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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.
becomes, when His Spirit is withdrawn, a heat
which scorches men as with fire. God, whose
countenance is life to those who are in
harmony with Him, is a consuming fire to His
enemies. Margin
The lightning has been chained, and when
kept within its circuit, is the obedient servant
of man, even administering to his physical
being; but uncontrolled, it is an instrument of
instant death. Thus the sun becomes an agent
of destruction, and under the fourth plague its
rays scorch men. In the wilderness a cloud
overshadowed the camp by day. God was as a
“shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” “He
that dwelleth in the secret place of the most
High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty.” But those without a shelter, who
