Friday, February 10, 2012


Some thoughts on what the signs, as described by John, mean:


"A “sign” is a mighty work wrought by Jesus that represents the revelatory and redemptive event happening in him… The theological significance of these signs is given in John’s own words:


“These signs are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (Jn 20:31).


Signs, like works, witness to the presence and power of God in the person of Jesus (3:2) There can be no question but that the Evangelist believed the signs really happened in history; but they are not ends in themselves. Their meaning is in the revealing of the redemptive action of God in Jesus that they represent.

-GE Ladd, Theology of the New Testament pp273-4


"The signs...are moments when heaven is opened, when the transforming power of God’s love bursts in to the present world...The whole point of the signs is that they are moments when heaven and earth intersect with each other”

-Bishop Tom Wright


Any thoughts?

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