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🗓️ 21 October 2024
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Mark 9 opens with an interesting quote from Jesus. He says, |
0:16.2 | Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death |
0:20.0 | until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power. |
0:23.0 | This is a continuation from what we read at the end of Mark 8 yesterday, |
0:27.0 | but the conversation is just broken up in a weird spot. |
0:30.0 | You may already know this, but these verse and chapter divisions aren't part of the original scripture. |
0:34.5 | Each book was written out like a normal letter. |
0:36.5 | Chapters were marked out in the 13th century, and verse divisions were only added about 500 years ago. |
0:42.0 | They served their purpose in helping us find |
0:44.2 | things easily but just be aware that they don't always fall at the best breaking point. |
0:48.1 | After all, they aren't divinely inspired. But back to this statement Jesus makes. What does it mean that they will not |
0:54.6 | taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power? There are |
0:58.7 | 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, |
1:04.0 | but just to skim the surface, |
1:06.0 | the most popular theories are that this points to |
1:08.0 | A, the Transfiguration, which happens about a week later. |
1:12.0 | B, the resurrection, which is about six months away. |
1:15.0 | Or C, the Holy Spirit showing up on the scene at the Feast of Pentecost, |
1:19.0 | which is still about eight months away. |
1:21.0 | All three of those events are times where God's power and His |
1:23.9 | Kingdom are displayed in unique ways. At the resurrection, God |
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