Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 90, March 31 )

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Passage
Mark Chapter Sixteen

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

• Mark 16 (cross referenced with Matthew 28 and Luke 24)
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  • Mk 16:1-8 Mary, Mary and Salome at the Tomb
    • Mk 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him. ² Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at sunrise. 
    • They got there, and the stone was moved
    • a young was there in the tomb, they were alarmed
    • Mk 16⁶ “Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him. ⁷ But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there just as He told you.’”
    • Mk 16⁸ So they went out and started running from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.
    • THEY SAID NOTHING????
  • Mk 16:9-11 Mary Magdalene meets Jesus
    • Mk 16⁹ Early on the first day of the week, after He had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ Yet, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.
  • Mk 16:12-13 Men on a country road meet Jesus
    • Mk 16¹² Then after this, He appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country. ¹³ And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.
  • Mk 16:14 Jesus Appeared to the Eleven
    • Mk 16¹⁴ Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.
  • Mk 16:15 Great Commission
    • Mk 16¹⁵ Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
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  • Mk 16:16-18 The Christian Life Evidenced
    • Mk 16¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 
      • John 3¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
      • John 3¹⁸ “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
    • ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 
    • ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes;^[b] if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”
  • Mk 16:19 Jesus Ascends
    • Mk 16¹⁹ Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Mk 16:20 The Apostles’ Ministry Walk
    • Mk 16²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.

More discussion about these stories in Mindfully Meditating in Matthew Chapter 28.

A good place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Mark 16:16
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• Mk 16¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 
• WHOEVER believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• Whoever BELIEVES and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

The Easter Song – Keith Green

Then Came the Morning – Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris

Was It a Morning Like This? – Sandi Patty

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.  Some thoughts to dig deeper.

1. What are you going to do with Jesus Resurrected?
   1. Answers in Genesis discusses infallible proofs.
   2. Crossway discusses this from various other scholars.
   3. ReasonstoBelieve discusses a dozen proofs.

Choose to Believe!

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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