Page 4 - 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.

Many times, sin so blinded men’s eyes that the

form of the ceremony hid from them the real

object of the service. Through Egyptian

bondage, wilderness wanderings, prosperity,

and captivity, the one hope buoyed up the

spirits of the children of God. Their spiritual

eyesight searched the future, ever expecting

the appearance of the long-promised seed of

the woman, that would bruise the serpent’s

head. True, they were often mistaken in their

ideas of the Coming One; but in their

individual need, they always pictured Him as

their Deliverer. The self-righteous Jews, who

had lost all the spiritual power in the

sacrifices, while they multiplied forms, looked

only for a mighty Prince who would deliver

them from the Roman yoke. The prophecies