What was the message of Christ in Mark's Gospel?

Answer 1

A:Mark frequently stressed that Jesus instructed witnesses to his miracles to keep his true identity a secret. Dennis R MacDonald (The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark) argues persuasively that this was the result of Homeric influence, with Jesus a counterpart to Odysseus, who also had to keep his identity secret. A possible further reason could be that Mark, which was the first gospel to be written, needed to show why few people had ever heard of Jesus, who supposedly performed so many great wonders and miracles in the recent past.

Jesus predicted his own death and resurrection in verse 8:13. Then in verse 9:1, told the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power - the second coming. Chapter 13 is a more complete description of the second coming of Jesus on clouds of glory, during the lifetimes of some of those to whom he spoke.

Christ's very last words on the cross were, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Psalm 22:1]" This was the cry of a very human Jesus, and the authors of Luke and Johnfelt they were inappropriate for the dying Saviour, but the author of Matthew used these same last words direct from Mark.

Jesus said there is none other (Old Testament) commandment greater than the commandment to love your neighbour as yourself. A repeated message was the forgiveness of sins and the understanding that illness is the punishment for sin, so when their sins were forgiven, the sick and infirm were cured.