Man's Theological Evolution

(I was writing another post, but my mind shifted to this and I think I like it better, so here goes!)
It's interesting to see how societies and people are shaped and prepared by various influences, especially religious ones. For example, the Law of Moses was given to help the children of Israel prepare for the coming of Christ and His gospel. The sacrifices they were required to make, the reverence they were commanded to give to God and the Sabbath, and the basic moral commandments they were given to live (thou shalt not kill, steal, take the name of the Lord in vain, etc) prepared a social philosophy that would allow at least some of the population to accept Christ and His teachings when He came. They were directly involved in sacrifices done for the cleansing of their sins, setting up for an easy transition into understanding that Jesus Christ's atonement and crucifixion allowed them to be forgiven of their sins. Christ taught that whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery in his heart, a law significantly higher than just "thou shalt not commit adultery."
Evidently, much of mankind still wasn't ready for the Gospel, seeing as they still chose to murder the Man who went among them working miracles and preaching glorious doctrines.
Then, during the Reformation Era, valiant reformers like Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, and William Tyndale brought the Bible to the people in their own languages, and when kings and clergy realized this displaced much of their authority and control over the people, they arranged for their executions. After hundreds of years of bloodbath (literally; "Bloody Mary," daughter of King Henry VIII's first wife, averaged several dozen protestants executed each year of her reign), the concept of religious freedom became strongly enough established that the Restoration could finally occur (at least in America) without Joseph Smith and every other advocate of the restored Gospel being burned at the stake. They were still persecuted, and many were killed for their beliefs, but the Lord had spent the previous 1700 years moving mankind toward a state where they would allow themselves to feel His Spirit and be led to the truth. The church was successfully established, and little by little, changes are still taking place to allow God's word to again be received in its fullness by His children. The world is in the process of preparing for Christ's Second Coming, and I don't know everything that preparation entails, but I know that missionaries and faithful members of Christ's restored church are in high demand.