The Herald of the times and seasons Speaks of moments filled with great turmoil Where the faith of most is shaken And the path of peace is forsaken He says: "And in the morning, it will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you can't interpret the signs of the times." The piece highlights a profound human irony: our pride in understanding the tangible, physical world (interpreting the weather) while remaining completely blind to the deeper, shifting currents of the eras we live in.