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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.
CHAPTER III. THE MESSAGE TO THE
CHURCHES - Ephesus
The message to the seven churches covers a
period in ecclesiastical history, extending
from the time of Christ’s first advent to His
second coming. To John, Christ appeared
walking in the midst of the churches,-the
candlesticks; and it is a most beautiful truth
that the Divine Presence has never been
withdrawn from the earth. One of the last
promises made by Christ to His disciples was,
“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world,” and it matters not how torn or
scattered His people may have been, that
promise, reverberating from age to age, has
been the comfort and solace of each individual
Christian, and of the church as a body. Heaven
