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Twist family Bible study: the Gospel of Mark
Shakesthecoffecan:
So what I am getting is that Isaiah had prophecied that someone living in the wilderness would come before the lord/messiah and John apparently fit the bill. He preached that he was the one who would come before but not until Jesus emerged from the water when he baptised him did it become apparent who he was.
Wonder what sins Jesus confessed to?
In 1:17 it has my favoirte line in the whole Bible: "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men" which he said to two brothers in Gallilee, Simon and Andrew.
So then he went down to Capernum and in the synagogue drew out the unclean spirit from that man, Was that the first miricle he did?
Shakesthecoffecan:
I wonder about these deamons. I immediatly think of some sort of supernatural possession, but maybe they could have been something as simple as someone over taken with grief, who needed to hear the right words to bring them comfort?
Wayne:
1:14 ... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 1:15and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel
I like to think he was saying the kingdom of God is here now. Don't just sit around waiting for God to come down and fix everything. Use your common sense now and do what is right to make things the way they should be.
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: wdj on December 02, 2007, 02:12:09 pm ---1:14 ... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 1:15and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel
I like to think he was saying the kingdom of God is here now. Don't just sit around waiting for God to come down and fix everything. Use your common sense now and do what is right to make things the way they should be.
--- End quote ---
Well you know that makes more sense than saying "its coming! its coming!" forever and it never getting here. The bible is a good example of theying to communicate ideas, across time.
Wayne:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on December 02, 2007, 02:09:36 pm ---supernatural possession, but maybe they could have been something as simple as someone over taken with grief, who needed to hear the right words to bring them comfort?
--- End quote ---
right, yeah ... I can't really picture that this "demon possession" that seems to have been so common at the time is something we would have no knowledge of whatsoever any more.
I guess, unless Jesus cast demons out so utterly from the world that it just doesn't happen any more? :-\ But that's not really my impression.
I suspect sometimes they were referring to what we would now call mental illnesses, and other cases as you say could be grief, depression ... maybe epilepsy?
The "unclean spirit" of the man in the synagogue - I wonder if that was Tourette's syndrome? :-\
(hope you had fun at the parade! ;) )
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