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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.

and continued twelve hundred and sixty

years, or until 1798. But God in mercy

shortened the time of persecution; for “except

those days be shortened there should no flesh

be saved.” The persecuting power of the

papacy was broken about 1776 a. d.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those

days shall the sun be darkened and the moon

shall not give her light.” The prophesied dark

day must then be looked for soon after 1776.

Mark adds another item which helps in the

location of the time. He says, “In those days,

after that tribulation,” etc. That is, within the

period of the twelve hundred and sixty years,

or before 1798 and after 1776, “the sun shall

be darkened and the moon shall not give her

light.” History records the extraordinarily