In a chaotic world, life can feel out of control. Jesus faced this in the days leading up to His crucifixion, knowing His closest friends would betray and abandon Him. Yet, in the face of chaos, Jesus remained in control. Like Jesus, when we know that God is in control of our past, present, and future, we can respond rightly in a chaotic world
Commentators have called Mark 13 “one of the most perplexing chapters in the Bible.”Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and unravels His disciples’ question concerning the sign and timing of Jerusalem’s destruction and the end of the age.
Mark contrasts two teaching scenes- in one, Jesus warns the crowd against false faith, and in the second, commends to His disciples an example of true faith displayed through a widow’s desperate dependence on God.
In Christ, God might be the God of all comfort, but we must be careful that we never allow ourselves to grow comfortable with the Son of God!
In Mark 12:28-34, we have a unique encounter with a Jewish scribe. We can have a confident hope that we are citizens of the kingdom as we continually look to and follow our king.