Page 17 - 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.

not affect the olive trees. Indeed they are trees

of life, guarded by flaming swords, like the

tree of life in the garden of Eden after the fall;

and the flashes of light destroy the life of those

who lift a hand against the witnesses. Men

may claim to receive light, independently of

these witnesses; but there are no channels for

the communication of the spirit of wisdom

and knowledge, except these two trees, or

some of their branches, through which the life,

the golden oil, is constantly flowing. It is thus

that they have power to stay the heavens that

it rain not. It is for this reason that the three

and a half years of drought in the days of Elijah

are used by the divine historian to illustrate

the three and one-half prophetic years, the

twelve hundred and sixty years of darkness,