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Mark has written a remarkable Gospel. Deceptively simple on the surface, its mystery and ambiguity have intrigued and challenged scholar and lay reader alike. Through veiled clues, controlled word usage and carefully contrived ambiguity, Mark embeds profound theological reflections in the stories he tells. The eschatological discourse (Mark 13) is a prime example. Modern scholars have attempted in vain to eliminate the ambiguities of Mark 13. Does Mark expect the End to come very soon? What is the relationship between the Fall of the Temple and the End of the Age? But the evidence...

"Watch out Rome, the Christians are coming Your powerful armies, your so-called Pax Romana - these are no match for the power of love and self-sacrifice that Jesus unleashed when he came to bring God's salvation, establish God's reign, and send his followers into the world to proclaim and to embody the greatest news the world has ever known. No earthly kingdom can stand in the face of such good news."

So we might summarize the message of Luke's Gospel. It is a message that spreads hope, that transforms life. And it speaks as powerfully to the downtrodden, to the empires,...