Page 37 - 09 The Trumpets

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.

was divided among the barbarians who had

assisted in its overthrow.

Rome was now broken into fragments, and the

ten divisions presented to the prophet Daniel

were each given power. As iron and miry clay

refuse to unite, so the fragments of the

Western Roman Empire will remain separate

until the end of time. With the year 476, which

marks the fall of Rome, begins the history of

the Middle Ages. Within the next few years

every obstacle was cleared away, and the

papacy had a clear road to the throne. Odoacer

was by faith an Arian, and his kingdom, that of

the Heruli, was the first of the horns,

according to Daniel 7:8, to be plucked up by

the little horn, which exalted itself, and spoke

great words against the Most High.