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Demanding a Sign


                He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away. (Matthew 16:2-4)

            If you talk to an atheist or even an agnostic about God, chances are pretty good that at some point in the discussion, they will charge that if God appeared where, when, and how they dictate, that they would never doubt again. They somehow think that they are wiser than the Israelites who made an idol at the foot of the mountain on which God and Moses were talking. What had them so frightened they couldn't endure it became so ho hum that  even thought it was still doing on, they walked away.
          The atheists and agnostics either haven't thought the matter, and human nature, through, or they're lying. If God were to appear in accordance with their dictates, almost immediately after He ceased manifesting Himself, they would begin to doubt. It was an unexplained phenomena but they don't buy the "god of the gaps" idea. Science will someday explain it. They were temporarily insane. They hallucinated. It was a prank. Further proof would be demanded. Scientific proof would be demanded - observable, measurable, repeatable. Ultimately, the only way to prove to these people that God exists is for them to become God's god.
           Jesus knew this. He told those demanding a sign that the only sign they would be given is the sign of Jonah. He was crucified, buried, spent three days in the belly of the earth and rose again. The proof of God is not scientific (though science does point toward Him.) It is historical and legal. It is found in fulfilled prophecy, in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and in  and through the lives of those who have trusted in Him through the ages and their influence on society.  

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In the Sky:
Pink/Pascal Moon
Lyrids Meteor shower
On the Calendar
Earth Day
Birthday of
Henry Fielding
Immanuel Kant
Nicholai Lenin
J. Robert Oppenheimer

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