Marked To See

Jesus ascends through Mark 8, then begins to descend ever the
next 8 chapters to the cross.
The account of healing the blind man by spitting into his eyes is
only found in Mark. It is no coincidence that the man’s
progressive healing is parallel to the disciples slow
understanding who Jesus is.
Jesus asked two questions; who do they say I am and who do you
say that I am?
He tells them [plainly] what will happen but they still can’t see
fully.
We are much the same in our sanctification; slowly changing but
sometimes stalled as we co-sign sin.
Jesus asks us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow
Him.
Spiritual blindness includes not seeing anything wrong with what
God calls sin.