Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Mark 9 opens with an interesting quote from Jesus. He says,

Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death

until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.

This is a continuation from what we read at the end of Mark 8 yesterday,

but the conversation is just broken up in a weird spot.

You may already know this, but these verse and chapter divisions aren't part of the original scripture.

Each book was written out like a normal letter.

Chapters were marked out in the 13th century, and verse divisions were only added about 500 years ago.

They served their purpose in helping us find

things easily but just be aware that they don't always fall at the best breaking point.

After all, they aren't divinely inspired. But back to this statement Jesus makes. What does it mean that they will not

taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power? There are

five or six prominent theories on what Jesus might be referring to here. We'll link to an article that gives more of an overview,

but just to skim the surface,

the most popular theories are that this points to

A, the Transfiguration, which happens about a week later.

B, the resurrection, which is about six months away.

Or C, the Holy Spirit showing up on the scene at the Feast of Pentecost,

which is still about eight months away.

All three of those events are times where God's power and His

Kingdom are displayed in unique ways. At the resurrection, God

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