Jesus and the Pigs
from Solid Food Hosted by Dr. Lee Lewis
Most people remember Mark 5 as the story where Jesus cast demons into a herd of pigs that ran into the sea—but is that actually what the text says? In this episode of Solid Food, we slow down and sit inside one of the most dramatic encounters in the Gospel of Mark. We’ll examine why the demons feared Jesus, why they appealed to God for mercy, why they requested the pigs, and what their destruction reveals about Christ’s authority over evil. We’ll also discover something remarkable in the three different groups who implored Jesus—and why the only person whose request Jesus denied was the man He had just delivered. In the end, “Jesus and the Pigs” is not really about pigs at all. It is about a Savior who enters hostile territory, breaks evil’s claim on a human life, and sends the delivered person back into the world as evidence that Jesus has been there.
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