Every advance of God’s servants at the head of the work has been watched with suspicion by those who have had a spirit of insurrection, and all their actions have been misrepresented by the fault-finding, until honest souls have been drawn into the snare for want of correct knowledge. Those who lead them astray are so affected themselves by blind prejudice, and by rejecting the testimonies God has sent them, that they cannot see or hear aright. It is as difficult to undeceive some of these who have permitted themselves to be led into rebellion, as it was to convince the rebellious Israelites that they were wrong, and that Moses and Aaron were right. Even after God, in a miraculous manner, caused the earth to swallow up Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, the leaders in the rebellion, the people still would have it that Moses and Aaron were wrong, and that they had killed the people of the Lord. The Hebrews were not cured of their rebellion until fourteen thousand and seven hundred of the people who had joined the rebellious had been slain. And then, after all this, God in mercy condescended to perform a remarkable miracle upon the rod of Aaron, to settle their minds forever in regard to the priesthood. {1SP 308.1}

Guds tjenere ved værkets hoved er der set foragteligt på, for hvert skridt de går fremad, af de mennesker som har oprørsånd i sig. Alle disse menneskers handlinger er blevet fremstillet forkert fordi de kværulerer, indtil ærlige sjæle er blevet draget ind i snaren af mangel på korrekt kundskab. Dem som leder dem på vildspor, er selv så påvirkede af blinde fordomme, og af at forkaste de vidnesbyrd Gud har sendt dem, at de ikke kan se eller høre rigtigt. Det er vanskeligt at rive nogle af disse ud af vildfarelsen, når de har lade sig forlede i oprør, ligesom det var vanskeligt at overbevise de oprørske israelitter, når de havde uret, og at Moses og Aron havde ret. Også efter at Gud på mirakuløs vis, havde fået jorden til at opsluge Kora, Datan og Abiram, oprørets ledere, ville folk stadig at det var Moses og Aron som ikke havde ret, og at de havde dræbt Herrens folk. Hebræerne var ikke kureret for deres oprør før fjorten tusinde og syvhundrede folk, som var gået med i oprøret, var blevet dræbt. Og efter alt dette, lod Gud i sin barmhjertighed at gøre bemærkelsesværdige mirakler på Arons stav, for at befæste deres tanker på præsteembedet for altid.