Such wonderful progress has been made in this regard that now one can travel through almost any part of the earth at a rapid rate upon a railway train.

Later came the electric engines and electric motor cars and gas engines; and now there is a tremendous amount of travel in every part of the earth.

It is no uncommon thing for one to travel at the rate of 75 and 100 miles per hour; and particularly is this true by means of a flying machine, which is a very modern invention.
[406]God's Prophet designates this same time as "the day of God's preparation".

In Nahum 2:1-6 the Prophet records his vision of a railway train traveling at a high rate of speed, as another evidence of the day of preparation for the establishment of Christ's kingdom.
[407]In 1844 the telegraph was invented, and later the telephone.

These instruments were first used with wires and by electricity messages were conveyed throughout the earth; but now by later invention wires are dispensed with and messages are flashed through the air by the use of instruments all over the earth.
[408]This great increase of knowledge and the tremendous running to and fro of the people in various parts of the earth without question is a fulfillment of the prophecy testifying as to "the time of the end".
These physical facts cannot be disputed and are sufficient to convince any reasonable mind that we have been in "the time of the end" since 1799.
[409]The latter part of "the time of the end" Jesus designates as a time of harvest, because he says: "The harvest is the end of the world [age]".