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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.
The controversy was begun. Satan claimed
that if permitted to do so, he could establish a
government where tyranny would be forever
absent. Heaven granted him the earth in
which to test his principles. So true is God to
the law of love, so sure are the foundations of
His throne, that, although it cost the life of His
Son, He yet gave permission for the trial.
The governments of earth became the
instruments through which Satan worked.
Our little planet became the center of interest
among the angels, and the beings of unfallen
worlds. According to the government of
heaven, representatives from each world
meet in council at the gate of heaven as the
men of earth, for centuries after Adam was
driven from the Garden, brought their
