The introduction to the book of Revelation states the general nature of its contents. It is “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw.” The book of Revelation is, then, a record of what John saw “in the Spirit.” The expressions “I saw,” “I looked,” and “I beheld” occur nearly fifty times in this book. And the different views have a close relation one with another. Taken together, they form connected lines of prophecy. The keynote of this book is the coming of the Lord. It begins with this thought, and it ends with the same thought. “Behold, he cometh with clouds,” says the revelator at the beginning of his record, and after giving a prophetic view of the events from his own time until the saints enter upon their eternal reward in the paradise of God, he closes with this statement and petition: “He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.” The coming of the Lord is therefore the objective point in each line of prophecy. Again and again we are led up to this glorious event as we see what John saw. And each separate view has its definite place in the series of views which lead up to the coming of the Lord. To find this place is to determine the time when each view has its application. The threefold message of Rev. 14: 6-12 is introduced by the statement, “And I saw another angel.” This view must therefore be connected with a view which has preceded it. And as this angel speaks “with a great voice,” we may naturally expect that the other angels in the same series will also speak in the same way. There are many angels mentioned in the book of Revelation, but some are distinguished from others by the fact that their message is delivered “with a great voice.” The next one of this class preceding the one in Rev. 14: 6 is mentioned in Rev. 10: 1-3. And this angel declares with a most impressive oath that “there shall be delay no longer: but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.” The mystery of God is the gospel5of the incarnate Son. The finishing of the mystery of God will be the proclamation of the final offer of salvation before the coming of the Lord. This is the preparation for the sounding of the seventh angel in the series of the seven trumpets. Under the sounding of this angel come the downfall of the world and the setting up of the everlasting kingdom of God. “The seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign forever and ever.” And among the events mentioned by the four and twenty elders as taking place in connection with this announcement of the establishment of the Messiah’s kingdom is the time of the judgment. “And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged.” But the angel of Rev. 14: 6 makes the same announcement. “Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come.” It is plain, then, that the message of Rev. 14: 6-12 is the closing work of the gospel, the judgment-hour message. The judgment, as described in Dan. 7: 9, 10, is actually going forward while this message is being given. This will bring us to the time when “the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High.” The purpose of this threefold message, then, is to prepare a people for the judgment hour, to strengthen them to stand in the climax of the great controversy, and to present them faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. What a wonderful message! What a solemn time! What a privilege to have a part in such a message in such a time! The closing work is now being done. The last warning and invitation are now being given. The judgment is in session. Soon the decree will go forth, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” The words of the angel have been taken up anew, “There shall be delay no longer.” The long, dark night of sin is almost ended. The morning begins to dawn. This generation will see the fullness of the day of the Lord. Longing souls are crying out, “We would see Jesus,” and their faith is grasping the fact that their desire may be satisfied without seeing death. But the message of the angel must be given “unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people.” The gospel of the coming King must be made known to all nations, and then shall the end come. There is no other message to follow this threefold message. The very next view is thus described: “And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.” And from the words of the Master we know that “the harvest is the end of the world.” Let us take up our heaven-appointed work, under the leadership of the angel with the great voice, and thus speedily prepare the way for the coming of our blessed Master.