„Kehrt um und Glaubt an das Evangelium“ (Mk 1,15). Der Neubeginn der Gottesherrschaft mit Jesus
"Repent and Believe the Gospel" (Mark 1:15). The New Beginning of God's Rule with Jesus

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the biblical background of the first of Luther's 95 Theses on indulgence. When Luther quotes there Matthew 4,17, he points to the biblical testimony on Jesus Christ as a whole, not to a single proverb of the 'historical Jesus'. In Mark, Jesus' word on repentence is part of his proclamation of the gospel of God's kingdom. As in Matthew and Luke, Jesus appears on stage first conjoined with John the Baptist. According to a biblical-theological hermeneutic of the New Testament, this points to the close connection between the old and the new covenant. Following the impulses of Luther's Reformation and its biblical background, the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the testimony of the Holy Spirit and the care for those in need are most important components of the theological message of the church even today.

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