Back to the Bible. Well, now it's the New Testament. What does that mean? Jesus, that's what it is.
The Gospel of Mark starts from when Jesus is already an adult. As in, it doesn't include the birth of Jesus, his childhood, and that kind of stuff. That information was, if memory serves, in the Gospel of Matthew.
John baptizes Jesus with water, and the Holy Spirit appears and acknowledges him as his son. Satan tests Jesus, and Jesus wins, of course. Jesus gathers his disciples, the first ones being Simon and Andrew. In Galilee, Jesus cures many people and performs miracles.
That's pretty much it, said in a few words.
This part emphasizes the fact that Jesus was a good miracle-performer. Jesus does it with a 'this-is-nothing I-can-do-anything' manner of way. When Jesus calms down the sea and the wind on the boat with his disciples, he wasn't all proud, saying 'Oh, I calmed down the water and wind. Ain't I cool?' He rather says it in a very noble God-ish way:"Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?" (Gospel of Mark 4:40)
Then all the disciples are like 'What the fudge? Who is this guy to make the sea and wind obey him?'
Well, I'm just getting started, so let's hope there's much more fun events involving Jesus ahead of us.
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