Mark‘s family and house

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Say to the owner of the house

he enters, 'The Teacher asks:

Where is my guest room, where I may

eat the Passover with my disciples?'

He will show you a large upper room,

furnished and ready.

Make preparations for us there.

Mark 14:14,15

Mark’s house was big within

the Jerusalem wall; and the

family seemed to be wealthy,

good people and big family.

So was his cousin Barnabas.

The family did not seem to be

powerful as religious or political

leaders.

Their business might have been

trading abroad or merchantile

or to be land lord.

Jesus the young carpenter from

Galilee was drawing all hope as

Messiah from people everywhere in

Judea; so the authorities of religion

and politics were threatened by.

Such leaders were implementing

their devices of harming people

following Jesus.

In such an environment

Mark’s parents allowing

Jesus and his 12 young men

disciples to come into their house

and have a passover dinner was

a courageous decision for them.

It was impossible unless they

believed in Jesus as Savior and

kept his teachings.

Although Mark’s parents are not

known much it is for sure they

were filled with the Holy Spirit

during the Pentecost and offered

their lives to Jesus and house as

the First Church.

They must have been praying

parents during Mark’s struggling

spiritual growing to be

an important God’s worker;

especially cousin Barnabas

nurturing finally made him succeed.

It is not surprising.

God always works his great loving

work for men through such people

as Mark’s family. 

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May is called queen of season,

month of love.

In May are children’s day whom Jesus loved

especially, parents day, couple’s day, family day,

missing children’s day and labor day in Korea.

All these are for people.

The love of God who admires people so much

that he blesses all of them with natural blessings

and he so desires them to love each other,

be happy and prosperous.

God’s love is like blowing the silky May wind.

Love gives us joy, strength and awakens all

my dream and potential. God loves me so.

What is love?