The Cosmopolitan Exodus: How Mark’s Prologue Sets the Stage for the Gospel of a Worldwide Exodus
The Cosmopolitan Exodus: How Mark’s Prologue Sets the Stage for the Gospel of a Worldwide Exodus

The Cosmopolitan Exodus: How Mark’s Prologue Sets the Stage for the Gospel of a Worldwide Exodus

Already in verse 2 of his Gospel, Mark lets us in on a secret: the ministry of Jesus will be the exodus of the world. Through a deft conflation of three OT passages, Mark shows us that Jesus is Yahweh in the flesh, that John is his Elijah, and that God has sent him to bring home the scattered people of God. Join Chad Bird as he looks at Mark 1:1-8 through Hebrew eyes to explain how an entire OT theology is packed into these verses that will be the Gospel reading this coming Sunday.

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