Page 16 - 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.

bowl, and the oil for this bowl is supplied by

two olive trees, one on either side. The purity

of the oil they burn is represented by the close

connection with living, growing trees. This oil

is the oil of grace, the truth of God. The unity

of the seven candlesticks is typified by the

common bowl from which each gains its

supply of oil. How beautiful a picture of the

work of God’s Word in ministering to the

needs of the church on earth. Life flows from

the Old as well as the New Testament to those

whose hearts are open channels for the Spirit.

When connection with the living trees is

severed, spiritual death is the result. The

lights may burn for a time, but they soon

exhaust the supply in the bowl, and gradually

the flame dies out. Extinguishing a light does