Beginning of the Good News
The promised Kingdom of God arrived in the ministry of Jesus the Messiah, commencing with his baptism – Mark 1:1-3. The Gospel of Mark opens with a declaration combining passages from the Hebrew Bible, thereby providing the scriptural basis for the ministry of John the Baptist and setting the stage for Christ’s mission. Mark begins on a note of fulfillment . The Man from Nazareth was the Messiah of Israel, the “ Good News which God promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures ” - (Romans 1:1).