Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What Does “Rise from the Dead” Mean for Us Today? Mark 9:9–13
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- 1:019:13
- 1:02from
- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
- 1:04coming
- 1:04down
- 1:04the
- 1:04mountain,
- 1:05Jesus
- 1:05swore
- 1:06them
- 1:06to
- 1:06secrecy.
- 1:08Don't
- 1:08tell
- 1:08a
- 1:08soul
- 1:09what
- 1:09you
- 1:09saw.
- 1:10After
- 1:10the
- 1:11Son
- 1:11of
- 1:11Man
- 1:11rises
- 1:12from
- 1:12the
- 1:12dead,
- 1:12you're
- 1:13free
- 1:13to
- 1:13talk.
- 1:14They
- 1:14puzzled
- 1:15over
- 1:15that
- 1:15wondering
- 1:16what
- 1:16on
- 1:16earth
- 1:17rising
- 1:17from
- 1:18the
- 1:18dead
- 1:18meant.
- 1:20Meanwhile,
- 1:21they
- 1:21were
- 1:21asking,
- 1:22why
- 1:22do
- 1:22the
- 1:22religion
- 1:23scholars
- 1:23say
- 1:24that
- 1:24Elijah
- 1:25has
- 1:25to
- 1:25come
- 1:25first?
- 1:27Jesus
- 1:28replied,
- 1:29elijah
- 1:30does
- 1:30come
- 1:30first
- 1:30and
- 1:31get
- 1:31everything
- 1:31ready
- 1:32for
- 1:32the
- 1:32coming
- 1:33of
- 1:33the
- 1:33Son
- 1:33of
- 1:33Man.
- 1:35They
- 1:35treated
- 1:36this
- 1:36Elijah
- 1:36like
- 1:37dirt,
- 1:37much
- 1:38like
- 1:38they
- 1:38will
- 1:38treat
- 1:39the
- 1:39Son
- 1:39of
- 1:39Man
- 1:40who
- 1:40will,
- 1:40according
- 1:41to
- 1:41scripture,
- 1:42suffer
- 1:42terribly
- 1:44and
- 1:44be
- 1:44kicked
- 1:44around
- 1:46contemptibly.
- 1:49Well,
- 1:49that
- 1:50ends
- 1:50this
- 1:50reading.
- 1:51Friends,
- 1:51thank
- 1:51you
- 1:51for
- 1:51spending
- 1:52some
- 1:53time
- 1:53with
- 1:53me
- 1:54here
- 1:54as
- 1:54we
- 1:55contemplate
- 1:55this
- 1:56passage
- 1:58of
- 1:59scripture.
- 1:59It's
- 2:01this
- 2:01comes
- 2:01right
- 2:01after
- 2:02a
- 2:02mountaintop
- 2:02experience
- 2:03when
- 2:03Jesus
- 2:03tell
- 2:03the
- 2:04disciples
- 2:04to
- 2:05keep
- 2:05quiet
- 2:06until
- 2:07the
- 2:07Son
- 2:07of
- 2:07Man
- 2:07raises
- 2:08or
- 2:08rises
- 2:08from
- 2:08the
- 2:08dead.
- 2:09And
- 2:09they're
- 2:09kind
- 2:09of
- 2:09puzzled
- 2:10like
- 2:12honestly,
- 2:13I
- 2:13am
- 2:13too,
- 2:13a
- 2:13little
- 2:13bit.
- 2:14And
- 2:15that's
- 2:15kind
- 2:15of
- 2:15the
- 2:16kind
- 2:16of
- 2:16the
- 2:16point
- 2:17about
- 2:17this.
- 2:18And
- 2:19see,
- 2:20they
- 2:21have
- 2:21a
- 2:21wonder,
- 2:21they
- 2:22have
- 2:22a
- 2:22curiosity
- 2:23to
- 2:23have
- 2:23a
- 2:23kind
- 2:24of
- 2:24awe
- 2:24factor
- 2:25about
- 2:25what
- 2:26this
- 2:26even
- 2:26means.
- 2:26And
- 2:27they
- 2:27ask
- 2:27about
- 2:27Elijah
- 2:28coming.
- 2:28And
- 2:29Jesus
- 2:29said,
- 2:29eliza,
- 2:30Elijah,
- 2:30this
- 2:31comes
- 2:31and
- 2:31prepared
- 2:31and
- 2:32was
- 2:32treated
- 2:32like
- 2:32dirt
- 2:34just
- 2:34like
- 2:34the
- 2:34Son
- 2:34of
- 2:35Man
- 2:35would
- 2:35be
- 2:35treated.
- 2:37Lots
- 2:38of
- 2:38interesting
- 2:38things
- 2:38here.
