Vintage Jesus: 10, 11 & 12

Chapter 10- What makes Jesus superior to other saviors?

Mark in relating cultures and societies helps show and revel Christ supremacy over all things. Showing how often people look at Jesus marks shows how God and Christ are Savior and the only one. Christ is shown the savior of the world, the Jews, the church, savior to all people, those who are lost who are sinners. Jesus saves mankind being the savior over sin, death, Satan and hell. Mark ends this book in showing how often America looks for other saviors. These act as little saviors, food savior, look savior, happy savior but need seem to grasp the importance of the Savior. America will often find anything they can to save people from what they fear or dislike. What is often sad is that many never come to seeing the Savior Jesus Christ who can save mankind for all they need.

Chapter 11- what difference has Jesus made in History?

Mark here proves that there is no greater one person that has live and impacted the culture, than Jesus Christ. No one man has ever changed history during their time and impacted all of history, this is what Mark shows. Mark gives many quotes from what history and popular people of today’s culture of what other think of this Jesus. Mark goes through different areas of culture like; children, women, mercy, salves, education, America, science, economics, medicine, art, charity and atrocities to show how Christ has impacted them. I would say that this chapter should be a must read to see the things that often pass through the believer’s mind in how they live and what they live around. It important to think, how Christ impacted the areas of his culture and time so that we as Christians, “mini-christs’” can do the same. The believer should try as much as possible in not leaving their own legacy like that of Christ, but leaving a legacy for Christ.

Chapters 12- what will Jesus do upon his return?

With the till of the chapter, Mark address how great the glorious return of Christ shall be, what Jesus is coming to do, and most of all my favorite section in this chapter, Christ making all things new. As believer’s we should often take the time to think and dwell upon how Christ one day will make all things new and then only we can enjoy Him for who is truly is in perfect worship and communion forever. Mark in ending his book addresses one ending question that I found important.

“How should we live until Jesus returns?” Jimmy Carter once said, “We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.”

This is important in making the Gospel glorious for the believer’s own life. When the believer sees the coming Christ they will see the supremacy of Christ over all things. May you as well enjoy Christ, but enjoy his coming more and more everyday that you live on earth.