077. Redemption of the Purchased Possession

Redemption of the Purchased Possession (Ephesians 1:13-14) "Ye are sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise until . the redemption of the purchased possession." The seal is a large wooden instrument, twenty inches or longer and has the symbol of the owner engraved upon it. When a man goes to the open market and makes a purchase of a large amount of grain lying in a big heap, he very carefully impresses the grain on all sides with his seal. In that way he makes it impossible for anyone to steal his grain without breaking his symbol and thus protects his purchase until he returns to remove it to his own house or barn. The Book says that is what God does for His purchased possession, His redeemed ones, until He removes them to the Owner’s home. "After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Ghost of promise, which is the earnest (or pledge) of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."