I began reading the gospel according to Mark about a week ago. The first night I came to this verse.
What a powerful statement!
The time is fulfilled. What time??
Several hundred years before this day Daniel had received a word from God which contained one of the most amazing prophecies in the entire Bible:
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Daniel 9:24-25
This is what Jesus is referring to, the time is fulfilled. Amen!
I believe this is one of the purposes for the book of Ezra. This is God’s marker for when the Jews could start counting. I remember when my pastor began teaching the book of Ezra. He didn’t mention this and after the service I asked him about this. He said he would look into it. I think I missed the next couple of services, so I probably missed his comments. But this is so powerful:
Daniel – 483 years after the command to rebuild Jerusalem Messiah shall appear.
Ezra – start counting
Jesus – the time is fulfilled
The time is fulfilled. Jesus is the Messiah. The kingdom of God has come. This is the gospel. I believe in Jesus!
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