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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.
who excel in strength, do the bidding of
Jehovah, hearkening unto the voice of His
word. Gabriel, the angel of prophecy, is by no
means the only one who has a specifically
assigned task. To John are shown four of these
heavenly beings, standing on the four corners
of the globe, holding the winds that they might
not blow. Winds symbolize war or contention.
There has been more than one war in the past,
as well as more than one dark day; but at a
certain period of time, there should be a
distress of nations differing from all previous
international troubles.
In the opening of the fifth seal, when the
church as a church came from the Dark Ages,
two great principles born of the Reformation,
and cutting short the persecuting power,
