Page 7 - 03c The Seven Churhces-Pergamos

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.

statutes of Jehovah, and remain a separate and

peculiar people. The union of Church and

State was formed in order to obtain the

privileges and protection of the civil power.

The following paragraph, read in the same

way, gives the second step in the transaction,

when Church and State joined hands:-

“Disappointed in his hopes of wealth and

promotion, in disfavor with the king, and

conscious that he had incurred the

displeasure of God, Balaam returned to his

self-chosen mission. After he had reached

home, the controlling power of the Spirit of

God left him, and his covetousness, which had

been merely held in check, prevailed. He was

willing to resort to any means to gain the