http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2008/06/04/mark-1314-20/ reading the bible as a community Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2008/06/04/mark-1314-20/#comment-2565 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:53:40 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2008/06/04/mark-1314-20/#comment-2565 This is one of those incredibly complicated passages that only begins to make sense (a bit) when you understand the kind of imagery and so on that the people Jesus spoke to were used to. It's using deliberately OTT ("apocalyptic") language and probably isn't referring to the end of the world, but rather to the end of the temple in Jerusalem. This is one of those incredibly complicated passages that only begins to make sense (a bit) when you understand the kind of imagery and so on that the people Jesus spoke to were used to. It’s using deliberately OTT (”apocalyptic”) language and probably isn’t referring to the end of the world, but rather to the end of the temple in Jerusalem.

]]> http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2008/06/04/mark-1314-20/#comment-2485 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:16:41 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2008/06/04/mark-1314-20/#comment-2485 I don't really understand this passage and I find it very unsettling. Is the monster of desecration satan? And why is everybody to run for the hills, not looking back? Is that about keeping focused on Jesus? I don’t really understand this passage and I find it very unsettling. Is the monster of desecration satan? And why is everybody to run for the hills, not looking back? Is that about keeping focused on Jesus?

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