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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.
means the loss of eternal life; to a church, it
means the withdrawing of the Spirit of God; to
a nation, it means subjugation by some
stronger nation. This lesson was taught by
Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian monarch.
When he walked in his palace, saying with
lordly pride, “Is not this great Babylon, that I
have built?” destruction waited at the door.
The same truth has been taught in the
downfall of every nation which has risen to
prominence in past ages. God, in the voice of
the first four trumpets, taught this lesson to
the Roman Empire.
Rome, the universal kingdom at the time of
Christ’s first advent, was wonderfully blessed
with a knowledge of the truth, but in
