Periods of Confusion

It occurred to me that the great feasts of Easter and Pentecost both occur after periods of confusion. In the case of Easter, we see the disciples quite perplexed, disheartened even, that Jesus has just died. Then he appears risen and this leads to a new period of confusion that they are still working through at his Ascension. Now he is gone again, this time with a cryptic promise that he will send the Spirit in his place. Puzzling over this, they are taken by surprise at Pentecost when the Spirit does indeed come. Yet, still, it takes them many years to fully process this period of a couple of months from which the church had its genesis. We see the confusion finally resolving as the Jerusalem council assembles to determine the direction forward for the church. Perhaps there is a lesson of patience in there but at the same time one of adherence to orthodoxy.