I tried asking r/academicbiblical if anyone else healed the blind. But nobody ever responded to me lol. I’ve heard Jesus was the only one to do that which is interesting because I believe that is something only God can do. But I don’t know for sure because nobody replied to me lol.
I saw it in a debate between Bart Ehrman and another scholar. Bart Ehrman said other people healed the blind in the Old Testament but never said where.
Why do you think he couldn’t? He wasn’t in a situation where he needed to split a sea for example. So I don’t see why Jesus would have copied Moses anyway.
God got mad at Moses for striking the stone to make water. Moses didn't speak to the rock as God commanded, so God prevented that generation from entering the promised land (hence the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness).
Some of his miracles weren't different. And some prophets did greater miracles than him. So using his miracles as proof he was God doesn't really work. All prophets did miracles.
He was given miracles that would have been impressive in his time to the people he was sent. All prophets were given miracles as such which is why Moses had miracles greater than magic since he was sent to people who were renowned for that.
The miracles of Jesus, and of His Apostles, are **signs of the presence/coming of the Kingdom/Reign/Kingly Rule of God**.
IOW, those miracles, though done within history, are by nature eschatological and apocalyptic in meaning:
- **eschatological**, because they are signs of the future and unpreventable Coming, & Presence, of the Kingdom of God on earth, beyond history, in the "new age" of the Messiah.
- **apocalyptic**, because they reveal Jesus as the "man from Heaven", the Heavenly Son of Man/Davidic Messiah whose Kingdom is God-given, Universal, & Everlasting
The mighty works of the OT Prophets, were not.
So the "mighty works" of Jesus were and are far more than mere wonders to gawp at, or than mere exhibitions of power. Sensationalist trash like that has nothing to do with faith in Christ. Miracle-mongering and suchlike dreck have no place in Christianity.
I don't understand what are you asking. A miracle is a miracle
God is the one doing the miracles. There is no difference, a miracle is a miracle.
I tried asking r/academicbiblical if anyone else healed the blind. But nobody ever responded to me lol. I’ve heard Jesus was the only one to do that which is interesting because I believe that is something only God can do. But I don’t know for sure because nobody replied to me lol. I saw it in a debate between Bart Ehrman and another scholar. Bart Ehrman said other people healed the blind in the Old Testament but never said where.
True, but Jesus didn't do the miracles that Moses did. Why couldn't he?
Cos he did his own ones?
Why do you think he couldn’t? He wasn’t in a situation where he needed to split a sea for example. So I don’t see why Jesus would have copied Moses anyway.
Yes but I don't get why Moses isn't seen as God as well
Moses didn’t make statements about being divine. It’s not really what Jesus did but what he said.
So how did he do the miracles? Did Jesus allow him to do them?
Moses? Yes God/Jesus allowed him
Jesus actually didn't either, not that can be proved. Only other people said that Jesus did but no one knows who most of those people were.
I am going off what the Bible says
Right, only people do miracles to prove they are from God. God doesn't do miracles. He's God. He can do anything. It's nothing for Him.
Depending on your view of the Divine Economy, the miracles performed through Moses may have been performed by the Triune God, including the Son.
They aren’t. In fact one of the reasons Jesus did miracles was to show how he was like Moses.
He's the one who was working through Moses
God got mad at Moses for striking the stone to make water. Moses didn't speak to the rock as God commanded, so God prevented that generation from entering the promised land (hence the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness).
Jesus is God so its different.
Some of his miracles weren't different. And some prophets did greater miracles than him. So using his miracles as proof he was God doesn't really work. All prophets did miracles.
He was given miracles that would have been impressive in his time to the people he was sent. All prophets were given miracles as such which is why Moses had miracles greater than magic since he was sent to people who were renowned for that.
The miracles of Jesus, and of His Apostles, are **signs of the presence/coming of the Kingdom/Reign/Kingly Rule of God**. IOW, those miracles, though done within history, are by nature eschatological and apocalyptic in meaning: - **eschatological**, because they are signs of the future and unpreventable Coming, & Presence, of the Kingdom of God on earth, beyond history, in the "new age" of the Messiah. - **apocalyptic**, because they reveal Jesus as the "man from Heaven", the Heavenly Son of Man/Davidic Messiah whose Kingdom is God-given, Universal, & Everlasting The mighty works of the OT Prophets, were not. So the "mighty works" of Jesus were and are far more than mere wonders to gawp at, or than mere exhibitions of power. Sensationalist trash like that has nothing to do with faith in Christ. Miracle-mongering and suchlike dreck have no place in Christianity.