The irony of rejecting Jesus of Nazareth in the meridian of time was:
To the Pharisees Jesus poignantly proclaimed: “Ye keep not the law. If ye had kept the law, ye would have received me, for I am he who gave the law.” (JST, Matthew 9:19.)
Further: “Why teach ye the law, and deny that which is written; and condemn him whom the Father hath sent to fulfill the law, that ye might all be redeemed?” (JST, Luke 16:20; cf. JST, Matthew 7:6-8.)