We have come to a major turning point in the book of Mark. So far the first half of Mark’s Gospel has dealt with who Jesus is. Jesus is the King – the King to end all kings and set things right. Now we begin to make a turn and see how in the second half of Mark it is about what this King came to do. And in making this turn we discover a major plot twist. Jesus is the true King but he did not come to sit on a throne but to die on a cross.