Unbelief and Time

Well, it's Cinco de Mayo of 2005, AKA 05-05-05 as well as the National Day of Prayer.
This morning i was attempting to do some Bible reading and i came across this passage:
Background - This passage comes directly after the death and burial of Jesus, the Christ.
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.
Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. Mark 16:9-14

It is interesting. The disciples have been with Christ for three years; learning under him, listening to Him speak, seeing Him do miracles, watching Him touch the lives of everyone that He comes into contact with Him one way or another, and even hearing Him tell them what would happen to Him. Even after all of that, when they are informed by some of their own that He is risen and that they have seen Him, the disciples still did not believe what was told them. When Christ appears to the eleven He had to rebuke them for not believing. These are those who would be empowered from on high and lead & build the church, and yet they did not believe even on the witnesses of 2 or 3 of their own.
So i guess that it should not surprise us when other people do not believe in Him when we first tell them of Him. Often it takes time for a person to come to know and accept Him. Unfortunately time and patience are not something that our society or even todays church instills in us. Just something to consider.