Page 20 - 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 world opened their doors to receive it. But

there came a voice from heaven saying, “Go

and take the little book which is open in the

hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea

and upon the earth.” The mighty angel did not

close the open book when he had once cried,

but still stood upon the earth and the sea with

the pages open in his hand, and John,

symbolizing God’s people, was bidden to take

it out of the angel’s hand. John approached the

angel with the words, “Give me the book,” and

he said, “Take it, and eat it up.” Eating the

Word of God implies a careful study until the

meaning is fully comprehended. Jesus often

used the figure in a spiritual sense, referring

to His body and the “bread of life.” Now was

the time to penetrate deeper into the cloud