Page 18 - 23 The New Earth

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.

fell at the feet of Gabriel to Worship him; and

again the angel said, “See thou do it not.”

Gabriel professes himself a fellow servant of

John, and of all who keep the prophecies of

this book. Angels, as well as men, obey the

word of God revealed to the prophets, for the

prophecies are an unfolding of the law of God.

Reference has been made more than once to

the prophecies of Daniel, which Gabriel

commanded that prophet to seal until the time

of the end. The Revelation prophesies the

unsealing of that book, and Gabriel distinctly

tells John that the words which he had written

were not to be sealed; for the time of their

fulfillment was at hand. The expression is both

literal and prophetic, for the record began

with the life of John, and extended into