Page 12 - 12 The Third Woe

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 the papacy. This power was established in

Rome in 538 a. d. on the ruins of the Western

Empire, and continued until 1798 a. d. This

was the period known as the Dark Ages for

Europe. During this period the smoke of

Mohammedanism hid the light of the sun in

the East. Mohammedanism in the East, and the

“man of sin” in the West, both brought

darkness and despair. Mohammedanism

tormented men like the sting of a scorpion; the

“man of sin” held men’s minds in such

subjection that they saw nothing above the

exalted man on the throne. In the East, the

Koran and a false prophet bore sway; in the

West, precisely the same thraldom existed; for

while there was no Koran, the Word of God

was suppressed just as effectually. As