Bible Question:
In the miracle stories in the Gospels is there a logical sequence, are they connected. For example are all the stories of raising the dead linked, if so how? |
Bible Answer: Hello Doris! I do not believe that there is any common theme in the miracles besides the fact that the Son of God might be glorified through them all, and proven to be Deity Himself! Only God can make something out of absolutely nothing and Jesus proved His Deity. Taken from John 11 in The MacArthur NKJV Study Bible.. "The resurrection of Lazarus is the climactic and most dramatic sign in this gospel, and the capstone of His public ministry. Six miracles have already been presented (water into wine [2:1-11], healing of the nobleman's son [4:46-54], restoring the lame man [5:1-15], multiplying the loaves and fishes [6:1-14], walking on the water [6:15-21], and curing the man born blind [9:1-12]). Lazarus' resurrection is more potent than all those and even more monumental than the raising of the widow's son in Nain (Luke 7:11-16) or Jairus' daughter (Luke 8:40-56) because those two resurrections occurred immediately after death. Lazarus was raised after 4 days of being in the grave with the process of decomposition already having started (v. 39)." The Seven Signs in the Gospel of John that demonstrates that Jesus was, in fact, Deity are: 1) Turning water into wine (John 2:1-12), "Jesus is the source of life." 2) Heals a nobleman's son (John 4:46-54), "Jesus is master over distance." 3) Heals a lame man at the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-17), "Jesus is master over time." 4) Feeds 5,000 (John 6:1-14), "Jesus is the bread of life." 5) Walks on water, stills a storm (John 6:15-21), "Jesus is master over nature." 6) Heals a man blind from birth (John 9:1-41), "Jesus is the light of the world." 7) Raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11:17-45), "Jesus has power over death." Taken from page 1579 of The MacArthur NKJV Study Bible Blessings to you, Nolan |
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