So if you're sick of all my fact-force-feeding posts lately (sorry, I get carried away at times)...here's a good one. I started reading through Mark 1 today, and for whatever reason I didn't realize that Mark wasn't a disciple! Big "duh" moment for me...but there you go. :-)
Are you excited - we've made it through one complete book already! My notes say that Mark is one of the shortest in the Gospels, so it's fun to see progress being made.
I liked how this book started out "The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God". Kind of laid it all out on the table, didn't he? No ifs, ands, or buts...just plain and simple. I wondered why (here I go again) it was written like that, and the notes in my Bible say it's because Mark wrote this gospel for the Christians in Rome...and in that area and time, important people were always introduced when they arrived into town by an announcer, or herald. So Mark began his book with John the Baptist, instead of Jesus' birth, because John was the one who announced the coming of Jesus.
Seriously - keep the fact stuff coming. I don't have a bible like yours that give a background or explains..or at least not here at work so it is good to read!
ReplyDeleteI have sort of a dumb question. I guess I am confused why we don't read the bible from front to back?
You can read it front to back, this is just a different reading plan (there's so many different ones out there). The bible itself isn't organized chronologically (although you can purchse Bible's that have been re-arranged that way). I'm not sure why our reading plan is organized the way it is, though.
ReplyDeleteCheck this page out for some more info:
http://www.whatdoesthebiblesay.info/bt603.htm
Interesting thanks!
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