to be delivered from the second and final death.   Revelation 2  8"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:     "The First and the Last, the One who was dead and came to life, says: 9 I know your tribulation and poverty, yet you are rich. [I know] the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have tribulation for 10 days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.  11 "Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death. 1 John 2 1   My little children (writing to the spiritually immature), these things write I unto you, that ye sin not (by breaking the Commandments of YHWH). And if any man sin (falling short of keeping the Commandments), we have an advocate (High Priest) with the Father (Melchizedek, Yahusha is our advocate with the Father), Messiah Yahusha the righteous (anointed and perfect human image or proxy of YHWH): 2   And he (Yahusha) is the propitiation (substitution or Passover Lamb) for our sins (violating YHWH’s Commands): and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world (those who know Yahusha and are one with YHWH through marriage). Summary Those saved are saved through faith in the promises of YHWH in loving obedience to His Commands where He made those promises.  In keeping these commands, we are promised a sign, a seal, and a deliverer: Signed = Sabbath Sealed = Shema Delivered = Salvation of YHWH (that is what the name Yahusha means) That in a nutshell is what it means to be a son of YHWH.   Hidden Mysteries Now to your question: One question....THOUGH I ALREADY BELIEVE IN BEING SIGNED (Sabbath) < SEALED (Shema) AND DELIVERED (Salvation of YHWH... Yahusha)!  Why doesn't Yahusha, the 12 Disciples, or Apostle Paul, not to mention the pre-Roman early Church Fathers use the term: "Signed, Sealed and Delivered?" It is by design...  Listen to YHWH as He commands Isaiah to go teach this same message, but  the people WILL NOT LISTEN! Isaiah 6: 9 And He (YHWH) said (to Isaiah), “Go, and tell this people (to be Signed/Sealed/Delivered):        ‘ Keep on hearing, but do not understand;       Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’        10 “ Make the heart of this people dull,       And their ears heavy,       And shut their eyes;       Lest they see (the Sign) with their eyes,       And hear (The Seal: HEAR O Israel) with their ears,       And understand (the meaning of the Passover Lamb) with their heart,       And return and be healed (be Delivered).” The answer to this question is that the mysteries of YHWH were hidden and sealed until the very end of time.  The men of YHWH in history have not been given these simple truths, were sworn not to speak them, were commanded to remain silent, and even Yahusha would not speak them but in parables/riddles/idioms as we will see below.   Signed/Sealed/Delivered = True Sonship not meant to be achieved until the very end. We couldn't have (according to His Plan) a bunch of eternal sons walking the Earth.  Which is what would have happened if Signed/Sealed/Delivered had been known all along.  Death has no power of a Signed/Sealed/Delivered Son... So for 4,000 years we had "signed/sealed" (as they knew and boldly proclaimed the name YHWH and kept the Sabbath) but not "Delivered" (as Yahusha hadn't come) Saints and they died.  And then 1 at the fullness of time.... Signed/Sealed/Delivered Son (the first ever, the First Fruit) who subsequently defeated death and only died because he submitted to death... Yahusha.  He brought the revelation of this very fact that anyone Sign/Sealed/Delivered would be sons of YHWH known as elohim... After that, no one would mention the name YHWH out of superstition (coming out of Babylonian Exile, they used HaShem or Lord or God but never YHWH the Seal) so we had "Signed/Delivered" (kept the Sabbath and believed in the Passover Lamb Yahusha) saints with no seal.  So they died.  Then Yahusha came, descended into "paradise" where they were waiting, and preached to these souls and what does the Word say happened?  The graves GAVE THEM UP... because Death cannot hold a living Signed/Sealed/Delivered son of YHWH.   Sunday/Trinity/Jesus is the False Religion of Rome NOT the true Sign/Seal/Deliverance required... Then the entire "Whore of Babylon" prostate Church spread hiding the name of YHWH, changing His ordained Sabbath and Feasts, abolishing His Torah, and we have no sons at ALL, they aren't Signed (don't keep the Sabbath), Sealed (Don't declare the Shema and call on a pagan Trinity), or Delivered (they call on a Friday sacrifice/Sunday resurrection Jesus who never lived instead of the Passover Lamb/Lord of the Sabbath Yahusha).  This is when in Revelation the Church is no longer called "His Bride or His Church" and is referenced from then on in Revelation as "The Whore of Babylon".  The lost apostate Church doesn't want to admit this, so they came up with the false doctrine of Rapture to explain why they all of the sudden are no longer mentioned as His Church!  It is because they ARE NOT His Children they are children marked by the Spiritual Mark of the Beast... Sunday/Trinity/Jesus and destined for severe judgments in the Great Tribulation.  His True Sons are commanded to come out of her so they do not partake in her plagues...  These end time people of Earth do not have the Sign, do not have the Seal, and do not know the Salvation of YHWH known as Yahusha.  They are misled by a Sunday sign, a Trinity seal, and a Friday Sacrifice/Sunday Resurrected Jesus.  None of which is Biblical and none of which will save them.   Not until the very end do we have "Signed/Sealed/Delivered" Saints who defeat death again an have to be raptured at the very end because they cannot die!!!  