Mark 9: 1 Commentary

Even so come Lord Jesus!

Amen

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 4/7/2010 00:46 am

Jayant is correct when he says; “The kingdom of God is a very wide theme”. I believe the manifestation of the Kingdom of God in Power took many different forms. The Transfiguration was certainly one of them. But let’s not forget the power of the miracles: Water into wine; feeding the 5,ooo; raising Lazarus from the dead; healing diseases etc. And how about Palm Sunday- Jesus riding the donkey into Jerusalem and causing the entire city to quake! Even cleansing the temple was an expression of Kingdom power (no man spake like this man..).

But the fullness of the Kingdom is still to come and it will be nothing short of a literal invasion from outer space!

By Scott (wrote 496 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 4/6/2010 05:01 am

In the post # 5 on Matthew 24:34 Brother Atty. Aris Pestano has commented that the coming of the Kingdom of God in power has its fulfillment in the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of the Pentecost.

However, in the verse previous to Mark 9:1, that is in Mark 8: 28, the reference is about the coming of the Son of Man, not of the Holy Spirit. Luke is also on almost the same line (Luke 9:28-27), while Matthew clearly relates it to the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 16:28)

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 3/22/2010 03:43 am

Edurado, I am a Bible beleiving Christian. The word Catholic applies to the Church of Christ in all places. We all need to be part of the true Church of God. And you see it is very difficult to identify her.But we do well to base our faith on the Bible and be led into all truth by the Blessed Holy Spirit. Now a days we all have become protestants of one another on one point or the other!

Well, Peter, James and John all the three were on the Mount of Transfiguration. Peter wrote about it before he died. (1 Peter 1:16-18)James was the first to be killed after the day of Pentcost.( Acts 12:2) John too wrote about that glory (John 1:14)and lived longer till he show the Lord Jesus in His kingly glory (Revelation 1).But all the three died after they had seen the kingly vision of our Lord on the Mt. of Transfiguration.

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 3/16/2010 10:23 am

Ok, Jayant, it makes sense. John didn’t taste death before seeing the transfiguration, that is, Our Lord Jesus in His glory. About John on the island of Palmas, I don’t know this passage. To be honest, I have never heard about it, but I can understand: in Mark, 9:1, Jesus was referring to those scenes and others where His glory was visible to that generation. I’m satisfied with your explanation. But, finally, you didn’t say if you are catholic. Are you? I am and respect the protestants.

By Eduardo (wrote 30 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 3/16/2010 02:10 am

The kingdom of God is a very wide theme. Kingdom means a sphere where the king rules. So the kingdom of God means the rule of God in the given sphere. In it His authority is accepted and obeyed; where he is honored and his will is done. He is the sovereign king. It is also called the kingdom of heaven. In the Bible times, Israelites would not pronounce the name of God, even the word God itself. While addressing God they would use some other word as substitute. The prodigal son on his return to his father’s house told, “Father, I have sinned against the heaven and you” By the word heaven he meant God. Even the Jews of our time use the word “G-D” for “God” in their writing.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ starts with the proclamation, “Repent and believe the Gospel, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” (Mark 1:15). We are also enjoined to seek the Kingdom of God.

On the one hand we are told that the kingdom of God is abstract and not visible;
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you”.
On the other hand, we are also told that the Kingdom of God is at hand and that it is coming with glory. We are told to pray for the kingdom of God to come (Matthew 6:10). God is the creator of all, heaven and earth. Yet because of sin and Satan and man having come in subjection to Satan because of sin, we are told to pray that God’s name is honored, that His kingdom comes and that His will is done on earth. So the whole plan is redeeming that which was lost through the fall of man. God is working towards that only. It is being done on the basis of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, whereby people are redeemed and restored to God’s Rule.
The climax of it will be the second coming of our Lord Jesus in all His glory, when the Kingdom of this world will of Christ, the anointed king of God. Thus right now the kingdom is spreading inwardly in people through the repentance and remission of sins. We are also waiting when the king will come in all his glory.
Now let us turn to our question: In Matthew 16: 27 says,
“For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done”.
Jesus is talking about his coming in Father’s glory. He would come as King of Glory. It would be time to see the splendor of God’s kingdom visibly, in the revelation of the glorious king of the kingdom.
Then verse 28 reads, “I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Standing there in the group were Peter, Jacob and John who then witnessed well in advance on Mount of transfiguration the kingly glory of our Coming Lord. They saw the Lord Jesus in all His glory there, exactly what others would see when the Lord comes again. John even saw His glory on the island of Palmas!
This is how I understand the passage; others may have differing position.

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 3/15/2010 03:12 am

Jayant, about Mark, 13, it’s ok, but you didn’t reply what “Kingdom of God” exactly is (see Mark, 9-1). Do you believe it means the first impulse of the Church? If so, it finally makes sense to me. By the way, are you catholic?

By Eduardo (wrote 30 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 3/14/2010 05:42 am

In the Olivet discourse in Matthew 24, these were the questions the disciples had asked Jesus:

(a) When will this happen?: What is this “This”? Demolition of the Temple of Jerusalem.( Matthew 23:38, 24:3)
Scattering of Jews: Matthew 23:37; 24:9; Luke 21:20-24)
(b) What shall be the sign of your coming? (Matthew 23:39;24:29-30)
What shall be the sign of the end of the age? (Matthew 24:14,32)

Mark 9 is an altogether a different passage and it is not realted to what is said in matthew 24. In fact, the parrelel passage of Mt. 24 is Mark 13, not Mark 9. Mark 9 doesn’t say anything about the destruction of Jerusalem and demolition of the temple.It took place in AD 70, the fulfilled part of the prophesyin the olivet discourse. The coming of our Lord and the end of the age are now a matter of near future, as the sign of budding of the fig tree, resurgence of jerusalem is already there before our eyes!

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/28/2010 04:05 am

Please, Jason and Jayant Christinan, how about the connection to Matthew, 24:34? Jerusalem is not cited in Mark, 9:1. Both verses tell us about the end of the world, in my opinion, and inform that it would be still into that generation.

By Eduardo (wrote 30 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/27/2010 18:13 pm

Yes, Jesus said some of them would SEE the Kingdom of God. He didn’t necessarily say that the Kingdom of God would be set up on earth before some of them died.

By Jason (wrote 314 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/27/2010 06:50 am

Just after verse 1 in chapter 9, Mark relates transfiguartion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Peter, John and James were to see who Jesus really was, even before His resurrection! Can we not see the connection that Mark has put ere? Again, the disciples were also see the Lord Jesus after His resurrection. They also witness the power of the kingdom of God in the pouring of the Holy Spirit.(Acts 1;8, Roman 14:17)

By Jayant Christian (wrote 287 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/23/2010 10:03 am

I can’t understand that verse. When I read Matthew, 24:34, in the context the message is very clear, but, in despite of this, that generation passed (many centuries ago) and nothing happened (the second Jesus’s arrival, the end of the times and the final judgement). I am strongly religious, but, please, who can explain that? I expect serious commentaries about this important issue.
Thank you

By Eduardo (wrote 30 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 2/21/2010 15:15 pm