The "church" doesn't have ANY authority to dictate to Almighty God what Divinely-inspired Scripture they will or will not accept. They can only choose to obey or disobey and face the consequences. Did He let the Jews off the hook for their ignorance and/or disobedience of His word? No, He did not. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the word of our God will NEVER pass away. I don't think God was sitting around hoping His word was received and believed. Those who refused faced His judgment. They had NO excuse - ESPECIALLY not, "Well, we were waiting for our church to give the go-ahead.".
Why is that? They did. We, Catholics, did. We are fine. Worry about yourselves.