“So we have arrived at Jerusalem and Act 3 of Mark’s Gospel. Jesus will not leave here until after the resurrection in chapter 16. This last week will take up fully one third of his gospel. We have before us a climactic scene and at the same time an opening scene. This stage in the life of Jesus will bring to an end his earthly ministry, but it will also usher in the age to come.
Perhaps in recording the events here in the order that he does, Mark has an Old Testament passage about the Messiah in mind. Think about last week and the healing of blind Bartimaeus and couple it with this week and the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. Mark has them happening on the same day, one in the morning, the other in the evening. Now listen to the words of Isaiah 29.
In that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD,
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
—Isaiah 29:18-19
Something momentous is occurring and yet at the same time it is subdued. The message is clear—Messiah has come, but it is also downplayed and, in Mark’s gospel at least, goes hardly noticed. Let’s look at it.”
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