We are great critics of the past but blind to our own sins — the Pharisees built tombs for prophets their fathers killed while plotting to crucify Christ. We must see ourselves with the same critical clarity we apply to history.

The Pharisees adorn the tombs of prophets and say "we would never have done what our fathers did" — yet they're plotting to kill the ultimate Prophet. Application: we easily say "I would have opposed slavery" or "I would have resisted the Holocaust" but are blind to present-day sins. German citizens laughed on the way into Auschwitz tours, then wept coming out — desensitized to evil in their own time. Modern parallels: abortion, pornography, compromised Christianity. Key principle: "The wickedness of humans in the past should be a red flag that I am fully capable of all the same horrors." We should look at our lives NOW from the perspective of eternity, not wait until we're 70 to gain clarity.