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e have arrived at Mark’s final tory pivots, was first confirmed “to Mary
section. It has been our privi- Magdalene, from whom [the Lord] had
Wlege to trace the path of the cast out seven demons” (v9 ESV). Mary
Perfect Servant: His Identity (1:1-13), then became the first to carry the news of
Activity (1:14-8:21), Itinerary (8:22-10:52) the appearance of the risen Christ to oth-
and Destiny (11:1-16:20). ers, telling those who “had been with him,
His Conflict with the Jewish leaders is as they mourned and wept” (v10 ESV).
over (11:1-13:37); His Cross is past (14:1- No inventor of resurrection appear-
16:8). Mark now records His Commission ances would have made a woman the first
(16:9-20). witness to the risen Christ! Women’s testi-
Here we have the Lord’s Appearances mony was not regarded as dependable in
(vv9-14), Assignment (vv15-18) and As- first-century Israel. This has proven one of
cension (vv19-20). There is a noteworthy the greatest historical confirmations of the
emphasis on the themes of corroboration resurrection. Truly, “God hath chosen the
and belief. The gospel is corroborated by weak things of the world to confound …
Multiple Sightings of the Risen Lord (vv9-14) the mighty … that no flesh should glory
in his presence” (1Co 1:27-29).
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and by Miraculous Signs from the Ascended
Lord (vv17-20). The demand placed upon Then the Lord “appeared in another
the apostles, and upon all who hear their form unto two of them, as they walked,
testimony, is to believe (vv11,13,14,16,17). and went into the country” (v12). The full
story is recorded in Luke 24. These like-
The Appearances of the Lord wise rushed to tell the remaining disciples.
The third appearance recorded by Mark
(vv9-14) was “unto the eleven as they sat at meat”
The Lord “rose early on the first day (v14).
of the week,” commencing God’s resur- The repeated theme is that the eyewit-
rection program and becoming the head
of a new creation (1Co 15:20-28). This 1 Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV
stupendous event, upon which all of his- unless otherwise noted.

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