Comments on: A Sermon Idea for Easter?

By: Hank

Hank — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:28:28 +0000

John,

The idea of Pater tearing the veil like someone tearing his garments in his grief is very interesting. I wouldn’t try to incorporate ho logos tabernacling because that wasn’t in Mark’s mind. That is part of John’s theology, not Mark’s (though I’m not saying that Mark disagreed with that Christology).

Peter,
I definitely agree that Paul did not distinguish the death and resurrection in his gospel presentation. But in his writings, the death of Christ takes center stage, especially in the epistle to the Romans which Mark had direct access to. I would agree that the rending of the veil did put an end to the Levitical priesthood in some sense, though I believe the AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem stated this in its fullest extent.

By: Peter Smythe

Peter Smythe — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:18:58 +0000

“He emphasizes the cross, like Paul does, in his Christology.”

I refer you to 1 Corinthians 15.13-17 . Paul’s “word of the cross” necessarily includes the resurrection. I suggest that the tearing of the temple veil marked the end of the Levitical priesthood.

By: James Snapp, Jr.

James Snapp, Jr. — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:37:40 +0000

That’s an interesting angle. You could, perhaps, expand it to include John’s picture of the Word tabernacling (a la Jn. 1:14 ) among us. I’ve preached on the torn-veil passage with a different focus, picturing the Father tearing His clothes — the veil of the temple being the closest thing He had — to express His grief.

Regarding Mark 16:9-20 , you may want to visit my multi-part presentation at http://www.curtisvillechristian.org/MarkOne.html for evidence that these 12 verses were in the Gospel of Mark when it was first disseminated for church-use.

By: Theology for the Masses » Blog Archive » Revisiting the torn curtain in Mark

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:29:57 +0000

[...] I blogged over at Think Wink about the symbolism in Mark’s imagery of the torn veil in Mark 15:37-38 . I pray you are as blessed by this new (or for some of you of you not so new) approach to understanding this imagery. You can read it here, A Sermon Idea for Easter? [...]