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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.
great sin.... Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their
sin;-and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy
book which Thou hast written.” “There is one
Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy
who art thou that judgest another?” When,
however, men cease to obey the law of God,
they at once exalt self above the Lawgiver, and
seated on the throne of justice, they attempt to
weigh men’s deeds. This is the “mystery of
iniquity,” which “opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, showing himself that he is
God.” It is the spirit of him who said, “I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God ...I will ascend above the
