While the people cynically questioned God’s justice and longed for his intervention, in Malachi 2:17-3:5, God told them he would be coming in judgment after his messenger prepared the way. In the New Testament, we learn who that messenger was and what God did when he showed up, which was a shock to all.
Paul’s time in Athens provides an example of how to present Jesus and the resurrection to a cultured non-Christian audience.
Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.
In Jesus' final sign, recorded in John 11:1-54, he raised his friend Lazarus from the dead. As a sign, it was not to be...