In the midst of a fallen world, a World prone to degradation and spiritual decay, it is often necessary for men and women to be jolted from their carnal security and brought to the frightening realization that they are working at cross purposes to God; that they are going contrary to their own inner spiritual nature, and that they are on a collision course with misery and destruction. Such an arousal from the deep sleep of spiritual death often comes through the powerful testimony of one of the Lord’s legal administrators, a witness and warning which are attended by the spirit of prophecy and revelation (see Teachings, p. 148).