False Teachers Misplace Prophecy—In our day as in Christ’s day, there may be a misreading and misinterpreting of the Scriptures. If the Jews had studied the Scriptures with earnest, prayerful hearts, their searching would have been rewarded with a true knowledge of the time, and not only the time, but also the manner of Christ’s appearing. They would not have ascribed the glorious second appearing of Christ to His first advent. They had the testimony of Daniel; they had the testimony of Isaiah and the other prophets; they had the teachings of Moses; and here was Christ in their very midst, and still they were searching the Scriptures for evidence in regard to His coming. And they were doing unto Christ the very things that had been prophesied they would do. They were so blinded they knew not what they were doing. {Ev 612.4}

Falske lærer placerer profetien forkert..- I vor tid, såvel som på Kristi tid, kan der forekomme fejllæsning og fejlfortolkning af Skrifterne. Hvis jøderne havde studeret Skrifterne med alvorlige og bedende hjerter, ville deres søgen være blevet belønnet med en sand kundskab om tiden, og ikke kun om tiden, men også om den måde, hvorpå Kristus skulle komme. De vil ikke tilskrive Jesu andet tilsynekomst noget frem for Hans første komme. De havde Daniels vidnesbyrd; de havde Esajas vidnesbyrd og de andre profeter; de havde Moses læresætninger; og her var Kristus i deres midte, og de ransager stadig skriften for beviser for Hans komme. Og de gør netop de ting mod Kristus (613) som det er blevet profeteret de vil gøre. De var så forblindede at de ikke vidste hvad de gjorde.