The Nature of God and Miracles

The Nature of God and Miracles

Christians believe in miracles because of biblical evidence. There are

many examples of God’s intervention on behalf of the Jews, which were

seen as miraculous. For example, when the Jews were escaping out of

Egypt in the old testament (Exodus) God intervened several times; when

they were trapped between the red sea and the army of the pharaoh God

was seen to part the sea so they could cross; when they were hungry in

the desert he sent manner so they could eat; and when Jericho got in

the way god destroyed the city when they marched round it for seven

days.

The Bible records many miracles occurring over a period of more than

4000 years. But it is easy to get the misconception that miracles were

common occurrences in biblical times. This is not the case. It is the

nature of history to record events out of the ordinary therefore

miracles will seem much more common than they actually are. The very

reason that these things were recorded is because they were unusual

occurrences of supernatural or miraculous activity.

The miracles of Jesus have an extra significance; they are evidence of

a messiah ship, and his special role on earth. They show Gods power at

work, not by him, but through him. This was shown when a woman in a

crowd touched Jesus’ cape and he felt the power drain out of him.

Jesus performed miracles to teach people as well as show God’s power,

there are four main points of teaching to be learned from the

miracles. He taught that people should “see the light of God” he

showed this by giving sight back to the blind, such as blind

Bartimaeus. He taught that God would forgive peoples sins...

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...will be healed or the miracle will occur because of the

power of God.

I personal think that science has actually added in the proving of

miracles, even though less miracles are reported to off happened, ones

that are have usually been proved to have been true by the aid of

science. More miracles happen in the modern age where people are put

in a situation which stops them from otherwise potential fatal

situations, such as people being in a house on a hill when a flash

flood occurs; whereas in biblical times miracles were based around

health as there wasn’t as much medical knowledge as there is in modern

times. Therefore, there are still miracles today just in a different

form to those reported on in the bible. People have faith in god in

certain situations just as they have faith in doctors in medical

situations.