But YHWH didn't do this again until 3 years out so we didn't have a bunch of eternal sons walking the earth before it was time.  That would pretty much give it all away and eliminate the need for "faith"... Progressive Revelation... The Song of Moses had to be lived out and the Sabbath Covenant (6,000 years of sin) fulfilled first. I firmly believe in progressive revelation.  In YHWH's Plan, per the prophets, YHWH literally hid His Holy Name from His people, scattered them, and caused them to "forget" their heritage.  The most important prophecy EVER to be uttered was that of the dying breath of Moses.  Called the Song of Moses and the Lamb of YHWH.  In this one song, YHWH prophesied through Moses what would become of His people.  It is this EXACT song that we in the End Time proclaim has happened to the people of YHWH and the inhabitants of Earth... Rev 15:3-4 "And they (Sealed Servants) sing the song of Moses the servant of YHWH, and the song of the Lamb" Song of Moses: Deut. 32 In this prophecy we learn one very important fact, crossed referenced throughout the Major Prophets, and that is: Duet. 32    20And he said, I will hide my face (Holy Name) from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.... 26I said, I would scatter them into (all) corners (of Earth), I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men" YHWH Blinded Our Eyes for 2,000 Years to His Holy Name THEN He calls His Men of Wisdom and Refines Them and Causes Them to Once Again be Sealed with His Shema... Hear O Israel, YHWH is ONE God! "I will scatter them and cause the remembrance of them to cease from among men" (Duet. 32) Which is EXACTLY what happened.  This is all by design.  Because of our rebellion against Him, He caused us to FORGET HIS HOLY NAME, and scattered us into pagan lands and caused the entire Earth to remember us no more as Israelites!!!  We didn't even know we were really Israelites!  Then what happens at the VERY END of history (times we are living in today)?  We see He turns us over to Satan, removes Michael, and purges us through the fire (per Daniel/Revelation).  Causes us to abandon all other gods, and then He once again CAUSES us to remember His Holy Name YHWH... Zechariah 13 8 In the whole land," declares the LORD , "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.  9 This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name (YHWH) and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'YHWH is our God.' " Duet. 32    36For YHWH shall judge his people, and repent Himself for His servants, when He seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.  37And YHWH shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,  38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.  39See now that I (YHWH), even I (YHWH), am He (the ONLY God), and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. Amos 5 4 For thus says YHWH to the house of Israel:        “ Seek Me and live;  5 But do not seek Bethel, Nor enter Gilgal, Nor pass over to Beersheba; For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,  And Bethel shall come to nothing.  6 Seek YHWH and live, Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph (House of Israel, Western Christianity), And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel (the House of YHWH) — 7 You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”   8 He made the Pleiades and Orion;  He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth;       YHWH is His name. At the End of Time... YHWH Raises Up Men of Wisdom and Understanding Ok.  So back to your question, I could go on forever listing prophecy to prove YHWH blinded the Christian Church to His Holy Name and then in the End moves to restore it.  So there is your answer, according to every prophecy concerning the fate of the House of Israel we were dispersed into pagan lands and CAUSED to forget His Holy Name.  The Men of YHWH over history were commanded to keep silent about this leading up to the end of time no doubt to prevent pre-mature resurrections as they were ordained to occur at the beginning and end of the 7th Millennium: Amos 5        13 Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time. Yahusha (understanding this truth) spoke in parables and riddles and idioms because he wasn't supposed to just come out with all the truth and spell it out, it wasn't time!  We still had 2,000 years of training to go and YHWH was not ready to reveal His Holy Name until the End Times.  It is not until the very end that YHWH restores the fortunes of Judah, restores Jerusalem, and His scattered people Israel... Joel 3:1-2, 9-10, 12-16 "For, behold, in those (last) days, And in that time (of the end), When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat ('Valley of Decision.'); And I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land, Daniel 10 14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.” Now, why does it come as such a huge surprise to men today (living in the End Times) that YHWH has raised up specific men, given them further unique revelation concerning the Timeline laid out in His Word (keys to Daniel), given them in-depth understanding and Wisdom concerning Elohim, His family, His Kingdom, His name, His Seal, His Sabbaths, etc. etc.?  YHWH clearly said this is exactly what He would do in the End Times to once again producing Sign/Sealed/Delivered Saints like Yahusha... Saints that death would have no power over (they'd be raptured).  