Admittedly so its been years since I have really sat down to once again study the gospel of Mark. Those that know me, know that I'm an Old Testament geek. I love the history, I love the foretelling of what would come to fruition then watching it unfold in the New Testament. But I've committed to myself that I am going to work my way through Mark to once again live the life of Jesus as his ministry began. Mark is believed to be the very first of the disciples to put pen to paper on the beginning of Jesus ministry. Mark opens with "the beginning of the gospel" how else do you begin to even open a narrative to what you had walked beside, what you had lived with and what you had seen. I wonder how many pieces of parchment he tore up before he finally settled with "the beginning of the gospel". Mark begins by quoting Isaiah 40:3 "I will send MY messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way, a voice of one calling in the desert, prepare the way of ...