Before His crucifixion the Saviour explained to His disciples
that He was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and
angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts.
[See Mark 8:31, 32; 9:31; 10:32-34.] But the disciples were
looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they
could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes
centered should suffer an ignominious death. The words which
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they needed to remember were banished from their minds, and
when the time of trial came it found them unprepared. The death
of Jesus as fully destroyed their hopes as if He had not forewarned
them.
So in the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly
as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ. The
events connected with the close of probation and the work of
preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But
multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths
than if they had never been revealed.—The Great Controversy,
594 (1911).
that He was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and
angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts.
[See Mark 8:31, 32; 9:31; 10:32-34.] But the disciples were
looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they
could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes
centered should suffer an ignominious death. The words which
13
they needed to remember were banished from their minds, and
when the time of trial came it found them unprepared. The death
of Jesus as fully destroyed their hopes as if He had not forewarned
them.
So in the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly
as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ. The
events connected with the close of probation and the work of
preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But
multitudes have no more understanding of these important truths
than if they had never been revealed.—The Great Controversy,
594 (1911).
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