Authority

We have to go back to go forward. Jesus' first words [in Mark], 'The time is now, the Kingdom of God is near, repent and believe the Good news.'  These words frame much of Jesus' ministry. They help us make sense of what Jesus says and does. In today's story [Mark 1:21-34] Jesus' teaches with amazing authority, and casts out demons by that same authority.   How?  Who is this man??