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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.
will be accursed. Over there, they have access
to the tree of life, and they drink of the water
of life, and live throughout eternity. In place of
the curse of death, there will be the throne of
God and the Lamb. God’s throne is a living
throne.
For the first time since creation, God can be
seen face to face. Man was created inferior to
the angels for a little time. While on earth we
pray, “Cause Thy face to shine; and we shall be
saved.” Then the full light of His countenance
will be open to the gaze of man, “and His name
shall be in their foreheads.”
Genesis is the first unfolding, in human
language, of the plan of salvation. Each
following book of the Bible is a further