April 11, 2021 - Mark’s Good News about Jesus – Shouting and Salvation

 

Shouting and Salvation

Joshua 6:6-16 - New International Version (NIV)

⁶ So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” ⁷ And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

⁸ When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. ⁹ The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. ¹⁰ But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!” ¹¹ So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

¹² Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. ¹³ The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. ¹⁴ So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

¹⁵ On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. ¹⁶ The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! 

What are the priests to do (verse 6)?

Where is the army to march (verse 7)?

What went ahead of the ark (verse 8)?

When did the trumpets sound (verse 9)?

In your opinion, why was the army not to “give a war cry” or raise their voices or say a work (verse 10)?

How many times did the ark circle the city (verse 11)?

When did Joshua get up (verse 12)?

How many days did the ark circle the city once (verse 14)?

How many times did the ark circle the city on the seventh day (verse 15)?

What did Joshua command the army (verse 16)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Mark 10:46-52 - New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁶ Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. ⁴⁷ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸ Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ⁵⁰ Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

⁵¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

⁵² “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

What was Bartimaeus doing as Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho (verse 46)?

When did he begin to shout “Jesus, Son of David” have mercy on me” (verse 47)?

In your opinion, why did people rebuke him and tell him to be quiet (verse 48)?

How did Jesus respond (verse 49)?

What did Bartimaeus do (verse 50)?

In your opinion, why did Jesus ask “what do you want me to do for you” (verse 51)?

How did the blind man answer (verse 51)?

What did Jesus say (verse 52)?

What did Bartimaeus do after he received his sight (verse 52)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how are the shouting of the army around Jericho in Joshua 6:6-16 and Bartimaeus shouting as Jesus was leaving Jericho in Mark 10:46-52 similar? 

Acts 23:6-11 – New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.” ⁷ When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. ⁸ (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)

⁹ There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. “We find nothing wrong with this man,” they said. “What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” ¹⁰ The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.

¹¹ The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

What did Paul know about the people (verse 6)?

Why did Paul say he was standing on trial (verse 6)?

What broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees (verse 7)?

Who believed “that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits” (verse 8)?

Who argued “we find nothing wrong with this man” (verse 9)? 

What was the commander afraid of (verse 10)?

Who told Paul to “take courage” (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what is similar between Joshua having the ark circle the city of Jericho in Joshua 6:6-16 and Paul shouting “I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead” in Acts 23:6-11?

In your opinion, how is Bartimaeus crying “Jesus, Son of David” in Mark 10:46-52 similar to Paul crying out about “the hope of the resurrection of the dead” in Acts 23:6-11? 

In your opinion, how is Bartimaeus following Jesus at the end of Mark 10:46-52 and Paul testifying about Jesus in Jerusalem and Rome alike?

Revelation 7:9-14 – New International Version (NIV)

⁹ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”

¹¹ All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”

¹³ Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴ I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

Who was in the “great multitude that no one could count” (verse 9)?

What did they cry “out in a loud voice” (verse 10)?

What did the angels standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures do (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what does the first Amen mean (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what does the second Amen mean (verse 12)?

Who ask, “these in white robes-who are they and where did they come from” (verse 13)?

How did John answer (verse 14)?

Who are “these in white robes” (verses 14 and 15)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how are the shout of the army in Joshua 6:6-16 because “the Lord has given you the city” and the crying out with a loud voice that ““Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” by the people in white robes in Revelation 7:9-14 similar?

In your opinion, why would the call of Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52 “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me” have to proceed the call of those robed in white in Revelation 7:9-14 that “Salvation belongs to our God”? 

In your opinion, how might what Paul testified about the Lord in Jerusalem and in Rome according to Acts 23:6-11 and what the people in the white robes are testifying to in Revelation 7:9-14 be the same?  How might they be different?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Joshua, Mark, Acts and Revelation teach us about testifying for the Lord?

In your opinion, how can we testify to Jesus today?

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