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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.

CHAPTER XVIII. – BABYLON, THE GREAT

MYSTERY

The seventeenth chapter of Revelation is a

divine history of the power represented by the

beast, which John saw arising from the sea,

and which is distinguished from all other

beasts by its seven heads and ten horns with

crowns. The prophet Daniel wrote the history

of the world from the standpoint of nations.

He mentions religion, and especially the

people of God, but he deals primarily with

nations. On the other hand, the history

presented to John on the isle of Patmos was

primarily an ecclesiastical history. In order to

understand thoroughly the record of events

which have taken place on earth, it is

necessary, therefore, to study together the

two prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, for