Page 17 - 03d The Seven Churhces-Thyatira

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.

It should be remembered that, as the

experiences of Ephesus, Smyrna, and

Pergamos, will be repeated in the last church

before the second coming of Christ, so the

history of Thyatira will have its counterpart in

the last generation. The power of Jezebel will

again be felt. What was once done by a church

in days of intellectual darkness will be

repeated in days of great light. The union of

the church and state will be followed by laws

compelling obedience to man-made laws,

instead of the laws of God. The law of God will

be trampled under foot; for a church with civil

power always works the works of Jezebel. Just

as Elijah fled before ancient Jezebel, so those

proclaiming the last warning message, of

which Elijah was a type, will be persecuted by