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Equal Eimer Opportunity

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Kaitlyn Eimer

A few weeks ago, I told you about Molly Eimer, who recently left for a 9 month missions stint in the Philippines.

Her sister, Kaitlyn, (pictured above) has also recently left for a missions opportunity in Ethiopia.

Please continue to keep the Eimer family in your prayers, and especially the inimitable Eimer twins.

Glorious/Our God Reigns

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Psalm 66

1(A) Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
2sing the glory of his name;
(B) give to him glorious praise!
3Say to God,(C) “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies(D) come cringing to you.
4(E) All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you;
they sing praises to your name.”

Psalm 47:8 – God(L) reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9(M) The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For(N) the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!

Commentary on the Gospel of Mark – 1:2

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Dave Ferrier‘s most recent comment could not be more accurate.

Mark 1:2 (English Standard Version)2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,”Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,

The Gospel of Mark has its beginnings (see commentary on 1:1) in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Particularly in the Prophet Isaiah.

Isaiah’s relationship to Mark’s Gospel is real and thoroughgoing.

Here, Mark says that his Gospel (the Gospel about Jesus Messiah) actually began 700 years before Jesus was born.

The quotation that begins in 1:2 is actually a conglomeration of three different passages (Exodus, Isaiah & Malachi).

Isaiah has always enjoyed a place of prominence in the Prophets (the Nev’i'im), and so he is quoted as the source for all the info in 1:2,3.

The messenger who will prepare the way comes to us from the end of the last writing prophet in the OT, and represents the last word from God until John comes before Jesus.

His role as Eiijah is confirmed again and again in Mark’s Gospel both by Jesus and by the Gospel writer, Mark.

He will “prepare the way” for Messiah by encouraging repentance before the “great and awesome day of the LORD” (Malachi 4).

His preparative ministry in Mark 1 is exciting and compelling, as the verses which follow will demonstrate…