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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.

the Roman Empire, prophesied of in the

eighth chapter of Revelation, and symbolized

by the mixture of iron and clay in the image of

Daniel 2:42-44, which helped to prepare the

beast to be ridden by the woman, the church,

when she was ready to mount it. The ten

divisions were formed before a. d. 476.

Between a. d. 533, when Justinian published

his decree, recognizing the head of the Roman

diocese as head of the government of Rome,

and a. d. 538, when the last obstacle in the

form of a rival power was taken out of the way

in Italy, the woman mounted the beast.

Henceforth lordly Rome, which, like Babylon

of old, had prided itself upon the fact that it

was the master of the world, was guided and

controlled by a prostitute woman. This in the

eyes of nations would be considered the