Mark 6:14, 16 CEB

Herod the king heard about these things, because the name of Jesus had become well-known. 

Some were saying, 

"John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and this is why miraculous powers are at work through him."

Others were saying...

...

[16] But when Herod heard these rumors, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised to life."

Mark 6:14, 16 CEB

This is a sad and tragic story of power and manipulation and the inability of Herod to be able to say "I made a mistake, shouldn't have been so rash". He couldn't or wouldn't see a way to change his promise to give someone whatever they asked for. 

To have all the power in the world, and yet no power to change your mind!

Herod liked John the Baptist- & now Herod is full of fear- that what he allowed to happen was literally coming back to haunt him!

Herod believed Jesus was John resurrected from the dead.

Interesting that resurrection was even a thought but here it is, the dominant narrative about Jesus, already resurrected.

We all try to make sense of Jesus from what we know. And sometimes that helps.

But Jesus is always more, because he is in the story, but comes from outside the story. 

He is more than.

The same as us, human, and at the same time, more.

Our faith is not in a resurrected person like John, but in the resurrected God/man, the one and only, God and man, more.

#lettersfromJohn #testimony

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