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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.

The angel that had power over fire cried,

“Thrust in Thy sharp sickle, and gather the

clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes

are fully ripe.” Two vines have been growing

in the earth, one of heavenly origin; the other

of the earth, earthy. Christ is the true vine, and

His people are the branches. The vine of the

earth, Satan, has many branches; its growth is

far more luxuriant than the heavenly one, but

it is the vine of Sodom,-its “grapes are grapes

of gall; their clusters are bitter; their wine is

the poison of dragons.” Terrible is the vintage

when the angels gather the clusters, and

throw them into the great wine press of the

wrath of God.

Nation rises against nation; because the

angels no longer hold the winds of strife. The