The Medo-Persian kingdom was visited by the wrath of God because in it his law was trampled underfoot. The fear of God possessed no power among the people. Wickedness, blasphemy, and corruption were the prevailing influences in this kingdom; and the kingdoms that followed were even more base and corrupt. They deteriorated because they cast off God. Forgetting him, they sank lower and lower in the scale. The vast empire of Rome crumbled into pieces. The church of Rome boasts of her infallibility, and of the power of her hereditary religion. But this religion is a horror to all who are acquainted with the secrets of the mystery of iniquity. The priests of this church maintain their ascendency by keeping the people in ignorance of the will of God.

Det Medio-Persiske rige blev hjemsøgt af Guds vrede fordi det i hans lov trådte den under fode. Guds frygt havde ikke længe magt blandt folket. Ondskab, blasfemi og fordærv var den fremherskende indflydelse i dette rige; og de efterfølgende riger var endnu mere fornedrede og fordærvede. De forringedes fordi de forkastede Gud. Glemte ham, de sand lavere og lavere på vægtskålen. Det umådelige romerske imperium smuldredes i småstykker. Den romerske kirke praler af sin ufejlbarlighed, og kraften af sin nedarvede religion. Men denne religion er til afsky for alle som kender til syndens mysteriums hemmeligheder. Præsterne i denne kirke fastholder deres herredømme ved at holde folk udvidende om Guds vilje.