James White: Exposition on Angel's of Rev.14 SERIES: 1st Angel
"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 fountain of water.
Revelation 14:6,7
*This proclamation not only relates to the judgment, but also to the hour, period, or time of the judgment.
*It fitly applies to the proclamation of the judgment at hand, that has been given to the present generation, and it cannot possibly apply to any other period of the church.
---We say that this angel's message cannot be properly applied to the preaching of the apostles, because they did not preach that the period of the judgment had come.
Paul reasoned before Felix of "righteousness, temperance, and JUDGMENT TO COME."
Acts 24:25
*Again, this first message is based on prophecies (the prophecy of Daniel in particular) which were to be "closed up and sealed" (Dan. 12:4,9) till the time of the end, which has been clearly proved by second advent writers to be since about 1798."
James White