Explanation of the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark
A – Messianic Beginnings 1:1-13 The Messiah’s Precursor: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). The passage (1:1-8) constitutes
A – Messianic Beginnings 1:1-13 The Messiah’s Precursor: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). The passage (1:1-8) constitutes
1. The chronological precedence of the Gospel of Mark over the other Gospels: It was believed in ancient times that the Gospel of Mark formed part of the Gospels of
This translation came about as a result of events, when the Theological Institute in Balamand was forced to close its doors for three years and the students moved to
In the incarnation everything is realized. Or rather, God Himself, who is everything, is present. Instead of symbols and figures, instead of shadow, He comes in Him.
We now move from the kingship of David to the last stage before the incarnation, the captivity and the prophets, which is a very important tragic stage, a decisive stage before
In the previous stage we reached the threshold of the Promised Land and now we move to the stage of entering it and establishing the kingdom in it. Moses died before
We mean by it the covenant that God made with His people in Sinai, which is the stage of the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise in a covenant associated with Him.
In the previous chapter, the creative Word of God presented us with the tragedy of man, which is the fall. Man was a friend of God, who spoke to him face to face.
We return to the stages of the book and its major themes one by one and begin with the absolute, profound principle: creation. The Book of Genesis in Hebrew, “Bereshit,” is the Book of
We now intend to delve deeper into the content of the book and its internal structure. Our approach to it is not yet an external approach, but rather we will try to enter into it
Chapter One: Defining the Problem We now move to a complex topic, which is defining the relationship between the Bible and the human sciences in their data
The Book is the word of God and therefore it is inexhaustible and we will never finish understanding it: (Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away).