They had refused to surrender themselves to God for the salvation of the world, and they became agents of Satan for its destruction. "The people whom God had called to be the pillar and ground of the truth had become representatives of Satan....God could do no more for man through these channels. The whole system must be swept away." Desire of Ages, p 36. The church had become so corrupt that God could not use it in any way to spread His gospel truth to the world.
Lakini Mungu asingewaacha hawa, kwa sababu alikuwa ameahidi kuwajenga na kuwapanda, akifanya agano lake jipya na wao kuwa Mungu wao na wao kuwa watu wake. Angeandika Sheria yake ndani ya mioyo yao, na ni wale tu ambao walitii na kujitenga kumwelekea yeye wakiishi sawa na hili agano jipya ndiyo wangekuwa watoto wa Mungu na watu wake waliochaguliwa (24:6-7), na wangezaa matunda mazuri kama tini (24:5).