Mark 16:9-20

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Appearances & disbelief (Vv. 9-14)

V. 9: 4th time Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the last two chapters. (the person who Jesus drove out seven demons. (This explains her devotion to Him to the very end. John tells that Mary stayed around the tomb after the appearance of the angels to the women. (John 20:11-18) She was the first believer to see the risen Christ!
John 20:11–18 ESV
11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.
After this, the Gospel of John tells us that Mary went to tell Peter and John what she had discovered (John 20:2-10). The others maybe overheard Mary’s eyewitness account when she told Peter Peter and John. Yet they refuse to believe still!
Sorrowful Unbelief (Mark 16:9-11)
We might call this sorrowful unbelief. Their grief blinded them to reality. This is often our disposition, is it not? We are so dominated by the heartache that we cannot make room for the supernatural—even when it has been promised.
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Vv. 12-13 Parallel Luke’s account of the two believers on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). Again, Jesus appeared to these two, they have the same reaction and go to tell the others. The disciples we are told still did not believe.
Senseless Unbelief (Mark 16:12-13)
There is a sense in which we should not be surprised. After all, if we have been paying attention, Mark has prepared us for this unbelieving response.
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When Jesus did appear to all of them at once, He rebukes them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe. Jesus wanted them to know that the witness of His resurrection could be trusted!
Stubborn Unbelief (Mark 16:14)
Again, can you relate? How many times have you not believed in His grace, in His works, in His promises all because of the stubbornness of your own heart?
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It is easy to be hard on these men and women, but we would be arrogant and even self-deceived to be so. After all, are they not very much like us?
We too are guilty of the sin of unbelief. We struggle with believing our Master. We can identify with these disciples and can learn from their failure.

Go & Tell / A Confirmation of the Message (Vv. 15-18, V. 20)

This is Marks version of the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20). The same commission that is for each and very single believer!
Jesus made it clear that our message is to preach the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ!
Our ministry is to take this message throughout the entire world.
Does a person have to be baptized to be saved? No. Emphasis is on believing. (Context)
Most signs seen here took place in days of apostles, some recorded in Acts. Context here points to Apostles having these signs to confirm the message they were bringing. Miracles became less prominent as you continue to read the NT and other historians. Warren Wiersbe: “Jesus refused to tempt God, and we should follow His example.” (Matt. 4:5-7)
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Seated at the Right Hand of God (V. 19)

The ascension of Jesus was predicted by Jesus Himself in Mark 14:7
Mark 14:7 ESV
7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.
Witnessed by the apostles in Acts 1:9
Acts 1:9 ESV
9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Now, Jesus sitting at the right hand of God is an obvious matter of faith for all of us. But it was believed and preached in the early church. (Acts 2:33-35; 7:56).
Jesus’ ascension marked the end of His earthy ministry and the beginning of His heavenly ministry.
Jesus is now in heaven as our High Priest and Advocate! Christ is literally praying on our behalf acting as our High Priest enabling us to do the work He has called us to do! (Heb. 7-10)
He is the guarantor of a better covenant. (Heb. 7:22)
He makes the first covenant obsolete. (Heb. 8:13)
Redemption is through the permanent blood of Christ and not through the temporary blood of goats and calves. (Heb. 9:11-23)
Christ sacrifice is once and for all. (Heb. 10:1-4; 11-14)
It is Christ who is seated at the right hand of God the Father who is enabling us to live this Christian life. (Heb. 10: 19-25)
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DEPPER DISCOVERIES (:
Ending of Mark: There is 4 possible endings that scholars have spoken about over the years. The Main one obviously that we are focusing on is the traditional ending. The one in which is the last 12 verses that we see here. This is supported by a vast number of greek manuscripts and two early witnesses (Irenaeus, & the Diatessaron). Bottom line: this ending is found in the overwhelming majority of the surviving Greek manuscripts and which is attested by supporting evidence earlier than any manuscript which omits it.
Does Baptist save? (V. 16) CONTEXT: “But whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Emphasis here is on belief or unbelief. The only basis for condemnation here is the refusal to believe. There is no condemnation for the failure to be baptized.
Will all these signs accompany those who believe? (Vv. 17-18) Again, CONTEXT! Context is important when you are reading God’s Word. The issues not whether believers could do these miracles. The greater questions are “why and when” and “do we need to have these signs follow us to prove our faith?” Jesus promised that signs and miracles would characterize the age of the apostles. Paul referred to these miracles as the things that would mark an apostle. (2 Cor. 12:12). Miracles did indeed follow the proclamation of the apostles from Jerusalem to Samaria and Judea and throughout the Roman empire (Acts 1:8). God used these miracles to introduce the church and to authenticate the message and messengers of that new era.
Mark C. And These Signs Will Accompany Those Who Believe (16:17–18)

Is it possible that the promise of immunity to snakebites and poison was given in the context of persecution and the traveling conditions during the early spread of the gospel and the apostolic age? It is possible that Jesus was referring to situations where persecutors would force believers to do certain life-threatening things. The first two clauses, according to Greek grammar, could be translated, “If they are compelled to pick up snakes, and if they are compelled to drink deadly poison, it shall not harm them.” The use of “if” makes this conditional and not mandatory.

There is no question that God can do whatever he wants, when he wants, and however he wants. There is no question that God can perform miracles today. Yet, we find that even in the Bible miracles were not the norm but were the exception. The purpose of miracles was to authenticate God’s message. Even in the life of Jesus we see fewer miracles at the end of his earthly ministry, except for one—the resurrection.

Carl Laney says, “A thorough study of the apostolic miracles indicates that they fulfilled their function in the apostolic era and ceased around A.D. 70. This is evidenced by the decline in miracles following Pentecost, with none being recorded in the last decade of the apostolic age. The early church fathers Chrysotom and Augustine confirm the fact that there was an absence of miracles after the apostolic age” (Laney, Answers to Tough Questions, pp. 217–218).

Miracles are possible today, but there is no biblical basis for us to expect them or command them. The true miracle is the ability to live out the Christian life. This can only be done through the indwelling resurrection power of Jesus Christ. When people observe us living a Christlike life in today’s world, they see the miracle of redemption and salvation through Jesus Christ in our lives.

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