The saints must be “sealed” before the onslaught of the “four winds of the earth” – Revelation 7:1-3.

Before the first four seals and their “riders” could be unleashed, the “servants of God” had to be prepared for the coming onslaught. Moreover, their “sealing” would enable them to “stand” before the “Lamb” and the “throne” on the coming “day of the wrath of the Lamb” that was unveiled when the “sixth seal” was opened.