What does Ephesians 1:14 say the sealing of the Holy Spirit is?
Ephesians 1:14 describes the sealing of the Holy Spirit as the earnest, or down payment, of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession. This earnest guarantees the believer's future inheritance and points to the coming redemption of the body, when the purchased possession is fully redeemed.
Les explains that Ephesians 1:14 calls the sealing of the Holy Spirit the earnest, or down payment, of our inheritance, continuing until the redemption of the purchased possession. He notes that the soul and spirit have already been redeemed, but the body is still waiting. That waiting is for the redemption of the body. Paul likewise says in Romans 8 that everything is moving toward that final redemption of the body, when believers become a complete entity, ready to go into all eternity.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.