42.What does it mean to be sealed to the day of redemption?

It means that God has placed His identifying mark on us, setting us apart from the peoples of the earth. In the Day when Christ returns from Heaven, which is the day of the redemption of the earth, those who possess the seal of the Holy Spirit will be carried into the Presence of the Lord and given a body of eternal life.

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body (Romans 8:23).

The day of redemption has to do with the restoration of the dead physical bodies of the saints. One of the goals of the saint is to attain the first resurrection from the dead.

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection [Greek, out-resurrection] of the dead (Philippians 3:11).

When the Lord Jesus returns, a firstfruits of the Church will regain their bodies.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years (Revelation 20:6).

Participation in the first resurrection must be attained, it is not guaranteed by our profession of belief in the atonement. Paul sought to attain the first resurrection and we must seek to attain the first resurrection.

The first resurrection is attained as we enter the power of Christ’s resurrection and share in His sufferings.

We must win Christ, and we do so by turning away from every other goal, and everything else in which we have trusted, and placing our faith in Him completely.