Unredeemed humanity is on a runaway freight train hurtling down a crawling track at breakneck speed, hurtling toward a 10-foot-thick brick wall. Their train has no brakes, the engineer is gone, and they are doomed. However, there is hope: they can be saved. All they have to do is reach out and take the hand of a Savior, but will they? We see the Savior's hand coming through the train windows. She is desperately searching the train cars, her eyes moving back and forth, her hand darting in and out of the windows as she grasps each redeemed soul and holds them close to her bosom. He knows the danger emanating and can see their calamity and their horrible death. Some lucky souls have reached out and grasped the promise of salvation. He gently lifted them out of harm's way and placed them on solid ground. They are not so different from the doomed sinners on the train, they just wanted salvation from the clear and present danger they saw before them. The other poor unredeemed wretches in their company will now absolutely perish. They will be lost like so many billions before them. The ironic thing is that everyone knew in their hearts what would have happened if they hadn't caught that Hand of Salvation thrown through that train window. They knew that Salvation was necessary to save them. What made them give up on their obvious rescue? Sin prevented them from accepting the Hand of salvation when He offered it to them. We see in 1 Revelation 16:10-11 that even after mankind sees the tribulation of the end times and suffers great curses and torments, they will still not repent. The sins that burden their eternal souls are so ingrained that they would rather succumb to eternal torture and death than repent and acc... middle of paper ...... broken; there is no one who does good, not even one. Source: English Standard Version, http://BibleStarPro.com4 John 8:34 - Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.35 The slave does not remain in the house forever ; the son remains forever.36 Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed Source: English Standard Version, http://BibleStarPro.com5 ISA 59:1-2 - Behold, the hand of the Lord is not so. short that he cannot save, nor his ear hardened that he cannot hear;2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he does not hear Standard Version, http://BibleStarPro.com6 GA 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever anyone sows, he will also reap. Source: English Standard Version, http://BibleStarPro.com