Imagine being the disciples. If we're to believe the stories in the gospels are true, this one really gets me! Matthew Chapter 17. Jesus takes them up on a mountain. Keeping in mind these guys were just regular guys going about their daily life when they met Jesus. So now they're on the top of this mountain and Moses and Elijah show up! Then God speaks from a cloud (with, I imagine, a thundering voice)! That's crazy business! I'd be on my face, too.
Biblical times were so much more radical that what we have going on today. Things like that never happen in our day. Why is that?
Those "radical" day were simply misunderstandings. We now know why so much happens, we have such a better understanding of the world (though still limited in so many ways). As for today, there are a myriad of amazing technologies (granted they are man made). Is a booming thundering sound from the clouds so radical when compared to instant communication, genetics, or even ideas such as human rights?
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It wasn't the booming thunder that was awesome, it was the appearance of Moses and Elijah- that's not something happens nowadays. And the parting of the Red Sea, if indeed that actually did happen, was pretty impressive to say the least. (Those are just a few of them.)
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