3. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 
Mark 1: ESV

4. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.
Mark 1: ESV

5. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1: ESV

7. Summary of Mark 1:1-8
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” (v.1)
Mark’s gospel in continuity with the OT
Conversion-Redemption language
Advent of the Spirit (v.8) – cf. Ezekiel 36:26-27

8. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Ezekiel 36: ESV

9. Baptism, Temptation and Inauguration (1:9-15)
Jesus’ Baptism
Mark’s brief account (cf. Matt 3; Luke 3)
Trinitarian Presence
Affirmation of Jesus: The Savior-Servant
OT Imagery (cf. Isa 64:1 – “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down…”

10. Romans 6:3-4 ESV Excursus: The Meaning and Importance of Baptism
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
Romans 6:3-4 ESV

11. Baptism, Temptation and Inauguration (1:9-15)
Jesus’ Temptation
Mark’s brief account (cf. Matt 4; Luke 4)
Kingdom Clash

12. Baptism, Temptation and Inauguration (1:9-15)
Inauguration of Kingdom Ministry (v.14-15)
The Kingdom Of God in NT Theology
Ladd’s “The Presence of the Future” (cf. NT Theology)
Kingdom of God as “already and not yet”