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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.

an heir by faith of the inheritance promised to

Abraham, but many pride themselves on the

inheritance of the flesh. Such belong to the

synagogue of Satan; for righteousness by

works is the devil’s counterfeit of the Lord’s

plan of salvation through faith alone in the

merits of the Son of God. The words written by

Paul in his letter to the Galatians, who had this

same false teaching to meet, makes clear the

difference between those who are children of

promise and those who are Jews in name only.

Paul illustrates the truth by repeating the life

experience of Abraham. Ishmael, the son of

Hagar, the Egyptian bondwoman, represents

in allegory, those who hope to obtain

righteousness by their own efforts. Such are

the Jews against whom the church at Smyrna