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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

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upon them during the tribulation period will not cause sorrow for sin either; for the Word of God says, "They repented not to give him glory, and they blasphemed the name of God." That is why I know, my dear friends, that when a man goes out of this world and goes to hell, he will never repent down there. If the grace of God does not change a man, all the fires of a purgatory, if there were such a place, would not cause him to repent. AH the darkness in the next world will not change him. God stated this truth clearly_ when He said, concerning the eternal state of the ungodly, "He.that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still" (Rev. 22: 11 ). THE FIFTH VIAL "And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds" (16:10, 11). The fifth plague centers on the very throne of that man who is going to rule the revived Roman Empire from the city of the once proud Cresars. I do not know in what way the Antichrist's throne is going to be smitten, but I believe the Spirit of God will at that time operate against this man to goad him on, with a view of bringing about the battle of the nations. When a man hardens his own heart, it is only a mat­ ter of time until God comes along and finishes the job. Darkness-pain-blasphemy! What a terrible time of anguish of soul and body awaits the godless world! If men would only read these solemn warnings, and turn to the "God of all grace" before it is too late! But Satan sees to it that, for the most part, Revelation is a closed book to the children of men. THE SIXTH VIAL "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared" (16:12). In Rev. 9: 14 we found another reference to the River Euphrates. This river marks the dividing line between the

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