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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.
government of heaven, and the utter failure of
the attempt put the prince of this world to
open shame before the rulers of other worlds,
when Christ came into His own territory, and
built up a spiritual kingdom within the hearts
of the subjects of Rome itself. When at the
crucifixion of Christ, Satan was cast from the
council of the representatives of worlds,
knowing that his time was short, he
revolutionized his former methods, and made
governments subject to the religious
organization. This revolution was a slow
process. It was begun soon after the death of
Christ. The master hand, which had swayed
nations since creation, worked in two
directions, hoping that when his forces met he
would have accomplished what he had failed
to accomplish heretofore.