Page 16 - 01The Story of the Seer of Patmos

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.

him because this man was not like the

disciples a follower of the Saviour. This spirit

of judging all others by a self-reared standard,

was rebuked in the words of the Master,

“Forbid them not.” When the Samaritans

offered insult to the Saviour, John was the one

who wished to call down fire from heaven and

destroy them. He was surprised when the

Saviour revealed to him the fact that such a

spirit was one of persecution, and that He, the

Son of God, had not “come to destroy men’s’

lives, but to save them.” Each correction was

keenly felt, but it opened to the mind of John

the principle of divine government, and

revealed to him the depth of divine love.

Near the close of Christ’s ministry, the mother

of James and John came to ask for her sons the