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Day 267 - Resurrection and Multiple Endings

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Image by Grace Oasis, courtesy of Vimeo Google Search My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading - 9/24/2019     Day 267 Mark 15:1 – 16:20 Reflection | Today - Chapter 15 is the height of betrayal, trials, crucifixion, death, and burial of Jesus. Chapter 16 is strange in that scholars’ dispute where the real ending of the gospel. Ending one at vs 8 has people terrified of the resurrection and running And telling no one. Ending two is called the shorter ending which at least calls for the Jesus and Peter commanding to spread the gospel. Ending three including vs 9 - 20 Jesus appears to Mary (unbelief), then two disciples (unbelief), commissions the disciples to baptize and heal, then ascends to sit at the right hand of God - then they went out to tell the st...

Day 265 - Jesus Teaches in Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem - James Tissot - Brooklyn Museum Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading 9/22/2019     Day 265 Mark 12:35 – 13:37 Reflection | Today - Jesus still teaching at the Temple. Messiah? Not the son of David but the Son of God. Beware of religious people who show off their religion. Watching a widow giving all that she has. Temple? It will fall Watch who comes in my name. You will be persecuted. Jesus talks of the last days. Jesus will come back in glory. No one knows when. Be alert. Background |  Background by Center of Biblical Studies.   More Mark by Mark Powell Scholars think that Mark was written prior to Matthew and Luke - Mark could have been a Hellenized Jew who lived outside of Pale...

Day 264 - Jesus comes to Jerusalem

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Gérôme - L'entrée du Christ à Jérusalem | Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Let the words of our mouths, and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable to you, O God, our strength and our salvation. Amen Today’s Reading 9/21/2019     Day 264 Mark 10:46 – 12:34 Reflection | Today - Jesus and the disciples heading into Jerusalem - In Jericho - Jesus heals and blind man Jesus parades into Jerusalem on a humble donkey over against a Roman parade of troops and demonstrations of earthly power. Jesus teaching through actions - cleaning the Temple of Commerce; This creates a plot for him to be killed by leaders; pray for anything and if you will have faith it will happen; forgive all; authority? What authority did John the Baptist have? We don’t know. I won’t tell you Mine; a parable on evil tenants who killed the owner's people and then even the Son; Meaning of the resurrection...