Episodes
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Episode 108: Mark Part 48—Greater than the Temple
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
As a preview of chapters 11 and 12, where Yeshua/Jesus condemns and increasingly replaces the Temple as the overlap between Heaven and Earth, we’ll be reviewing some of the “greater than” claims about Yeshua in the Bible and talking about the implications of Malachi, Isaiah and 4QFlor, which discusses the important concept of mikdash adam, the living Temple of the Qumran community.
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Episode 107: Mark Part 47—Three Blind Men—James, John and Bartimaeus
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
This is our last “in the way” narrative because next week, Yeshua/Jesus and His disciples enter Jerusalem. As such, this is the most climactic and revealing of Mark’s use of Isaiah 42:16 in highlighting the kind of blindness that was currently upon an Israel looking for a bloodthirsty Messiah instead of a Messiah determined to save not only Israel but also her enemies.
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Episode 106: Mark Part 46—The Rich Young Seeker
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Although the disciples were guilty of shooing away the disabled and children, rich and powerful men make it right up to Yeshua/Jesus without any problems, highlighting their still very worldly mindsets. This young man asks a question that weighs heavily on the minds of many, “What can I do to merit a place in the world to come?” What does this conversation reveal about him, about Yeshua, and about ourselves?
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Episode 105: Mark Part 45—Divorce and Oppression
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Ever hear about “any cause” divorce? Jewish men in the first-century were committing a terrible crime against the wives of their youth and had come to see it as a right—as though marriage existed solely for their benefit and could be ended at their whim. She burns a meal? You can divorce her. Find someone prettier? You can divorce her. As they believed a man could not be guilty of adultery against His wife, and that adultery was only a crime against another man, Yeshua’s condemnation of their divorce entitlement mindset is particularly damning.