If mark had known the ramifications of his ‘little’ explosion on that night,he would have thought twice before doing it.Apart from Raising the dead,whole and healthy and not zombiefied,back to life,Curing diseases and injuries and destroying demons in an 14,000 mile radius,he had also given rise to the soldiers of the order he would soon found.Anybody under the age of thirty even remotely caught in the pulse of light of the explosion began to gain abilities.Not superpowers,at least not all of them.Increased speed,strength and agility.Higher intelligence.Enhanced senses and even a little clairvoyance.Other even found that they could fight without ever having trained to fight or use weapons and tools they never knew how to use in the first place.
Most of the affected stopped going to work or school.Insted spending days
