Why the churches of the Age of the Grace are all so desolate?

Answer 1

The answer from God's word:

1. "The most obvious manifestation of the work of the Holy Spirit is being realistic and not conventional. Those who cannot keep up with the work of today and who are divorced from the practices of today are all ones who resist and refuse to accept the work of the Holy Spirit. All such people are ones who resist God's present work. Although they hold on to the former light, it cannot be denied that they are ones who do not know the work of the Holy Spirit.If one remains in one stage, it proves that he has failed to keep up with God's work and new light, and it does not prove that God's management plan is unchanged. Those outside the stream of the Holy Spirit always consider theirs to be right. Actually, God's work on them has long stopped, and they do not at all have the working of the Holy Spirit. God has long transferred his work onto another group of people, and he will accomplish his new work in these people. Because the people in religion refuse to accept his new work but only hold on to the former old work, he rejects them and does his new work on those who accept it. These people are the ones who cooperate with his new work. Only in this way can his management be accomplished. God's management is going forward all the time, and man's practice is becoming increasingly higher; God has always been working, and man always has needs. So that these two will advance to their peaks where God and man can be fully associated with each other. This will be a manifestation that the work has been brought to successful completion and will be the ultimate result of the entire management.
2. When God does each stage of work, he makes corresponding requirements of man. All those in the stream of the Holy Spirit have the presence and discipline of the Holy Spirit, while those outside the stream of the Holy Spirit are under the control of satan and do not have the working of the Holy Spirit at all. Those in the stream of the Holy Spirit are the ones who accept God's new work. They are the ones who cooperate with God's new work. If anyone in this stream cannot cooperate or practice the truths required by God in this age, he will be disciplined, or worse still, will be deserted by the Holy Spirit. Since they are the ones who accept the new work of the Holy Spirit, they live in the stream of the Holy Spirit and are cared for and kept by the Holy Spirit. Those who are willing to practice the truth have the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; those who are not willing to practice the truth receive the discipline of the Holy Spirit or there is even punishment coming upon them. No matter who they are, as long as they are the ones in the stream of the Holy Spirit, God will, for his name's sake, be responsible for every one of them who accepts his new work. Those who glorify his name and who are willing to practice his word receive his blessings; those who disobey him and do not practice his word receive his punishments. Those in the stream of the Holy Spirit are the ones who accept the new work. Since they have accepted the new work, they should make corresponding cooperation with God and should not be disobedient ones who do not perform their duty. This is God's only requirement for man. Those who do not accept the new work, however, are different. They all are the ones outside the stream of the Holy Spirit and have no discipline or rebuke of the Holy Spirit at all. These people live in the flesh and in the mind all day long. What they practice is doctrines gained through their analyzing and studying according to their mind, not the requirements from the new work of the Holy Spirit, much less cooperation with God. Those who do not accept God's new work do not have God's presence at all, much less God's blessing or keeping. What they hold fast to in words and acts are mostly the requirements from the former work of the Holy Spirit, which are not the truths but doctrines. However, these doctrines and regulations are sufficient to prove that the congregation of these people is only religion, not the chosen people or the objects of God's work. The congregation of all of them can only be called the aggregate of religion, not church. This fact is unchangeable. They do not have the new work of the Holy Spirit. All that they do is full of religious flavor, and all that they live out carries religious color. They do not have the presence and the working of the Holy Spirit, much less have the qualification to receive the discipline or the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. All these people are lifeless corpses and spiritless maggots. They do not know man's disobedience and resistance or know any of man's evil deeds, much less know any work of God and God's present will. All these people are ignorant base ones and are scum who are not worthy to be called 'believers'! No matter what they do, it has nothing to do with God's management, much less can it damage God's plan. Their speeches and manners are too disgusting and pitiful, not worth mentioning at all." from "God's Work and Man's Practice" in The Word Appears in the Flesh
3. "Why do I say that what people in the religious churches practice is old? Because what they practice is divorced from the present work. In the Age of the Grace, what they practice was right, but as the age has turned and the work has changed, their practices have gradually become old and have been cast behind by the new work and the new light. The work of the Holy Spirit has advanced several steps based on the former work, but they still remain in the former stage without any move and still hold on to the old practices and the old light. God's work will change greatly within three or five years. How much more greatly has it changed over two thousand years? If men have no new light or new practices, it is because they have failed to keep up with the work of the Holy Spirit, and it is their fault. You cannot deny the existence of the new work because those who had the working of the Holy Spirit before are still holding on to the old practices now. The work of the Holy Spirit is always progressing forward, so all the ones in the stream of the Holy Spirit should also advance and change progressively and should not just remain in one stage. Only those who do not know the work of the Holy Spirit will remain in the former work and refuse to accept the new work of the Holy Spirit. Only the disobedient ones cannot receive the work of the Holy Spirit. If men's practices cannot keep up with the new work of the Holy Spirit, their practices are surely divorced from the present work and are surely contradictory to it. Such old-fogies cannot accomplish God's will at all, much less become the ones who stand God's testimony in the end. And the entire management work cannot be ended on such a group of men. If those who once kept Jehovah's law and those who once suffered for the cross refuse to accept this final stage of work, all that they do will be in vain and futile."from "God's Work and Man's Practice" in The Word Appears in the Flesh
4. "God will accomplish this fact: People in the entire universe will all come to meet God and worship the God on earth. God's work in all the other places will stop, and all people will be forced to search for the true way. It will be like the case of Joseph. Everyone went to him for things to eat and bowed down to him, because he had food to eat. In order to escape the disaster of starvation, all people will have to seek the true way. The entire religious world will suffer a severe famine. Only the God of today is the spring of living water and has the ever-flowing spring for people to enjoy. All people will turn to him.One day, even pastors of old age will have to send telegrams to seek the water from the spring of living water. They, though of advanced age, will have to worship this person they despised, confessing with their mouth and believing in their heart. Won't it be a miracle and wonder?"from "The Millennial Kingdom Has Come" in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Answer 2

The desolation of churches in the Age of Grace could be due to various reasons such as declining attendance, changing cultural attitudes towards religion, leadership issues, or a shift in people's priorities. Additionally, factors like scandals within the church or a lack of community engagement may also contribute to this desolation.