Concerning #1:
It may have had a lot to do with contentment. We see that on the earth today: people are fine with the way things are.
In the WIH, Christ's plan involved pain, learning, sorrow, stretching one self; Lucy's had to look more appealing, what with his notion that no souls would be lost. I think many people were content with the way things were, didn't care to go through all the trials, didn't have faith in the unknown (the blessings of the future kingdoms) to motivate them.
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