Page 10 - 10 The Beginning of Woes

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 the Saracens deluged the world. When the

“bottomless pit” was opened, there arose a

smoke which hid the face of the sun. The figure

is a strong one, representing the darkening

effect of Mohammedanism, as it spread over

the face of the earth.

This same characteristic is emphasized in the

symbols used throughout the history. “There

came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth.”

The Saracens themselves are called locusts by

the prophet John, and the doctrine which

impelled their actions was as a dense smoke,

issuing out of a furnace. The work of these

locust-like warriors is described in the eighth

plague, sent upon the land of Egypt in the days

when Pharaoh refused to let Israel go. “I will

bring the locusts into thy coast: and they shall