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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.
the thought; but for six thousand years, even
the God of the universe has mourned for the
lost world; and when at last the redeemed are
gathered out, although they are still on earth,
the pent up glory of Jehovah flashes forth,-a
living, consuming fire. This was typified in the
temple at Jerusalem, when at the words, “It is
finished,” uttered by the Saviour on the cross,
the veil was rent from top to bottom. With the
announcement of these words this second
time, the man Jesus Christ, with the four living
creatures and four and twenty elders, who for
centuries have represented the re deemed,
leave the temple altogether, and enter no
more, until Christ returns from earth, bringing
with Him the host of the redeemed. Then with
the hundred and forty-four thousand,