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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.
himself our “brother and companion in
tribulation.” It is the Revelation of Jesus
Christ,-an unfolding of the life of the God-man.
Jesus means Saviour. “Thou shalt call His
name Jesus: for He shall save His people from
their sins.” Jesus was the name given by the
angel when he talked with Mary, the mother of
Jesus. Christ means anointed: Jesus Christ is
the anointed Saviour; prophets of old had
foretold of His mission on earth, and named
Him Emmanuel, “God with us.”
To John, then, was laid open, or made
manifest, the mystery of Emmanuel, the union
of the divine and human, the Christ. The entire
book of Revelation is an explanation of the
divine life which God placed in the human
mold, and gave to man for all eternity.
