Gospel of Mark - Christianity | New Testament | Religion Facts

Gospel of Mark - Christianity | New Testament | Religion Facts

Facts on the Book of Mark

St. Mark's symbol is the winged lion.

The Book of Mark is the 2nd book in the Christian New Testament and is one of the four gospels. It is traditionally held that John Mark wrote the gospel using the Simon Peter's eye-witness accounts, since Mark likely a young man during the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and was not an apostle.

The gospel is 16 chapters long and is considered by many to be the first of the four gospels written, commonly dated to the mid 50's AD, but it is sometimes dated more generally to any time before 70 AD.

Mark was likely written from Rome and written to Romans, but more broadly, Gentiles. The purpose of the gospel is to present Jesus Christ to Gentiles and to encourage believers to endure and persevere in the face of persecution and perhaps even martyrdom.

The emphasis of Mark revolves around significant event in the life of Christ, such as his crucifixion and suffering. Jesus as teacher and his followers as disciples are also key to the gospel's message.

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Hague, The | Catholic AnswersHague, the (Fr. LA HAYE; Dutch 's GRAVENHAGE, "the Count's Park"; Lat. HAGA COMITIS), capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland. It is situated two miles from the shores of the German Ocean, on a piece of low ground, which was at one time thickly wooded, between the mouths of the Maas and the Old Rhine. In 1908 it had 254,500 inhabitants, of whom 71,000 were Catholics.

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The God Who Rescues

The God Who Rescues



BY CHARLES STANLEY, CHRISTIAN POST CONTRIBUTOR

January 10, 2014|10:30 am

Hebrews 10:1-14

In ancient Israel, the priests were continually offering sacrifices to atone for the people's sins. Specifically, the high priest annually entered the most sacred room in the temple to prepare a sacrifice that would absolve the entire nation of sin for that year. This room, which is known as the Holy of Holies, was where God's Spirit dwelled in those days.

Jesus' death on the cross and His resurrection changed the process. He became the High Priest, and the sacrifice was His own life-an offering powerful enough to pay the sin debt of all mankind. 

Revelation 9  1 - And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 - And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 5 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 - And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7 - And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men. 8 - And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions. 9 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10 - And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months. 11 - And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon. 12 - One woe is past; [and], behold, there come two woes more hereafter. 13 - And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 - Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15 - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.