"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come; and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." (Rev. XVI; 6-8.) In these inspired words John the beloved Apostle predicted the restoration of the Gospel to the earth, and the subsequent destruction of that power which had filled the earth with the darkness of spiritual inebriety and wickedness. That these events were not revelations of the past, but prophecies of the future manifested to the Apostle John, is made certain by what he says in Chapter IV, verse 1: "After this I looked and behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said, come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter." The angels spoken of in the XIV chapter, quoted above, were among the things which John was told "must be hereafter." It should be observed that when the angel should fly to the earth bearing the everlasting Gospel, it was to be at a time when every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people would be without that Gospel in its fullness. That this has been the condition of the world for a long time has already been demonstrated to the reader. In predicting events that would occur previous to his coming and "the end of the world," Christ declared, "And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come." (Matt. XXIV; 14.) From this we learn that the Gospel as preached by Christ and delivered by Him to the Apostles, is {233} to be preached in all the world as a witness of His second advent and a sign of the approaching end. (See verse 3.) The foregoing predictions correspond with the prophecy of Isaiah: "Wherefore the Lord said, forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precepts of men; Therefore I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid." (Isaiah XXIX; 13, 14.) All the Prophets whose writings have been collected in the sacred volume called the Bible, have proclaimed the glory of the latter days and the final triumph of truth over error, and of the power of God over the deceptions of that Evil One.