How did the Messiah begin his ministry? With his crucifixion. "The beginning of the gospel about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God" wrote the gospel writer Mark. Yes Jesus did miracles and preached and led tens of thousands who his disciples were baptising. Yet this was a lead up to the real beginning. Because that crucifixion started everything. It set the conditions for disciples to be saved from their shortfall of standards in their lives and have peace with God in which they could truly follow Jesus without fear of death and dread of doom. The crucifixion of Jesus also paved the way for his resurrection. So Jesus, now clearly the Lord who reigns in the presence of God, this Jesus is a new being who leads us forward to becoming what he now is: the immortally resurrected human being of total spirit power who can reach out spiritually to anyone he chooses and enter their lives with the master key. This is just beginning! Praise God.
