John, thanks for responding. Jesus indeed spoke v. 16, but to whom was Christ referring when he used "He"?

Any other TT'rs care to give thier insight to these questions? I know this does not appear to raise any controversy, so hasn't generated much interest, but where I am going with this may step on so many toes that it may become controversial. Of course, maybe everyone already understood this but me, and the Spirit was just bringing me up to speed!

The reason that I am asking is that quite late the other night I had a stroke of insight into the meaning of v. 16 that was totally different than I previously understood. Did this come to me through the Spirit? Well, I DO pray often that the Spirit will give me insight into the Word of God, and that I will see and understand it correctly. I believe that is what happened to change my understanding of this verse.

After coming to this new understanding, I gave it the "sleep on it" test, and it survived. upon re-reading the passage it still meant the same thing to me the next morning.

A lot of people may disagree with me because it refutes a major proof-text used by many. (Not that their point may not be made elsewhere, but definitely not here in v. 16.) There is a secondary use of v 16-20 as another prooftext that also will be refuted. This is very rich indeed.

I wanted to present this to my Christian peers on TT, to see what the consensus is. I want to hear from as many as have the time to read and give their understanding, then I will present it as I now understand it. If the spirit has indeed lead me into truth it will be interesting.

Perry



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I have been studying Mark 16:14-20, and have two open questions for all TT members.

1. In verse 16, who is the antecedant to the pronoun "He" that starts out that verse?
2. Again, in verse 16, what type of baptism is Jesus discussing here?

Thanks,
Perry

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