Section 5
Mark doesn’t mess around. He tells us straight up who the hero of his gospel is: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. “Messiah” is another word for Christ. They both mean God’s anointed King, and in the first act of the story, Mark shows us that Jesus is God’s King and His beloved Son.
As Jesus starts His ministry, we’ll see He has the power to heal, to make us clean, and to forgive our sins. We’ll see that Jesus is the doctor we all need and the “husband” we all want. (Trust us: we know that second one sure sounds odd, but it’ll make more sense when we get there!)
At the end of Act 1, we’ll see that Mark is telling us that Jesus is the King and Lord. But we’ll soon find out that many people don’t want Jesus as their king.