Page 12 - 17 The Seven Last Plagues

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.

Egypt first imitated the wonders which came

by the hand of Moses; and when they could no

longer do that, they gave a reason for each

miracle, assigning some natural cause; and as

soon as the plague was removed, Pharaoh

would say in his heart, “I thought for a time it

was a divine providence upon the land, but

doubtless, as the magicians say, it was due to

such and such a cause,” and Pharaoh hardened

his heart. As men did then, so will they do in

the end of time; for men’s hearts are the same

in all generations. The repentance of Pharaoh

was like that of Cain,-it was sorrow for

suffering, not sorrow for sin. This will be the

same in the days of the last plagues.

The third angel withdraws the life-giving

spirit from the rivers and the fountains of