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Blind Beggar Boldly Beats Bandwagoners
July 12, 2017 at 1:03 pm | Posted in Mark | 2 CommentsTags: Barimaeus, Biblical paradoxes, blind Bartimaeus, commentary on Mark, Mark 10, miracles of Jesus, paradox, Sunday School lessons on Mark
In Mark Chapter 10 we have been identifying some paradoxical ideas that Jesus used in His teaching:
1. Two shall be one.
2. Adults shall be as little children.
3. The first shall be last.
4. Servants shall be rulers.
A fifth paradox found in Chapter 10 is: Beggars shall be rich.
Mark 10:46-48
When you read about “Blind Bartimaeus” there is a tendency to cheer for him the way you would cheer for the underdog in a sports movie like Rocky or Rudy, except in Bartimaeus’s case even the crowd was against him. Yet, despite all the odds, he wouldn’t give up.
Mark 10:49
Of course, once he did attract Jesus’s favorable attention, the crowd DID start to cheer for him. People are fickle – God is faithful.
All five of these paradoxes help to show how Jesus the Servant was paradoxically the greatest King of all, and that He truly deserves OUR service.