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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.

was warned. Isaac, the son of Sarah and

Abraham, was the child of promise, and

represents those who accept Christ by faith.

“But as then he that was born after the flesh

persecuted him that was born after the Spirit,

even so it is now.” So to the Smyrna church

God said, “Fear none of those things which

thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast

some of you into prison, that ye may be tried;

and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou

faithful unto death, and I will give thee a

crown of life.” The message was signed by Him

“which was dead, and is alive.” Christ’s

sacrifice of life and His victory over death, was

pointed to by Gabriel as a special lesson and

source of encouragement to those followers

who would be called to pass through the fire