Page 21 - 07 History of the Seals

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.

also in the north of Africa. This was to be

followed by the darkening of the sun, and the

moon, and the falling of the stars of heaven.

There have been many earthquakes in the

history of the world, and the sun has often

been darkened; but a definite earthquake was

to be considered as a sign of the times in which

men were living. A definite darkening of the

sun and moon would be used by the Lord as a

token of His near approach. That men might

know which events to accept and which to

reject, the Word of God has described with

divine minuteness the ones referred to under

the sixth seal. Eight writers of the Bible give

the signs in the sun, moon, and stars, as

heralds of the last day. Four of these, Joel,

Amos, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, wrote before the