We think of Him, who in willing obedience to the Father came to earth to die.
The Son of God who was there in eternity past left it all for us that we might be enriched.
Made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, ( he emptied himself), and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, ( his own creation), he humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
It does not end here…
But we see Jesus who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
In western art the four evangelists were represented by symbols originate from the four living creatures in the Book of Ezekiel chapter 1 and the book of Revelation. This is called in Christian art iconography. Iconography studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images. The four are symbolically embodied by the four Seraphims commonly found in Romanesque Art.
Mark is the shortest of the four gospels. John Mark uses concise and active language to tell his story of the life of Jesus.
This book is considered the oldest of the four synoptic gospels written between 60 and 80 CE ( current era).
The Gospels are called Synoptic Gospels because they tell something in a similar way.
It is believed that the audience he wrote to was for the Gentiles.
Written by John Mark who was a follower of Peter and what scholars call an apostolic man.
The gospel writers are called “evangelists” as people who proclaim the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Most chapters or sentences begin with the word “and” but the Greek word “euthus” is translated as “immediately” or “then” is used 46 times.
The book jumps right into Jesus’ acts by omitting his birth and leaping straight to his baptism and ministry. He is the Servant of God, doing the work the Father sent him here to do meanwhile, he is also the lowly man performing deeds for his people. He brought himself down, making “himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man” to understand us, to feel and be a part of us. – post #96
There is much in his name. In his name there is power, there is life, there is love, there is fullness of joy. As the Proverbs of King David wrote so long ago, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and is safe.”
His name shows the richness of his character, the manifestation of his person, and the greatness of his divine being.
In the New Testament of the Bible, there are two names given to the son of God aside from his numerous titles. It is these names that announce his salvific properties. The purpose of him coming into the world is to seek and to save those who are lost. These names are Jesus and Emmanuel.
Today, glimpse the beauty of that name Jesus.
In Matthew 1 verse 2, the angel of the Lord came to Joseph, the earthly father saying, “thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. (Salvific attributes) Then to Mary, the earthly mother, the angel said to her, “ thou shall conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. The angel goes on to say, Jesus shall be great and shall be called the son of the Highest…and of his kingdom there shall be no end, echoing the book of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 9 verse 7. Here we are reminded of the fact that the old testament writings are mere shadows of the new testament and the life of the coming King.
The new testament though written in Greek, the name Jesus is the transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua into Greek then changed into English. He is the savior so there is a fullness in his name.
(A transliteration is a conversion of a text from one script to another by swapping of letters of the first text into another similar-sounding text of another alphabet.)
The book of Luke in the new testament is the third gospel and also begins differently. Written by Luke who was a physician and possibly a Gentile, around AD 60 to 61 and some say possibly as far as AD70. Luke was not one of the original twelve disciples but was a follower of Jesus Christ.
This book as well as the book of Acts both begin with a preface addressed to Theophilus ( in Greek means friend of God). It is a record of the life and ministry of Jesus. Luke gives a detailed account of the genealogy of Jesus, unlike Matthew who gave a lineage through Joseph his earthly father, but through the virgin Mary the mother of Jesus emphasizing the important fact that he was born of a woman and was made flesh. A human body was prepared for him (Hebrews 10 verse 5), he was man, sin apart.
It was in that same body wherein he died, was in the tomb, and God well pleased with him raised him in that same body from the grave and seated him at His right hand in heaven. We can therefore say he has taken manhood into the Glory.
Luke being a gentile presents the gospel for everyone. Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah for the Jewish race and Mark presents him as a servant, Jesus came to seek and save anyone regardless of occupation or social status. He is the savior for everyone.
(reference: 2 Timothy 3 verse 16, 2 Peter 1 verse 21, and Luke 19 verse 10)
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