183 The Revelation of Jesus Christ pent. But the nations continue to repudiate "the gospel of the kingdom," which these witnesses preach; and God then begins to mete out the seven judgments connected with the blowing of the trumpets. When they have been consummated, God sends another message to this world..-a warning to be given by the two strange men that will appear in Jerusalem, the two witnesses, probably Moses and Elijah. They will perform miracles in order to demonstrate that their message is of divine origin. But we find that the nations, instead of being con~ victed by the preaching of those men, turn around after their message has been given and kill the witnesses. Thus the call of God to the nations of the earth to turn from sin to God again falls upon deaf ears; the hearts of men are hardened. Then you find that, just before the seven vials of wrath are poured out upon the earth, and God expresses for the last time His eternal hatred of sin, He warns the nations of the earth again. This time He sends an angel flying through the heavens and preaching to the nations of the earth "the ever~ lasting gospel," reminding them of the fact that there is one God, and calling them to turn from sin unto Him. · I want to say just this-if any man finds himself in eternity unsaved and lost, that man will have no one to blame but himself. In every age, and even in the days of tribulation, God is, as it were, 'trying to blockade the way to judgment. '-'"· Several year.s'..ago: I saw a fearful sight. I w~s•·~~lking along a street in the city of Chicago, toward a place where there were some railroad tracks. As I walked, I could see those tracks, and in the distance a train approaching. I saw the signal arms come down and block the way, to make known the fact that the train was coming. There was a man just ahead of me. He was walking in a leisurely fashion. There was nothing about him to indicate that he was desperate, or that he was going to do anything unusual. You can imagine my astonishment and horror when I saw that man reach the blockade, throw it up, and cast himself right in the pathway of that oncoming train! In a spiritual sense, every man in this day, as well as in the tribulation period, who goes on to the judgment bar of God unprepared, does that very thing.
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