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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.

accomplished in Rome as in any earthly

government.

Then the mystery of iniquity changed the

church from a pure woman to a harlot, and

seated her on the beast. The beast had seven

heads and ten horns, identifying it with the

government of the Western Roman Empire,

described in the thirteenth chapter of

Revelation and in the seventh chapter of

Daniel. Moreover, the angel gave John the

interpretation; for, said he, “The seven heads

are seven mountains,” mountains being a

familiar symbol of governments used by

Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah. The seven

forms of government have already been

mentioned. “The ten horns ...are ten kings

which (in the days of John) have received no

kingdom as yet.” These are the ten divisions of