The general outline and proportions of the gospel fit with those we would expect of a historical account of a rise to power. A period during which the hero is identified, is anointed, attracts followers, and meets challenges is followed by a final contest for power, in the capital city. To make it sound like other works of this sort. Deposing authorities and taking a throne are not the mild actions of a guru. He commands authority by the way he talks and the way he acts.
Sudden movements are typical.
David has to hide from the moment the authorities see him as a contender for the throne. The truth about Jesus' identity as the Messiah is also going to come out in a big way, when the time is ripe. In the first part of the book, attempts to conceal who he is contribute to an atmosphere of conspiracy. Reading Mark like this puts the umph back in the triumph of Jesus, thus supporting Gustaf Aul n's view that the classical theory of atonement is the dramatic one, not the subjective or objective one. Jesus' story likewise begins with his baptism and John's identification of him.