Page 9 - 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.

era, the age of types and shadows, which, like

the moon, reflect the light of the true. The

moon is under the feet of the church, and the

glorious sunrising of a new day is ushered in.

The paler light of the moon seems dim in that

more glorious day. The types and ceremonies

of the sanctuary service, which had been a

shadow of the real, were passing away; for

type met antitype in the Child that was born.

Every sacrifice from the Garden of Eden to the

cross, shadowed forth the great Sacrifice, and

taught the everlasting Gospel. By faith, the

sinner confessing his sins over the head of the

innocent lamb, saw the real Sacrifice, and the

light from Calvary reflected from the sacrifice

shone into his heart. This service typified the

Gospel in its fullness. This is the foundation