Today, we come to the next section of Mark 13. Jesus has warnings about a coming judgment on Jerusalem, a judgment that will be fulfilled in AD 70 when the…
Today, we begin to explore Jesus’ first answer: when will the temple be destroyed? I will argue that this prophecy was fulfilled when the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem temple in…
What is this passage about, and what does this passage say about what it’s about? Throughout this passage, we will answer this question as well: what does it mean for…
It seems that humans are naturally drawn to celebrate in religion the things that are of lesser concern to God. We move towards those things that are visually impressive or…
Why did the Sadducees reject the resurrection? Jesus said the it was because they did no know the scriptures. Jesus goes back to the Book of Exodus to make his…
The Jewish leaders sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus in the attempt to catch Jesus in his words. The three paragraphs in today’s passage are introduced by…
It is important to understand how good, proper authority functions. In the passage before us today, the religious leaders directly challenge Jesus’ authority. What right does he have to come…
God’s people must know what time it is, that when God acts to restore them he will also call the Gentiles to himself. Isaiah 56:7 declares that when it promises…
The temptation to make God into our own image affects every human being. More particularly, in the passage we are examining today, we see that those who possess God’s revelation…
In today's passage in Mark, James and John come to Jesus with the request, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your…