Notice as you read this section the number of times Jesus teaches. Mark's gospel is the action gospel and yet, it seems, the number one action of Jesus is seeing Him teach. Jesus reveals God by His words. Hold that thought for a moment.
In chapter 9 Jesus is transformed before Peter, James, and John and then tells them not to tell anyone what they have seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They had not yet accepted that Jesus would die, much less rise from the dead. So what was Jesus teaching them? Jesus was teaching them not to trust what they see, but to trust what He says which will then give meaning to what they see. If Jesus says, "Wait until this... before you start talking about that..." then He is teaching us about how we will understand "this." Later in the chapter (9:31-37) Jesus is teaching them this same lesson again.
Work through this section and note the teachings of Jesus concerning Himself. What is the number one thing we need to know and learn? Our number one need is to know Him and to learn of Him. Back to that thought; Knowing God is the result of hearing, seeing, and obeying Jesus.
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