The religious wisdom of Jesus’ day demanded that a holly man keep away from various social outcasts, the “sinners.” So Jesus was bound to encounter resistance as he openly welcomed them.
Mark begins his Gospel by rooting it in God’s promises and actions in the past. He also introduces several important themes that will be developed throughout the rest of the book.
You can find many stories on the Internet or in the pages of church history about “prophets” who claimed to know when Jesus would return or when the end of the world would come. So far, they have all been wrong! God has revealed enough about the future so that we have confidence in his wisdom,