14 Some are Anointed from Destruction

Just before the executions were carried out, the messenger in white linen was instructed to go through the city and set a mark on the forehead of those who “sigh and that cry” over the detestable things done in front of them by the religious authorities and those of the population that follow them. The “mark” of God distinguished the righteous from the guilty. There was special significance to the “mark” used for this purpose. The word “mark” is the Hebrew word tav, which is the name of the last letter in the Hebrew alphabet. It may have been understood as an abbreviation for tām, “blameless.” At the time this was written the tav of Hebrew script was written like an X or sloped cross. Its use here was to identify the righteous and exempt them from judgment. The “man” in white linen was to place the tav on the forehead of every righteous person. The significance of this must not be missed. God has His people that love Him and he will protect them from His Judgments