Finally, we’ve come to the end of my nine-part broadcast on the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark for Hebrew Nation Radio. As I did with my seventeen part series on Isaiah 40-55, I am making this handy dandy, one-stop shopping, one-size fits all post collecting together all the links to the free downloadable podcasts and their respective transcripts as well. For anyone who wants to subscribe to the podcasts, you can do that at characterincontext.podbean.com. If you want to catch my weekly radio show, you can do that on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST and on Wednesdays at 1pm PST/4pm EST at HebrewNationOnline.com which can be accessed via phone or computer. The transcripts are all pdf enabled if you want to print them out–but they aren’t as well edited as a book or a normal blog, just so you know. I don’t have a staff so you will have to just extend me some grace in being far too lazy to do a really good job on fixing these.
Part One–Son of Man vs the Messiah–Why did Yeshua/Jesus forgo calling Himself the Messiah, instead choosing to use the more obscure “Son of Man” from the book of Daniel?
Part Two–Mark 1:1, What is the Gospel and the Greater Exodus–One of the standout and most pervasive themes in Mark is the inauguration of the Greater Exodus by Messiah at the Cross and we need to understand it in order to fully appreciate what Mark is trying to communicate.
Part Three–Mark 1:2-8, Elijah the Forerunner–Exploring John the Baptist, Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1 and Exodus 23:20
Part Four–Mark 1:9-15, The Baptism, the Temptation, and the Melchizedek Scroll–Mark handles the temptation of Yeshua differently than Luke and Matthew, but how and why? And what does it have to do with the Dead Sea Scroll 11Q Melch?
Part Five–Mark 1:16-20, Fishers of Men–This is one of my favorite lessons as we got to explore the works of the late scholar Mendel Nun who actually worked as a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee before the invention of modern nets and so he very much lived the professional life of Peter, Andrew, James, and John.
Part Six–Mark 1:21-28, The Sabbath, the Synagogue, and the Unclean Spirit–Now we get into some real action as Yeshua lays down a challenge to the forces of the evil one and immediately gets a response! How will the gathered worshipers react?
Part Seven–Mark 1:29-39, The Fever and the Fallout–After Yeshua’s cosmic victory and his dazzling of the gathered Jews in the synagogue, He returns to the house of Peter’s mother in law and performs His second recorded miracle (in this Gospel). But what will the consequences be?
Part Eight–Mark 1:40-45, Messiah and Metzora–Reaching out to heal a leper is a miracle of Biblical proportions. What could go wrong?
Part Nine–The Yahweh Warrior of Isaiah in Mark–As the finale to this section on Mark, and before we move on to Chapter Two and the five controversy dialogues, I am going to delve more deeply into a theme that I have only hinted at so far and was my original reason for spending seventeen weeks on Isaiah 40-55 over the fall and winter. How do all of the warrior motifs throughout Isaiah (and elsewhere in the prophets) find their home in this peaceful man who ends up going willingly to His own death on behalf of His enemies?
