What kept Jesus busy during His three-year residency on
earth? Jesus’ schedule book must have
been full-packed with tons of activities (preemptive states not yet
included). And, oh! His scheduled
activities had been written way before He stepped on the planet Earth.
So again I ask: What kept Jesus busy on earth? According to
the book of Mark, I enumerate most, but not all, the following:
Mark 1: Jesus preaches in Galilee.
Jesus
teaches with great authority.
Jesus heals
Peter’s mother-in-law and many others.
Jesus heals
a man with leprosy.
Mark 2: Jesus heals a paralyzed man.
Jesus eats
with sinners at Matthew’s house.
Mark 3: Jesus heals a man’s hand on the Sabbath.
Jesus
describes His true family.
Mark 4: Jesus tells the parable of the four soils.
Jesus
explains the Parable of the four soils.
Jesus tells
the parable of the growing seed.
Jesus tells
the Parable of the mustard seed.
Jesus calms
the storm.
Mark 5: Jesus sends the demons into a herd of pigs.
Mark 6: Jesus sends out the twelve disciples.
Jesus feeds
five thousand.
Jesus walks
on water.
Jesus heals
all who touch him.
Mark 7: Jesus teaches about inner purity.
Jesus sends
a demon out of a girl.
Mark 8: Jesus feeds four thousand.
Jesus warns
against wrong teaching.
Jesus
restores sight to a blind man.
Jesus
predicts His death the first time.
Mark 9: Jesus is transfigured on the mountain.
Jesus heals
a demon-possessed boy.
Jesus
predicts His death the second time.
Jesus warns
against temptation.
Mark 10: Jesus teaches about marriage and divorce.
Jesus
blesses little children.
Jesus
predicts his death the third time.
Jesus
teaches about serving others.
Jesus heals
a blind beggar.
Mark 11: Jesus rides into Jerusalem
on a donkey.
Jesus
clears the temple again.
Mark 12: Jesus tells the parable of the wicked tenants.
Jesus warns
against the religious leaders.
Mark 13: Jesus tells about the future.
Jesus tells
about His return.
Jesus tells
about remaining watchful.
Mark 14: Jesus and the disciples have the last supper.
Jesus again
predicts Peter’s denial.
Mark 15: Jesus stands trial before Pilate.
Jesus is
led away to be crucified.
Jesus is
placed on the cross.
Jesus dies
on the cross.
Mark 16: Jesus rises from the dead.
Jesus
appears to Mary Magdalene.
Jesus
appears to two believers traveling on the road.
Jesus
appears to the disciples including Thomas.
Jesus gives
the great commission.
Jesus
ascends into heaven.
Busy as a bee was He! The list did not yet even include His
retreat and quiet time in the mountains.
Jesus didn’t attend any formal education in a prestigious school, yet He
was a teacher, preacher, physician, story teller, lifeguard, nutritionist,
prophet, public speaker, deliverer, and a lot more. Bust best of all, Jesus is the Savior of all
mankind (the highlight of His itinerary), and He ended His earthly activities
by giving the great commission.
He multitasked and batch-processed (probably), yet He
reached out and touched lives in a personal level that those whom Jesus had
encountered were radically changed. Three
years? It was short, but greatly
significant. The gospel did not include ALL of Jesus’ activities in His ministry.
Why?
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” - John 21:25
Batch 2 of His schedule of activities coming very soon!!!
See the book of Revelation.
[Journal entry: July 5, 2012]
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