God's Kingdom Has Arrived: New Testament Themes Part 1
Exploring My Strange Bible
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The Power of Movie Posters
Mark chapter 1 is very similar to the Star Wars poster, more ways than one. In Jesus' day, there was another king in fact who was actually on the throne over a piece of land that was much, much larger than the little land called Israel Palestine today. All history has been moving forward to the moment when who should appear on the scene? Caesar Augustus. Do you see what's happening here? This predates chapter one by 25 years or so. So Mark is doing something very subversive,. and saying, yes, we know these kings that there are other kings that claim to be the son of God"
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