But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned;
if the sword come, and take any person from among them,
he is taken away in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. — Ezekiel 33:6 (KJV)

The Scriptures present the watchman as one entrusted with a solemn responsibility: to remain vigilant, to discern approaching danger, and to sound the warning faithfully.

Whether the warning is welcomed or rejected rests with those who hear it…