Two classes are being developed under the sounding of this message. Upon one class is being stamped the mark of the beast and of his image. The image and superscription of this world is being placed upon them. “The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not.” Isa. 3:9. The other class is being sealed “with the seal of the living God.” They have the “Father’s name written in their foreheads.” Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1. The image and superscription of God, instead of that of the beast, is being placed upon them. Transformations of character are taking place which cause the holy angels to look on with amazement, and the evil angels to stand aghast. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Cor. 3:18.
