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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.

temple of God was opened in heaven, and

there was seen in His temple the ark of His

testament.” At the beginning of the work of the

investigative judgment, when Christ entered

the most holy place, the door in heaven was

opened, and the law of God was seen as the

foundation of His throne. It was immediately

after the bitter disappointment of 1844, when

earnest souls were still searching the

Scriptures, that the sacredness of the law was

revealed. As the decalogue was presented, a

special glory shone about the Fourth

Commandment. The seal of the law stood out

as if written in letters of fire, and a new

significance was given to the measuring reed

which the angel offered.