Page 17 - 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.

was seen. He broke the fetters of the tomb, and

“her Child was caught up unto God and to His

throne.” Again heaven resounded with praise;

for the triumph was seen, and the terrors of

evil were recognized as never before.

Only the mountain peaks, in the history of the

Christian church, are revealed in this view.

There is the glorious rising of the sun; then, a

lapse of over five hundred years. The days of

papal tyranny and persecution are shown

when the “woman” was in the wilderness for

twelve hundred and sixty years; and the last

peak is when the sun again shines upon the

Remnant church in all its splendor. There are

three steps from the moonlight of the typical

sanctuary service until the day of triumph and

salvation is completed; but oh, what those