– Before his crucifixion, the Savior had predicted to his disciples that he would be killed and rise from the grave, and angels were present to engrave those words on minds and hearts (Mark 8: 31, 32; 9:31; 10:32-34).
But the disciples looked forward to political liberation from the Roman yoke and could not tolerate the idea that the one on whom all their hopes were concentrated should die an ignominious death.
They banished the words they needed to remember from their minds, and when the time came to test them they found them unprepared.
The death of Jesus destroyed their hopes just as if it had not been predicted.
Likewise, the prophecies announce the future to us with the same clarity with which Christ predicted his own death to the disciples.
The events related to the end of probation and the preparation for the time of trouble have been clearly presented.
But there are thousands of people who understand these important truths as incompletely as if they had never been revealed.