Page 12 - 02 The Author of the Revelation

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.

Here is the position to which He calls us. He

“hath made us kings,” to sit on thrones and

rule; “and priests” to minister “unto God and

His Father.” And yet, when on earth, He had

said, “He that is greatest among you, let him be

...as he that doth serve.” The joint-heirs with

Christ rule while still on earth, but their

authority here is by virtue of the “power of an

endless life,” and they are leaders, not in a

physical sense, but in the spiritual realm. The

scepter that they sway is not carnal and

temporal, but eternal. The position is above

earthly potentates, and the wonderful part of

it all is, that, in the world, which is in the hands

of the prince of evil, Christ has a nation of

kings and priests,-a kingdom within a

kingdom. “This is a great mystery: but I speak

concerning Christ and the church.”