Page 22 - 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.

would bear sway for twelve hundred and sixty

years. In giving earth’s history, that terrible

period plays an important part; in the great

controversy between good and evil, it was a

marked era. It has been viewed from the

standpoint of the church of God, from that of

the false or apostate church, and from the civil

side as well. In all its aspects, it was a terrible

time;-a time when angels trembled for the few

faithful souls, and the heart of God longed for

the time of their deliverance. “The noontide of

the papacy was the world’s moral midnight.”

The sad thing to contemplate is that the

oppression, which, during the twelve hundred

and sixty years was so galling, will be repeated

just before the second coming of Christ. The

last half of the thirteenth chapter deals with