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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.



               and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell


               among them.”




               Before the rebellion in heaven, Lucifer was a


               covering  cherub,  standing  always  in  the


               presence of God. In his fall he took with him a


               multitude of angels. The place once occupied


               by Satan and his angels, will be filled by the


               hundred and forty-four thousand, when they


               gather  at  last  about  the  throne,  where  they


               serve God day and night in His temple, with


               God  Himself  dwelling  in  their  midst.  This  is


               their  reward  for  the  hunger  and  thirst


               endured on earth. They form the bodyguard of


               their  Saviour,  and  He  leads  them  to  the


               fountain of living waters. They, who, on earth


               clung to the knowledge of God when the world


               was given over to idolatry, have an infinity of
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