- 2:38So
- 2:39let's
- 2:39get
- 2:39into
- 2:39some
- 2:39points
- 2:39to
- 2:40ponder
- 2:41some
- 2:41teaching
- 2:41points
- 2:42from
- 2:42the
- 2:43progressive
- 2:43point
- 2:43of
- 2:44view.
- 2:45The
- 2:45first
- 2:46is
- 2:46this.
- 2:46Don't
- 2:46rush
- 2:46the
- 2:47mystery.
- 2:48Let
- 2:48truth
- 2:50ripen.
- 2:52The
- 2:52disciples
- 2:53want
- 2:53some
- 2:53instant
- 2:54clarity
- 2:54and
- 2:54many
- 2:55times
- 2:55I
- 2:55do
- 2:55too
- 2:56as
- 2:56well.
- 2:56But
- 2:57Jesus
- 2:57is
- 2:57not
- 2:58going
- 2:58there.
- 2:59Jesus
- 2:59is
- 3:00not
- 3:00yet
- 3:01in
- 3:01a
- 3:01culture
- 3:02addicted
- 3:02to
- 3:02hot
- 3:03takes
- 3:03and
- 3:03easy
- 3:03answers.
- 3:05A
- 3:05progressive
- 3:05reading
- 3:06of
- 3:06this
- 3:06scripture
- 3:07honors
- 3:08development,
- 3:10maturing,
- 3:11ripening
- 3:12as
- 3:12it
- 3:12were,
- 3:12as
- 3:13a
- 3:13process,
- 3:14especially
- 3:15for
- 3:15those
- 3:16whose
- 3:17faith
- 3:17has
- 3:18been
- 3:18harmed
- 3:19by
- 3:20quick
- 3:20certainties.
- 3:23Rising
- 3:23from
- 3:24the
- 3:24dead,
- 3:24it
- 3:24says,
- 3:25isn't
- 3:26just
- 3:26a
- 3:27future
- 3:27headline.
- 3:27It's
- 3:28a
- 3:28mystery
- 3:29that
- 3:29only
- 3:29makes
- 3:29sense
- 3:30after
- 3:30you
- 3:31have
- 3:31to
- 3:31go
- 3:31through
- 3:32the
- 3:32walkthrough
- 3:33of
- 3:33suffering,
- 3:34solidarity
- 3:35and
- 3:35love
- 3:35in
- 3:35action.
- 3:37Sometimes
- 3:38when
- 3:38I
- 3:38hang
- 3:38out
- 3:38with
- 3:38my
- 3:38granddaughters,
- 3:39they
- 3:39remind
- 3:39me
- 3:39of
- 3:39this,
- 3:40that
- 3:40growth
- 3:40happens
- 3:41when
- 3:41you
- 3:42pay
- 3:42attention
- 3:43and
- 3:43when
- 3:43you
- 3:43grow,
- 3:44when
- 3:44you
- 3:44have
- 3:44laughter
- 3:44and
- 3:45you
- 3:45have
- 3:45tears
- 3:45and
- 3:45you
- 3:45have
- 3:46stumbling
- 3:46and
- 3:47you
- 3:47have
- 3:47issues
- 3:49that
- 3:50come
- 3:50with
- 3:50growth
- 3:51and
- 3:52you
- 3:52don't
- 3:52want
- 3:52to
- 3:52hurry
- 3:53growth.
- 3:53You
- 3:54don't
- 3:54want
- 3:54to
- 3:54stunt
- 3:54growth
- 3:54either.
- 3:56And
- 3:56sometimes
- 3:56when
- 3:56we
- 3:57ask
- 3:57why
- 3:57and
- 3:57keep
- 3:58trying
- 3:58again,
- 3:59faith
- 4:00works
- 4:00like
- 4:00that.
- 4:00It's
- 4:01kind
- 4:01of
- 4:01a
- 4:02two
- 4:02steps
- 4:02forward,
- 4:02one
- 4:03step
- 4:03back
- 4:03type
- 4:03of
- 4:04thing.
- 4:04It's
- 4:05slow,
- 4:06relational
- 4:07and
- 4:07embodied.
- 4:09A
- 4:09second
- 4:09point
- 4:10to
- 4:10ponder.
- 4:12God
- 4:12shows
- 4:13up
- 4:13with
- 4:14those
- 4:14who
- 4:14are
- 4:14treated
- 4:17like
- 4:17dirt.
- 4:19Jesus
- 4:20connects
- 4:20himself
- 4:21with
- 4:21Elijah,
- 4:23the
- 4:23prophet
- 4:23who
- 4:23confronts
- 4:24power.
