The Dynamics of Miracles 1
Miracles are the most exciting
part of the Bible. They’re everywhere, in the Old as well as in the New Testament.
The difference is that Jesus is a presence in most of the ones in the New
Testament. They are a part of the narration of the Bible as the true Word of
God. They represent not only the glory of Jesus at work but they also stand as
part of the word of glory, the practical part of a live word performed by
Jesus or by a person of faith with strong convictions.
Miracles are essentially
something inexplicable by human reason or by proof of experimentation and they
are made on the benefits of human needs. They occur
according to a purpose and follow a plan of divine engineering. They have a beginning and end, purpose, cause
and effect, motivation and essentially bring in a structure of a profound
breakthrough. In other words, they produce a great outcome, a powerful result
of changing human and nature’s laws as well as the expectations of the human
mind.
Miracles are performed by God
alone; in a sense that God is behind the performed wonders and signs. But what
are miracles made for? Why do they exist in the first place? Do they occur at a
place and time where God is calling attention to his existence? Are they a sort
of verification of a true God at work? Or are they a matter of mere
coincidence?
Followers of Judaism do not
believe in miracles as they were performed in the Old Testament, but that they
represent a congruence of forces that constitute an interaction between God,
humans and nature and these three forces combine to convey a specific outcome.
If there is no interaction between those three forces, there would be no
miracles. But this suggestion does not
take into consideration the approach to a specific force or element called
Jesus Christ. According to Jewish beliefs, there are no miracles because they
are not part of an existing interaction between those three elements. The lack
of one ingredient results in no miracles. But miracles do exist in the Old
Testament. God’s loving power towards his people conveys them, even though that their sins made
dwell among people. Because of the prevalence of human sin, there’s no
interaction, I mean, the interaction between these powerful elements if they're combined --
Jesus, human faith and nature. Jesus breaks through the boundaries of sin by
interacting with human faith towards the forces of nature. If there is no
faith, there are no miracles. If there
is no Jesus, miracles become a real impossibility. If there is no nature, even
human nature, they represent a failure.
JP. Eduardo.
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