Gospel Of Mark Have No Theological Interests Essay

If my brother were to tell me that the Gospel of Mark had no theological interests I would strongly have to disagree with him because, Mark is one of the first Gospels to address the fact that Jesus’ death was to bring salvation. I will agree with my brother that the Gospel of Mark does at times give a mere overview of the events of Christ’s later life but I will also point out to him that Mark also focused on Jesus’ teachings where he once again references eternal life through salvation. Another fact I would address to my brother would be that Mark was written in a fashion that he did not want readers to know that Jesus was the Son of God. Scholars have come to know this as the “messianic secret” so Mark was intentionally written in a way that seems to only address the facts of Jesus’ life but with this hidden message we can see that Mark indeed had reference to theological interests.

To me this is theological interests because if Jesus had not died and instead had lived a normal life without being crucified for our sins there would have been no reason for Christ to be born. Along with Christ’s birth I would show my brother in Mark chapter 15 verse 39 where the pagan solider sees Jesus on the cross and proclaims surely this man was God’s Son”. In this passage of scripture, we can clearly see that just by Christ life his importance could be seen by even nonbelievers this to me plays into the theological interest displayed within Mark. I would stress to my brother that’s Christ’s birth was significant and that with each event that transpires in Mark there is a purpose behind what Christ did up to his imminent death on the