(Jesus said) "...But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins."
So he said to the man,
"I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."
He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all.
This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Mark 2:10-12 NIV
Jesus decided to display his authority over the physical world so that they would believe his claim about forgiving sin.
They couldn't see forgiveness of sin, but they could see a person healed.
A kind of resurrection.
It wasn't for another 3 years that Jesus showed what forgiveness of sins looked like, at the Cross.
And his authority over death, sin, evil in his ressurection.
Jesus is who he says he is.
Picture the scene in that packed room with men watching from the roof
Somehow space is made in the crowd and the man who could not walk, walks out into the light.
A taste of heaven
A taste of resurrection
Forgiven
Restored
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