We see Daniel describe this very truth as YHWH raises up powerful sons who through Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding move in a very powerful way, reaching and instructing the masses who have been misled and countering the wicked who act wickedly toward the Everlasting Covenant of the Sabbath (causing the Transgression of Desolation and the inhabitants of the Earth to be destroyed Isaiah 24:1-6, Dan 8:12): Daniel 11 32 Those who do wickedly against the (Everlasting) covenant (of the Sabbath see Isaiah 24) he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. 33 And those (men of Wisdom) of the people who understand (the hidden mysteries) shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. 34 Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue. 35 And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white (made righteious Priests known as Zadok Priests), until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.   The Mighty Men of Old... NOT given this Knowledge, Not Given the Wisdom, or Commanded to be Silent... So we see that many mysteries of YHWH were sealed up... Daniel was not given the keys, Daniel 12:4 4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Yahusha spoke them through parables/riddles/idioms because it was not given to the masses to understand but only to those with "eyes to see and ears to hear": Matthew 13:10-17 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see (the Sign of the Sabbath), and hearing they do not hear (the Shema), nor do they understand (the meaning of the Passover Lamb) . . .16 But blessed are your eyes for they see (the Sign), and your ears for they hear (the Shema); 17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Apostle Paul would not speak of what he saw in the 3rd heaven when he was stoned to death and resurrected he was sworn to silence.  It was his thorn in the flesh: 2 Corinthians 12     1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— 4 how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. John was silenced during his vision of heavenly things... Revelation 10 4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.” And they were hidden until the VERY END OF TIME and given to men of Wisdom risen up for the appointed time!!!   Only at the Very End, would these mysteries be understood... Why?  Because to be signed, sealed, and delivered like Yahusha is to defeat death like he did.  To perform great acts like he did.  And in the end these signed/sealed/delivered sons cannot die and are raptured as they endure until the very end.   These teachers are given the gift of Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding being the most educated saints in history and are able to communicate complex topics/concepts/truths in an easily understood very precise manner.  And for the first time in history we are seeing the very simplistic truth of His Word revealed to these men of Wisdom who UNDERSTAND AND INSTRUCT MANY... these very men, men of Wisdom in Daniel and Revelation... the Sealed Servants of YHWH... fall first, are refined, purified, made white (Zadok, made righteous) UNTIL THE END TIME... for that is their appointed time.  Your answer is... it was not time.  It is now time and YHWH is raising up men of Wisdom, revealing the mysteries, unlocking the secrets, unveiling His Plan, His Timeline, and the keys to defeat death.   Signed + Sealed + Delivered = Sonship. Sabbath + Shema + Salvation = Sonship.   Death has no power over sons of YHWH.  And those sons are known by the world because they keep the Sabbath (4th Commandment), declare the Shema (GREATEST COMMANDMENT) and enter into covenant to become ONE in Mind/Will/Purpose/Spirit through the blood of the Passover Lamb and Lord of the Sabbath... Yahusha.  We are made righteous (Zadok) Priest/Kings in the Order of Melchizedek (the Righteous High Priest and King of Kings) Yahusha.   That is the mystery found in the Word of YHWH hidden until now.  But I find very few who have eyes to see and ears to hear.  They want to follow human tradition (Sunday) pagan teachings (trinity) and be misled by a Roman demi-god (Jesus).   Listen to Your King... Hear O Isreal... YHWH your Elohim is ONE Elohim (The Seal).  And you shall love YHWH with ALL your heart, mind, and soul (1rst 5 Commandments and to do so you will display the sign keeping the Sabbath #4 the Sign).  And you shall love your neighbor as yourself (in the example of Yahusha and be Delivered... the last 5 commandments, there is no greater love than to give your life up).  On these three hinge the entire Torah of YHWH.  Do them, and you will be Signed/Sealed/Delivered says the King of Kings Yahusha!   Mark 12 The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?  28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” 29 Yahusha answered him, “The first of all the commandments is (and Yahusha quotes Deut. 32 and declares the SEAL/Shema): ‘Hear, O Israel, YHWH our Father, YHWH is one (God). 30 And you shall love YHWH your Father with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment (summarizing the first 5 of The 10 Commandments.  #4 is the SIGN to keep the Sabbath). 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (and there is NO commandment at all from cover to cover changing the Sabbath to the pagan Sunday and NO declaration anywhere that YHWH is three gods in one the pagan trinity) 32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but YHWH. 33 And to love YHWH with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 Now when YHWH saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”  (WHY?  Because they were Signed and Sealed and Deliverance was speaking to them!!!) But after that no one dared question Him.   HBS, p