Page 13 - 13 The Great Controversy

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.

but sent Archelaus back to Judea with the title

of ethnarch; also with the promise of the

crown, if he deserved it. But his conduct was

such that he never obtained it.” This was the

fulfillment of the prophecy concerning the

Christ-child. Over seven hundred and fifty

years before the Saviour’s birth, Isaiah wrote:

“Before the Child shall know to refuse the evil,

and choose the good, the land that thou

abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.”

The death of Herod occurred when the Jewish

nation was ruled by its king, aided by the

Sanhedrin and the priests; and in the

removing of the kings, the “dragon,” through

Rome, cast the third part of the stars of heaven

to the earth. The divine hand which wrote this

history cannot be hidden; for the very