Sin & Reconciliation(2)

Secondly, he is alienated from the society, from brothers and sisters. And symbolically he does not wear cloths. He goes about naked. He declares “I don’t care for your feelings.” He seems to be having a heck out it. -going about naked all around. And he is alienated from the society. The society tries to enrol him by chaining him down. But he rebels. There is a total rupture between him and the society. The person is strange from the society. The second aspect of the sin.
When you are not happy with yourself, when you are not happy with your brothers and sisters, the people around you, when the human relationship is not in right order, there is an immediate consequence, you cannot relate. There is a reduction of relationship with God.
He knew that Jesus is the Son of the Most High, that is why he comes before and starts worship him. What have you do with me? You are son of God there is great border between us. There is nothing common between us.
Therefore he is a man alienated from himself God, society, himself. That is a complete sinner. Sin that must have started by small things in his life. He is slowly isolated from himself, from others and from God. Finally comes to the peak of his sinfulness where he is totally estranged from God, from others and from himself. It is at this moment that he meets Jesus.
Mark does not say what transpired between him and Jesus, because it is self evident. From the whole context of the gospel, why Jesus came to this world
But we see the consequence. The man who was an antisocial person, we see him clothed. Means he is telling, “I am now reconciled with the society, I respect the feeling of the society, I. respect the society. The don’t care attitude is thrown away.

to be continued....