The Marcan Jesus participates in the kyricentricity of Israel\u2019s God. He is identified as a pre-existent heavenly figure who has come to earth, who carries divine authority, who embodies royal and priestly roles; and in his person, words, and deeds he manifests the holy presence, the redemptive purposes, and the cosmic power of the Lord of Israel.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nVery little\u00a0of that comes explicitly from Mark, and the statement that Mark identifies Jesus as a pre-existent heavenly figure who has come to earth is simply false.<\/p>\n
I hope that Mike will\u00a0offer some explanation of why he reads Mark the way that he does.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Bird posted this on his blog, offering it as a summary of Mark\u2019s Christology: The Marcan Jesus participates in the kyricentricity of Israel\u2019s God. He is identified as a pre-existent heavenly figure who has come to earth, who carries divine authority, who embodies royal and priestly roles; and in his person, words, and deeds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":19992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,33],"tags":[1858,2750,4100,7417,9419],"class_list":["post-33119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christology","category-gospel-of-mark","tag-christology","tag-divinity","tag-gospel-of-mark","tag-mike-bird","tag-pre-existence"],"yoast_head":"\n
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