Week 2 — Oct 13-19: (Matt 24-28, Mark 1-16, Luke 1-2)


Mark Summary:

Mark’s Gospel races forward, portraying Jesus, the Son of God, always “immediately” on the move. John the Baptist clears the way, and Jesus is baptized; the Spirit descends and the Father speaks. After forty days of temptation by Satan in the wilderness, He proclaims, “The Kingdom of God is at hand,” calls the Twelve apostles and sends them out with authority to heal the sick and make miracles. 

In disputes over traditions and Sabbath practices, He heals a leper, forgives and restores paralytics, calms storms, walks on water, multiplies loaves to feed five thousand and then four thousand, raises Jairus’s daughter from the dead, and frees the demon-possessed; yet He often commands silence and not to share the miracle, guarding the messianic secret until the appointed hour.

Through parables like The Sower, He unveils the mystery of the Kingdom. After Peter confesses, “You are the Christ,” Jesus foretells that the Son of Man will “give His life as a ransom for many,” summoning disciples to carry their own cross. On a high mountain He is transfigured, hinting at the glory beyond the Passion. 

Entering Jerusalem, He rides in triumph, cleanses the Temple, curses the fruitless fig tree, and delivers the apocalyptic Olivet Discourse on watchful faith. Betrayed, trialed before Pilate, and crucified, He breathes His last as darkness falls and the temple veil is torn, while a Roman centurion confesses, “Truly this was the Son of God.” 

Laid in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea, very early on the first day of the week, He is found risen; Mary Magdalene bear the first witness, and the risen Lord appears to the Eleven, commissions them to preach the Gospel to all creation, and, ascends to the right hand of God.

Key Verses:

Mark 1:15 – “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” – Jesus announces His mission and message.

Mark 8:34 – “And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” – True discipleship requires sacrifice and commitment.

Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” – Jesus’ purpose as the suffering servant.

Mark 16:6 – “And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.” – The resurrection proves Jesus’ victory over death.

Mark 12:30-31 – “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” – Jesus summarizes the greatest commandments.

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