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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.
Woman was the crowning work of the Creator,
when she came from the Maker’s hand, God
Himself pronounced her very good. She who
was the highest, falls the lowest in sin, and as
her power for good is unlimited when God
directs, so she drags men to the brink of hell
when her heart is possessed by Satan. A pure
woman represents the church of Christ; a
prostitute represents this church when it
turns from its lawful husband, and commits
adultery with the kings of the earth. “Fine
linen, clean and white,” is the apparel for the
wife of our Lord, but when the character is
lost, earth’s eye is attracted by the purple and
scarlet colors, the gold and precious stones.
Purity of life is what God wants; royal apparel
and wealth are what the world seeks. The
whore sitteth upon many waters, wielding a