- 4:25It
- 4:25names
- 4:26how
- 4:26both
- 4:27Elijah
- 4:28and
- 4:28Jesus
- 4:28as
- 4:28the
- 4:29son
- 4:29of
- 4:29man
- 4:29are
- 4:29mistreated.
- 4:31Resurrection
- 4:31hope
- 4:32is
- 4:32inseparable
- 4:33from
- 4:33God's
- 4:34preferential
- 4:35presence
- 4:36with
- 4:36people
- 4:36pushed
- 4:37to
- 4:37the
- 4:37margins.
- 4:38A
- 4:39progressive
- 4:39understanding
- 4:40of
- 4:40this
- 4:40says
- 4:41watch
- 4:42where
- 4:42contempt
- 4:43is
- 4:43flowing.
- 4:44God
- 4:44is
- 4:45already
- 4:45there.
- 4:46If
- 4:46our
- 4:47mountaintop
- 4:48spirituality
- 4:48doesn't
- 4:49lead
- 4:49us
- 4:50down
- 4:50into
- 4:50the
- 4:50valley
- 4:51to
- 4:51listen
- 4:52to
- 4:52those
- 4:52who've
- 4:52been
- 4:53silenced,
- 4:53we've
- 4:53missed
- 4:54Jesus's
- 4:55root.
- 4:56In
- 4:57my
- 4:57cancer
- 4:57coping
- 4:58community
- 4:58that
- 4:58I
- 4:58work
- 4:59with,
- 4:59I've
- 4:59learned
- 4:59that
- 4:59hope
- 5:00isn't
- 5:01always
- 5:01a
- 5:02positive
- 5:02spin.
- 5:04It's
- 5:04fierce
- 5:05companionship.
- 5:07That's
- 5:07the
- 5:07soil
- 5:08where
- 5:08resurrection
- 5:09takes
- 5:10root.
- 5:12A
- 5:12third
- 5:12point
- 5:12to
- 5:13ponder.
- 5:13Preparation
- 5:15is
- 5:16different
- 5:16than
- 5:16spectacle.
- 5:17Its
- 5:18repair.
- 5:20Preparation
- 5:21does
- 5:21not
- 5:21equal
- 5:22spectacle.
- 5:22It's
- 5:23repair.
- 5:24Elijah
- 5:25comes
- 5:25first
- 5:25and
- 5:26gets
- 5:26everything
- 5:26ready
- 5:26is
- 5:27what
- 5:27it
- 5:27says.
- 5:27That's
- 5:27the
- 5:28preparation
- 5:28piece.
- 5:29And
- 5:29Jesus
- 5:30framing
- 5:31it
- 5:31isn't
- 5:31hype.
- 5:32It's
- 5:33repair,
- 5:34truth
- 5:35telling,
- 5:36lament,
- 5:37reweaving
- 5:38of
- 5:38community
- 5:40for
- 5:40the
- 5:40church
- 5:41today.
- 5:42Sometimes
- 5:42it
- 5:42looks
- 5:43like
- 5:44decentering
- 5:46or
- 5:46making
- 5:46amends
- 5:47and
- 5:47redistributing
- 5:48attention
- 5:49and
- 5:49resources
- 5:49toward
- 5:50justice.
- 5:52Sometimes
- 5:52I
- 5:52think
- 5:52about
- 5:53when
- 5:53my
- 5:53wife
- 5:53and
- 5:53I
- 5:53go
- 5:53hiking
- 5:54on
- 5:54the
- 5:54wooded
- 5:54trail
- 5:55and
- 5:55the
- 5:55trail
- 5:56looks
- 5:56different.
- 5:56And
- 5:57when
- 5:57you
- 5:57pay
- 5:57attention
- 5:58to
- 5:58the
- 5:59markers
- 5:59and
- 5:59to
- 6:00the
- 6:00trees
- 6:00and
- 6:00to
- 6:01the
- 6:01small
- 6:01details
- 6:03and
- 6:03you
- 6:03take
- 6:03care
- 6:03of
- 6:04the
- 6:04path.
- 6:05Faith
- 6:06and
- 6:06trail
- 6:06maintenance
- 6:07means
- 6:08quiet,
- 6:09consistent,
- 6:10restorative
- 6:12attention.
- 6:13Same
- 6:14thing
- 6:14we
- 6:14do
- 6:14in
- 6:14our
- 6:15in
- 6:16our
- 6:16walk
- 6:16of
- 6:17faith.
- 6:18That's
- 6:18what
- 6:18makes
- 6:18resurrection
- 6:20credible,
- 6:21not
- 6:21just
- 6:22imaginable.
