Page 30 - 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.

silent; the fowls retired to their roosts, the

cocks were crowing in their accustomed

manner at the break of day.” The day was not

intensely black as if there were no sun, but as

stated in Revelation 6:12, “the sun became

black as sackcloth of hair.” Sackcloth of hair is

made of goat hair, and is black mingled with

gray. John is the only one who mentions this

feature.

Joel and John prophesied that the moon would

be turned into blood. Those who witnessed

the dark night, say that when the moon

appeared, near the morning, it was a blood-

red ball in the heavens.

The peculiar features of the special falling of

the stars, which God gave as a sign, are given