Article 2014-08 - Where is the Church in Revelation
God’s Jewish and Gentile servants are sealed so that they can be distinguished from other people and not be harmed when the 7th seal inaugurates the seven trumpets. ‘Grass, plant or tree’ are not to be harmed. They are believers in different stages of spiritual maturity who received God’s seal, in contrast to those who do not have His sign on their foreheads. We see here how picture and reality are interchanged.