ings. Jesus wants us to understand that if we have wealth and power that we are not granted an invitation to eternal life. We need more that the blessings of God to get to heaven. If we will still follow the commandments when our luck is not so good and our future is not so secure than we are truly worthy of eternal life. There is a similar passage in Proverbs 11, 28 that states, “He who trusts in his riches will fall but like green leaves the just flourish.” This means those who rely on their riches to get them to heaven are sorely mistaken. Those who are just and fair will be granted everlasting life. To sum up the passage Jesus tells his disciples that, “But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first.” This simply means that those who suffer in this world will be rewarded in the next. Those who enjoy luxuries in this life will most likely suffer in the afterlife. Just because you come first here on earth you will not necessarily come first in the kingdom of God. We see the exact passage in Matthew 19, 30 and a very similar one in Luke 13, 30. In Luke Jesus says, “For behold some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” It states the same exact thing in both Mark’s and Matthew’s passages.The Full Revelation of the Mystery is the title of the section that my passage falls in. It is significant because the mystery is God. God himself, his expectations and his demands are revealed in this section. This knowledge is acquired through stories, miracles and predictions. Here, the disciples and those who follow Jesus become certain that he is in fact the Son of God. We learn what it takes to be received into God’s kingdom. Jesus cures a man’s blindness and even predicts his condemnation and murder upon his arrival in Jerusalem. He also predicts his resurrection three days later. All of these events occur in this section ...
