Page 7 - 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.

law is but an expression of His own character,

and John’s mind was opened to an

appreciation of the principles upon which the

government of God is established. There was

the temple where the Father sits enthroned,

Himself the center of all law, all life, all love;

His presence pervading all things, upholding

all things, controlling all things. The temple

was to be measured, and when measured, it

told the story of absolute love, the power of

the Creator, who made all beings to reflect His

own perfection. Then John was to measure the

altar. Here he saw the High Priest, with His

censer, offering the prayers of His saints. Only

the Infinite mind can grasp the breadth and

length and depth and height, and know the

love of Christ which “passeth knowledge”; but