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THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

earth brings forth in abundance, and labor is a

pleasure. As it was God’s plan to people the

earth, and have all nations come to the Garden

of Eden, so in the new earth the nations, or

tribes, under their kings, bring their glory and

honor into Jerusalem, coming there to meet

with God.

Christ was manifested that He might destroy

the works of the devil. God placed man in a

perfect earth, and bade him subdue it; in other

words, to make the whole earth like Eden; but

Satan thwarted the plan, and for six thousand

years he has reigned on the earth. When the

earth is restored, it will not be as it was in the

beginning, but far more beautiful. It will be as

it would have been in the same length of time,

if sin had never entered. All the works of the