Dr. Bingham’s Lesson for March 18, 2012

Series in Mark

“The Day of Reversal” – Mark 12:1-11

Psalm 118
1-4 – It begins with thanksgiving.
5-7 – The Lord sets David free from anguish.
8-9 – It is better to trust in the Lord.
10-12 – David’s predicament.
13-18 – Deliverance from the Lord because David prayed.

The two testaments should not be view as being separate. The New Testament is the account of the fulfillment of the Old Testament.

Mark 12:1-11
Jesus tells a parable about a vineyard that is an allegory of the history of Israel’s treatment of the prophets and, lastly, how they will deal with Himself.

Jesus then quotes from Psalm 118:22-23.
Verse 24 is often misunderstood. The “day that the Lord has made” should be applied to a day in which you experience a miraculous reversal from being headed toward disaster to having deliverance, from heading to defeat to having victory. It speaks of a thing previously discounted becoming the center of the universe.
Even in the midst of disastrous circumstances we can “rejoice in the day that the Lord has made” by remembering that Jesus has died for your sins and been resurrected. Jesus is the stone that the builders rejected and God has made Him Lord of heaven and earth.