Re:Verse passage – Mark 6:14-29 (day one) But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!” V. 16
Herod was a haunted man. Much like the nervous narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Tell-Tale Heart’, Herod was haunted by the circumstances that led to his order to behead John the Baptist. That death weighed on him, and that albatross haunted him. When he heard of the work of the disciples his anxiety spiked. It is likely that John was never far from his mind, and hearing of Christ’s ministry was a trigger. Undealt-with sin will do this to you. The decision to kill John was based on a lack of character and other poor life choices that Herod had allowed himself to make. The further you allow sin to eat away at your being the more catastrophic the consequences can be. For all of us it starts with sin, but for the believer it ends with repentance. No matter how far down he rabbit hole you think you are, there is no distance to far for the forgiving mercy of Jesus. Don’t compound sin with sin the way Herod did. Repent and that tell-tale heart will never beat under your floorboard.
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