- 6:24Let's
- 6:24talk
- 6:25about
- 6:25an
- 6:25actions
- 6:25tip.
- 6:26Practice
- 6:27resurrection
- 6:27by
- 6:28amplifying
- 6:28a
- 6:29silenced
- 6:29voice.
- 6:31Choose
- 6:31one
- 6:31person
- 6:32or
- 6:32a
- 6:32community
- 6:32that's
- 6:33treated
- 6:33like
- 6:33dirt.
- 6:35I
- 6:35bet
- 6:35you
- 6:35got
- 6:35somebody
- 6:36in
- 6:36mind,
- 6:36either
- 6:37in
- 6:37your
- 6:37family
- 6:37or
- 6:38locally
- 6:38in
- 6:38your
- 6:38community.
- 6:39Or
- 6:39online.
- 6:41It
- 6:41could
- 6:41be
- 6:42survivors,
- 6:42it
- 6:43could
- 6:43be
- 6:45immigrants,
- 6:46it
- 6:46could
- 6:47be
- 6:47disabled
- 6:48people,
- 6:48it
- 6:49could
- 6:49be
- 6:49queer
- 6:49folk,
- 6:51immigrants,
- 6:51the
- 6:52unhoused
- 6:53people
- 6:53facing
- 6:54medical
- 6:54problems.
- 6:54There's
- 6:55any
- 6:55number
- 6:55of
- 6:55people
- 6:57you
- 6:57know
- 6:57what
- 6:57I'm
- 6:57talking
- 6:58about
- 6:58and
- 6:58do
- 6:58some
- 6:58concrete
- 6:59thing,
- 7:00show
- 7:01up
- 7:01in
- 7:01their
- 7:01life.
- 7:02Be
- 7:03helpful.
- 7:04Maybe
- 7:04it's
- 7:05at
- 7:05a
- 7:05community
- 7:05meeting,
- 7:06maybe
- 7:06it's
- 7:06donating
- 7:07money,
- 7:07maybe
- 7:08it's
- 7:08sharing
- 7:08a
- 7:08volunteer
- 7:09time.
- 7:10Maybe
- 7:10subscribe
- 7:12to
- 7:12their
- 7:12newsletters
- 7:13or
- 7:14share
- 7:14work
- 7:14together
- 7:15or
- 7:15write
- 7:16in
- 7:16your
- 7:16representative
- 7:17or
- 7:18extend
- 7:18a
- 7:18practical
- 7:19gift
- 7:19like
- 7:19a
- 7:19ride
- 7:19or
- 7:20a
- 7:20meal
- 7:20or
- 7:20childcare.
- 7:22Then
- 7:23tell
- 7:23a
- 7:23trusted
- 7:23friend
- 7:24about
- 7:24it
- 7:24and
- 7:24what
- 7:25you
- 7:25did
- 7:25and
- 7:25why.
- 7:26Not
- 7:26about
- 7:26bragging,
- 7:27but
- 7:27about
- 7:27accountability
- 7:29and
- 7:30make
- 7:30this
- 7:30a
- 7:30habit
- 7:30in
- 7:31your
- 7:31life.
- 7:32We'll
- 7:33come
- 7:33back
- 7:33and
- 7:33have
- 7:33a
- 7:33prayer
- 7:34in
- 7:34just
- 7:34a
- 7:34minute.
- 7:35Just
- 7:35want
- 7:35you
- 7:35to
- 7:35know
- 7:35we've
- 7:36got
- 7:36a
- 7:36resource
- 7:36as
- 7:37a
- 7:37gift.
- 7:37Our
- 7:37gift
- 7:37to
- 7:37you.
- 7:38It's
- 7:38called
- 7:38the
- 7:39ABC
- 7:391,
- 7:392,
- 7:403
- 7:40Bible
- 7:40Study
- 7:40Method.
- 7:41Invite
- 7:42you
- 7:42to
- 7:42go
- 7:42to
- 7:42our
- 7:42website
- 7:43voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:45that's
- 7:45where
- 7:45you
- 7:45can
- 7:45get
- 7:45it.
- 7:46It's
- 7:46free.
- 7:47Let's
- 7:47pray.
- 7:48God
- 7:48of
- 7:49valleys
- 7:49and
- 7:49mountaintops,
- 7:51you
- 7:51know
- 7:51that
- 7:52I
- 7:53don't
- 7:53have
- 7:53all
- 7:53the
- 7:53answers
- 7:54and
- 7:54that's
- 7:54okay.
- 7:55Teach
- 7:55me
- 7:56to
- 7:56trust
- 7:56truth
- 7:57that
- 7:57ripens
- 7:57in
- 7:58your
- 7:58time.
- 7:58Turn
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