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| − | + | Mark places emphasis here on the need to prepare for the gospel. Mark's book is fairly short, and in terms of giving a history he very easily could have left out any information about John the Baptist. Instead, he devotes the first section of his book, the first eight verses, to someone who isn't a main character. | |
| + | What Marks seems to be saying, then, is that the beginning of the gospel is repentance, as inextricably symbolized through baptism. For us today, Mark's writing seems to reinforce the belief that baptism isn't something optional, but something vital. As Mark puts it, this act of baptism is something that is demanded by the prophets that came before, and something that Jesus himself saw as an essential first step. Indeed, throughout the New Testament, conversion was always accompanied by baptism. | ||
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| + | It is interesting that verse 5 notes that the gospel as taught by John the Baptist had appeal to all people, both the city dwellers and those living in the countryside. Mark may be telling us that the gospel isn't just for people of a certain class or certain background, but for everyone. | ||
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Mark places emphasis here on the need to prepare for the gospel. Mark's book is fairly short, and in terms of giving a history he very easily could have left out any information about John the Baptist. Instead, he devotes the first section of his book, the first eight verses, to someone who isn't a main character.
What Marks seems to be saying, then, is that the beginning of the gospel is repentance, as inextricably symbolized through baptism. For us today, Mark's writing seems to reinforce the belief that baptism isn't something optional, but something vital. As Mark puts it, this act of baptism is something that is demanded by the prophets that came before, and something that Jesus himself saw as an essential first step. Indeed, throughout the New Testament, conversion was always accompanied by baptism.
It is interesting that verse 5 notes that the gospel as taught by John the Baptist had appeal to all people, both the city dwellers and those living in the countryside. Mark may be telling us that the gospel isn't just for people of a certain class or certain background, but for everyone.
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