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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.
God watched the church as it trod this
dangerous path to worldly exaltation, and to
Pergamos He sent this message: “I have a few
things against thee, because thou hast there
them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who
taught Balac to cast a stumbling-block before
the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
unto idols, and to commit fornication.”
During the period of ecclesiastical history,
when the message to Pergamos is applicable,
the church was guilty of idolatry and
fornication. Lest Christians should
misunderstand the application, and be led to
deny the charge, the Spirit of God cites them to
the experience of Balaam with Balac, the king
of the Moabites, at a time when Israel was
about to enter the promised land. The
