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The Gospel of Mark

  1. Lesson One
    Servant of God, Servant of All (Mark 2–7)
    18 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Good News and the Son of God (Mark 1, 8–9, 11–12, 15, 16:1–8)
    14 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Second Exodus (Isa 40–41, 61, Jer 31)
    15 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Prophet and Son of Man (Deut 18:18, Dan 7:13–14, Mark 10, 13–14)
    14 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience
    14 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Moses’ ascent of Mt. Sinai was viewed as a pivotal moment in his life where he obtained a kind of royal authority. By alluding to this Exodus event in Jesus’ story, Mark is presenting Jesus as King of the freshly inaugurated Kingdom of God. 

Mark is also presenting Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament end-times prophecies. Jesus’ meeting with Moses and Elijah makes this clear. 

Dr. Eduard Schweizer summarizes the significance of these Old Testament connections:

This story has united two expectations which were alive in Judaism: the coming of the prophet of the end-time who is like Moses and the appearing of Elijah at the dawning of the end-time. It has declared to every Jew that the fulfillment of the history of Israel and of every hope for the glorious end-time have already begun in the coming of Jesus.

Now that the King of the Kingdom of God has arrived, the prophecies of the end-times will be fulfilled. Jesus fulfills the hopes of Israel and begins the final phase of world history.

Source: Eduard Schweizer, Good News According to Mark, 1970, p. 183.