Page 12 - 11 The Voice of a Mighty Angel

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.

The mighty angel, having the little book open

in one hand, lifted up the other hand to heaven

and “sware by Him that liveth for ever and

ever,...that there should be time no longer.”

Jewish history was divided into distinct

periods by the prophetic writers. The bondage

in Egypt was revealed to Abraham; it was also

plainly prophesied that the Babylonish

captivity would continue seventy years. The

birth of Christ was foretold by the prophets,

the very year of His baptism was foretold by

the prophet Daniel; His crucifixion and

rejection by the Jewish nation was also given

in an unmistakable way. Christians have

taunted the Jews with blindness because they

did not see and understand, but the dates

which cluster about the life of Christ are a part