Reflection on Mark 16

Mark 16: 1-19

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;they will speak in new tongues;
they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. (vs. 16-20).

Jesus is the BETTER resurrection: He gives us “life after life after death” (N.T. Wright quote)

Jesus calls us to preach a BETTER message to the world: Not sharing, tweeting, blogging and advertising worldliness but preaching the goodness of the good news of God.

May we always boldly and loudly declare to the whole world that Jesus' life, death and resurrection.

May we urgently declare a new way of living and being and the right way to speak, live and thrive in a world that is broken by sin, pain, suffering and dis-ease.