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The Kings Arrival
The Royal Picture
when you see a portrait of a person (be it photos or paintings),
you usually see a snapshot of a certain aspects of that persons life and perhaps miss other significant information about that same person.
SLIDE 1 – women and babe
For instance, in this portrait, we see a young mother with her baby.
SLIDE 2– THE QUEEN
Yet in this portrait we see another significant aspect of this same women.
This women is in fact Queen Elizabeth II, Reigning queen of England and our head of state.
As we look at Marks gospel.
What is your Portrait of Jesus.
SLIDE 3 – Jesus portraits
Is he the Christmas baby Jesus in a Manger
Is he the carpenter boy
Perhaps your portrait is of Jesus the great teacher
Or is it Jesus the healer
Or is your portrait of Jesus as the good and caring shepherd.
Nothing particularly wrong with any one of these portraits.
SLIDE 4 –TITLE SLIDE
But Mark leaves us in no doubt what he sees as the most significant portrait of who Jesus is.
verse 1
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Son of God.
You don’t get a grander title to a portrait than that.
Mark was probably the worlds worst suspense or thriller author.
Mark tell us this right away in verse 1 the true identity of Jesus, no surprises at the end.
In todays passage, Mark goes on in a kind of rapid fire sequence for 15 verses retelling
the account of john the Baptist,
Jesus baptism,
Jesus Temptation and
Jesus announcing that Kingdom of God is at hand.
And we are left dizzy from the whirlwind, wondering what was that all about and how is it all linked.
And Is it linked ?
Well before we get to that, let spend just 30 seconds getting to know
Mark.
Who he is, and why we can rely on His portrait of Jesus.
Mark was a friend of the Peter the Disciple of Jesus.
WE see this in passages like Act 12:12 when an angel released Peter from prison.
Where did he go first.
Straight to Marks mothers house.
Mark had strong associations with other Christian leaders.
In Acts we read that He went on missionary journeys with Barnabas and Paul.
Most importantly, He wrote the Gospel of Mark after the disciple Peter passed on reports of the words and deeds of Jesus directly\ to him.
Look at verse 1 again
The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Is that not one of the most mind-blowing verses in the bible
In a mere 7 greek words (in the original language), this verse is Packed with theological significance, historical significance, future significance.
It would have to be ….a pretty unique statement wouldn’t you say?
Wouldn’t expect to find similar statements elsewhere except in the bible would you?
Well actually.
You will.
It may come as a surprise to you There was a gospel written about Augustus, Roman emperor and founder of Rome around 27 BC.
He was viewed by romans citizens as the divine emperor and savior of the roman.
And after him another about Tiberius Caesar who was his step-son and successor.
There he is on this photo of a Denarius coin
SLIDE 5 – THE COIN
This was coin that the Pharisees brought to Jesus in Mark 12 when they asked should they pay taxes to ceasar and Jesus replied
Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
The coin the words "Tiberius Caesar, Worshipful son of the god, Augustus.
So you have to ask…what’s so unique about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, son of God.
Well Mark makes a clear distinction between this gospel and any other, because Mark refers to Jesus as The Christ.
Jesus Christ.
SLIDE 6 – TITLE SLIDE
Christ is not a surname.
Its a title.
Just like if I said the name William Arthur Philip Louis.
You might say.
Who?
But if I said, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, then his title is a give away.
Jesus title as Christ, The Messiah, means saviour,
And this is a title all the Jews knew.
A title that only ONE man of earth could ever receive.
A person they had been expecting for hundreds of years
The Red Carpet
Having established this portrait of Jesus the long awaited savior and Son of God, Mark then goes on in verse 2 to introduce us to John the Baptist.
Mark quotes Isaiah the prophet from 700 years before
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”
Now The significance of the appearance of John the Baptist at this juncture can get lost on us.
But for the Jews of the time, they knew their Old testament well.
and they had not received a prophetic word from the Lord since Malachi (last book of OT) some 400 years before.
So enter stage left, John the Baptist appearing in the wilderness …v6 wearing clothing made of camels hair with a leather belt around his waist.
Now im not fashion historian, but to me, John sounds like he would have appeared like a bit of a weirdo…….even
back then.
the sort of guy I would think we would try and avoid.
That guy on the street that you try and steer clear of.
Stanger danger my kids would say
Yet in verse 5 ironically we read that “all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him”.
Now Mark’s wasn’t commentating at a bad taste fashion parade.
No.
He tells us about John because the Jews of the time would have immediately thought of Elijah, the Old testament prophet.. because we read In 2 kings.. 1:8
, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist
And coupled with another OT passage in Malachi 4:5 which says
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
So putting the 2 together...
The Jews would have thought John the Baptist was Elijah returned.
The one to prepare the way of the Lord
This explains why the people flocked to him.
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