Episodes
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Yeah, you guys get the picture. I have my snark on for this one. Yeshua/Jesus is pretty specific here but we don't like it so we try to find workarounds. Let's look at these final verses of the Olivet Discourse in Mark 13 to find out exactly what He is and is not saying.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Episode 124: Mark Part 59—The Coming on the Clouds and the Fig Tree
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
What is the huge deal here about the Son of Man coming on the clouds and what does it tell us about the identity of Yeshua/Jesus? And fig trees again? Did the fig tree growers association have an endorsement deal with the writers or is there a deeper meaning to be found here?
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Episode 123: Mark Part 58—The Abomination that Causes Desolation
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Such a controversial subject and we are going to look at some of the leading theories as to when this was as well as some more off the beaten path proposals. And just what is it that the reader is directed to understand?
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Episode 122: Mark Part 57—These Are Not the Signs You’re Looking For
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Here, at the beginning of the Olivet Discourse, the longest speech in Mark and perhaps the oldest written document about Yeshua/Jesus, Yeshua responds to the disciples question of “When the heck is the Temple going to be destroyed??!!” with a bunch of false signs which won’t tell them much of anything because, as He says, “These are all just part of normal life.” And so why, when so many non-scholars read them, do they get moved out of the immediate context and into predictions of still future events?