"Christian Beginnings" notes for Monday 4/15/02
Read trough page 73 in "Will the Real Jesus Please
Stand Up?"
Wednesday -discussion on the rebottles and possible
study guide handout
Friday-discussion on rebottles and closing


DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARK AND JOHN

MARK

Strong apocalyptic themes
"second coming" of Christ
(parousia- greek means coming)

Olivet discourse Mark 13
Solomons' temple destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD

SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING(7 years of
tribulation)

The temple will be destroyed again
War
Various calamities(earthquakes,famine and disease)
Persecution of Christians
False messiahs
Abomination of Desolation "Anti-Christ" Mk 13:14
cf Daniel 9:27, 11:31, 12:11 " a ruler that will persecute
Jesus' followers
All of this will build to the second coming of Christ to
judge and set up His holy kingdom

FIGTREE PARABLE Mk 13:28
Jesus may have been referring to the seconding coming
showing that when we see the signs his return is
immanent

"This generation will not pass until all these things
take place" Mk 13:30
Many of the time thought this meant Jesus would return
soon, although this has been argued to mean the race
of jews will not die out.
Genos(generation) has a second meaning of race but
it's primary meaning is literal as generation.

"Some of you will not taste death until you see the
Kingdom coming with power" Mk 9:2
Some think this refers to the few who witnessed the
transfiguration.

JOHN
Jesus told peter he would be crucified when he was old

John was the beloved disciple

Rumors spread that john would live to see the second
coming.
"If it is my will he (john) remains until I come, what is
that to you?" John 21:18-23

Johns' emphasis was not on the second coming or the
kingdom of god but on individual eternal life.
John has a personal relationship with Jesus view as
opposed to the apocalyptic view of Mark

Mark sees the Messianic Kingdom while John see
eternal life.


LIBERAL VEIW:
Jesus didn't come as expected-so people began to
focus on "life after death"-eternal life now vs.
resurrection later.

CONSERVATIVE VEIW:
There is just a difference on the emphasis of the two
books