Page 12 - 14 The Beast from the Sea & The Beast from the Earth

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.

that each is an independent kingdom or

nation. These horns cluster about the last

head which arose in their midst, taking the

place once occupied by three which it plucked

up. This plucking up of three horns to give

place to the papacy, the seventh head, is. made

clear in the seventh chapter of Daniel. That

each of the various forms of government

under which Romans have lived, was

controlled by the enemy of God, is signified by

the expression that upon each head was

written the name of blasphemy. Each was an

attempt to seat a man above the God of

heaven. The seventh head most fully

accomplished the design of the enemy of

truth; for to the beast, the dragon himself gave

power, and his seat, and great authority.