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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.
languages of men were confounded so that
they could not understand one another. Then
the name Babel was applied, which means
confusion.
But the devil determined not to be defeated in
his purpose of exaltation; and surrounding the
site of this ancient monument, which never
reached completion, he built, sixteen hundred
years later, the city of Babylon, which became
the capital of the world. This kingdom is used
to illustrate the evil of the state church in the
end of time The sins of the ancient city are
repeated by the last church, and its overthrow
is the object lesson, to the world, of the final
destruction of the whole world when Christ
comes down, because her iniquity has reached
heaven The figure is followed throughout the
