Page 9 - 05 A Glimpse of Heaven

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.

cloud was but a faint reflection of the constant

reminder in heaven of the everlasting

covenant made for the salvation of man before

the foundation of the world.

Sin hides God’s love from us, shutting out from

the soul the rays of light from the throne of

mercy. As the cloud gives forth the rain, and

the sun, shining through the drops, produces

the rainbow, so “the tears of the penitent are

only the rain drops that precede the sunshine

of holiness.” The Sun of Righteousness,

shining upon the tears of the penitent, makes

manifest the glory of God, of which “the bow

that is in the cloud in the day of rain” is a

likeness. When God looks upon the bow, He

remembers the everlasting covenant. In our

own storm clouds, God and man look upon the