Page 17 - 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.

with a halo of light, for His head and His hairs

were white like wool, as white as snow. The

white hairs, which in old age are a crown of

glory, even in the presence of sin and decay,

are a token of salvation through a Saviour’s

love. The power of the life within shone

through His eyes as a flame of fire, and the

character is still further portrayed in the fact

that His feet glowed like unto the most

brilliant metal purified seven times. His

footsteps were attended by light and heat, and

His countenance shone above the brightness

of the sun. The shining of our sun is a figure of

the light of God shining in the face of Jesus

Christ. In human beings, the light of the eye

betrays the inner life, and a man’s

“countenance doth witness against him.” Thus

in every detail of John’s description is