Welcome back to our Bible study on the Gospel of Mark.

Last time we talked about Jesus making his way.

We talked about the way narrative from chapter 8, verse 22, to chapter 10, verse 52.

And we saw that that whole section was framed by the healing of two blind men.

We saw the first blind men and Beth Saida healed in two stages,

and that's exactly what's happening to the disciples.

You know, Peter professes that Jesus is the Christ,

and yet he doesn't understand that he is the Son of God.

He doesn't understand the fullness of the mission of the Messiah.

And so he has partial myopic vision, like the rest of the disciples, and they're making their way.

And as they're making their way, Jesus is teaching repeatedly three times about his passion,

that he has to suffer, die, and then rise again.

And of course, each time they ignore it, they put it off, they want to bury

it. And then finally we see the blind man Bartimaeus in Jericho who's healed because of his faith,

and he follows Jesus on the way. And that way now leads us the chapter 11, and we're going to

see Jesus' entry, his solemn entry into Jerusalem and to the temple, where he will cleanse the temple. And here we're going to see Jesus' entry, his solemn entry into Jerusalem and to the temple,

where he will cleanse the temple. And here we're going to see the last week of Jesus' life,

and things are going to be a little bit more intense. And there's so much richness to this narrative.

I want you to know that there's many things I'm not covering. There's lots of echoes and illusions

to the Old Testament. We're just picking out a few to follow the major thread of the narrative

as we go through this. But we come to chapter 11 now. We're going to see in chapter 11,

Jesus's entry into Jerusalem, his demonstration in the temple. In chapter 12, we're going to see

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