Too often, the baptism and temptation of Christ are read or taught as if they are examples for believers to follow and nothing more. "You should be baptized because Jesus was." "You can resist temptation the way Jesus did." This is not Mark's point in writing these accounts!
Mark's point is to present the Good News that God's Anointed has come! He has come to live the life we should have lived and he has come to die the death we should have died!
Mark portrays Jesus as the True Israel who was faithful at the same point of temptation where the first Israel failed; He is the Second Adam who was obedient where the first Adam had disobeyed.
See what this Good News means for you! If Jesus was your Representative, this means you have favor with God and victory over sin through him -- and much more!
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