00:08To conclude this first part of the Gospel of Saint Mark, I would like to speak briefly
00:15about messianism in the Bible and its fulfillment in Christ.
00:20From the beginning of the Bible, God planted in the hearts of his people the certainty of
00:27that he would not leave them alone. The Hebrew word Messiah, in Greek Christ, means anointed one.
00:36An anointed one is someone consecrated for a mission—a king, a priest, or a prophet. But little
00:46Gradually that anointing began to mean something bigger, the hope of a definitive savior.
00:56The first announcement of hope is found in Genesis, after the fall of Adam.
01:02and Eve. God promises them that the woman's offspring will defeat the serpent.
01:11This passage, known as the protogospel, which we find in Genesis 3:15, is the first
01:19Announcement of salvation. From this moment on, Israel awaits the Messiah who will come to restore
01:27what sin had destroyed. Over the centuries, this hope took different forms.
01:36forms. That of a real messianism. From the promise made to David that we find in the book
01:45In the second volume of Samuel, chapter 7, verses 12-16, we see how the people dreamed
01:55with that righteous king who would rule according to God's heart. The royal psalms remind us
02:04That promise. Messianism was also viewed from a priestly perspective. After the exile,
02:13The high priest becomes the mediator of the covenant and a figure of hope.
02:21We have prophetic messianism. The prophets, especially Isaiah, foretold a suffering servant.
02:31who would bear the guilt of the people. We read this in Isaiah chapter 53, verse
02:394 to 5. These prophets were the voices of comfort in the midst of desolation.
02:48We also have the vision of an eschatological messianism, as seen in apocalyptic literature.
02:55The conviction arises that God himself will intervene at the end of time.
03:03the figure of the Son of Man that we can find in the book of Daniel in chapter 7 of verse
03:1013 to 14, which Jesus would later apply to himself. Notice that at each stage the people maintained
03:21Long live hope! They trusted that God would not forget his promise, that Savior.
03:30promised. The New Testament joyfully proclaims that this expectation has been fulfilled in Jesus.
03:39He is the anointed one of God who embodies all the figures of the Old Testament that we just discussed
03:47worth mentioning. But let's look at the differences. Although he is a king, his kingdom is not of this world.
03:57as we can read in the Gospel of John in chapter 18. He will be the priest, but
04:07an eternal priest who does not offer animal sacrifices, but his own life on the cross.
04:16As a prophet, not only because he speaks on behalf of God, but because Jesus is the very word made flesh.
04:28flesh, as the Evangelist John tells us in chapter 1 verse 14. Also as Son of the
04:38Man is the one who comes with power and glory to save humanity, as we read in Mark chapter 14.
04:48Verse 62. Brothers, the people of Israel lived for centuries in waiting. We already live in the time of the
04:59fullness, but we are still called to wait for Christ. He is our Messiah, our Savior. To recognize him
05:11It means letting Him reign in our hearts, letting Him be our priest who reconciles us with God and
05:19Our prophet illuminates our lives with his word. Messianism is not just an ancient concept,
05:28It is the certainty that God always fulfills his promises.
05:34Christ is the anointed one, the Messiah, and in him we have life, hope, and salvation. Today we can say with faith and
05:46Joy, Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. With this we conclude our class. I invite you to
05:56Continue in the second part of the gospel where we will conclude what the gospel of Mark narrates.
06:04God bless you.
06:32Thanks for watching the video.
