Page 10 - 21 The Judgment of the Wicked

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 fastened and sealed [it] up above him, that

he might not deceive any longer the nations.”

He is cast into the abyss, and it is sealed above

him; so for one thousand years, Satan is

confined to the earth. He no longer has liberty

to visit other worlds; but alone on the earth,

from which all life is gone; alone with his own

thoughts, he has time to contemplate the

record of the past six thousand years of

rebellion against the throne of God. He is no

longer the beautiful covering cherub, the

leader of the angel choir, the sweet singer of

heaven, sealing up the sum full of wisdom and

beauty. The glory has faded, and the

countenance, once lighted with the love of

God, now betrays the scheming wickedness of

six thousand years of crime. This is the third