Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

manifested in surprisingly humble
circumstances. Both events caught the
respective leaders by surprise.
2. The Jews failed to discern the Messiah in His
lowly guise. We failed to discern in the humble
and sometimes faulty message of 1888 the
beginning of the eschatological opportunity of
the ages.
3. The Jews were afraid Jesus would destroy their
denominational structure. "We" feared that the
1888 message would damage the effectiveness
of the church through uplifting faith rather than
obedience to the law as the way of salvation.
4. The opposition of Jewish leaders influenced
many to reject Jesus. The persistent opposition
of leading brethren in the years that followed
1888 influenced younger workers and laity to
disregard the message. The church at large
would have accepted the message had it come
to them unopposed by leadership.
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