Mark 1:14,15

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

For John it was the time had to die.

At last the time had come for Yeshu;  it was time to preach the gospel.

For the Galileans and for all mankind – for us too – the time had come. For what?  To believe and to receive the king.

Who is this king? (Read on)

Mark 1:12,13

The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Commissioned by the Holy Spirit as the only man – for there was none other –  fit to pay on behalf of all other humans the punishment for their bad karma, Yeshu must now face up to that test; what immense suffering he the Mashiga must undergo!

He is alone, vulnerable and hungry.

‘Look after yourself; you have the power,’ urges Satan. ‘It is not to be that way,’ says Yeshu.

And God looked after him.

Mark 1:9-11

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

For some days Yeshu had walked from his village home in the north of Israel. He was just a carpenter, and – as people thought – the first-born son of a carpenter.

But the voice of God declared, ‘My first-born Son, my Beloved, that is who you are; the One favored for completion of my work.’