THE COMING OF CHRIST: Mark 1:1-8

Описание: Mark doesn't waste any time does he? Right off the bat he tells us exactly what he's writing about—"the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." This description is packed with meaning. Mark is saying essentially this: Jesus is the good-news-bringing Creator and King of the universe, come to bring salvation and establish a kingdom that will never end. After his introduction, Mark begins the story of Jesus with John the Baptizer—the one who God promised would come and prepare the people for Jesus' coming. John the Baptizer’s main way of preparing us for the coming of Jesus the King, is to help us understand this terrifying truth: we have sinned against Him and need to be forgiven. There is, in the end, no small sin because all sin is against an infinitely huge and holy God. Sin is cosmic treason. We stand guilty before the King, deserving death and hell. Thanks be to God that Jesus came so that we may be forgiven. Ultimately, Jesus has come to make peace between Holy God and sinful man. Jesus has come to restore our broken relationship, so that in the end we can have what we were intended to have all along—Him. But, in light of our sin, how we can have a right relationship with Jesus the King? The answer is this: He is no ordinary King. This King would one day go to a cross and die in our place, so that we could be forgiven and have a reconciled relationship with Him now and forever.