are expected to do the same. Both facets of the kingdom occur in conflict with Satan and his demonic realm of sin in the present age, the tension generated by the eruption of the age to come into history. In modern terms, a Spirit-empowered disciple is to be a charismatic post-tribulationist, taking seriously Jesus’ claims to a radical faith that both delivers people from the clutch of Satan’s kingdom and suffers the apocalyptic pangs that are the cost of this battle. Mark is not opposed to signs,