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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.

CHAPTER XXIII. – THE NEW EARTH

The book of Revelation is a great signal,

pointing to the New Jerusalem and the earth

made new. Growth in character is all that

hastens one along the road that leads thither.

Human history has been like the ebb and flow

of the tide. The waves break, break, break, on

the sands; but only an occasional one reaches

beyond the level of its fellows. David had a

good opportunity to watch the fluctuations in

human progress, and the backward steps; the

stumblings led to the writing of many psalms.

Thus came the prayer “Create in me a clean

heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within

me.” The Revelation of Jesus Christ is a double

history; it shows the love of Jesus Christ which

has met man, and the church, as it has pursued