Miracles and Revelation

Are miracles appealed to in the Bible as conclusive tests of a Divine mission? They are.

Moses was accredited to the Hebrews of his day by the miracles of the exodus and of the wilderness. When his commission from God was called into question, the matter was decided by an outward and visible miracle (Num. xii. 16).

And Joshua, Elijah, Daniel, and others were attested to be the sent of God by special signs of Divine power.

Our Lord referred to miracles as accrediting His own ministry (Matt. xii. 1-5; John v. 36, x. 25, 37, 38); the apostles appealed to the same in proof of our Lord's Divine authority (Acts ii. 221 and of their own mission (Mark xvi. 20; Rom. xv. 19; 2 Cor. xii. 12; Heb. ii. 4). And the conclusiveness of the evidence is such that the rejection of it is declared to be a heinous sin, meriting the severest inflictions of Divine wrath (Num. xiv. 22; Matt. xi. 20-24; John xv. 24).

If it be asked in what way and under what circumstances miraculous works authenticate the Divine mission of those who profess to be sent by God to teach His will, the answer is, "that, as the known and established course of nature has been fixed by Him who is the Creator and Preserver of all things, it can never be violated, departed from, or controlled, but either immediately by Himself, or immediately by other beings at His command and by His assistance or permission; for, if this be not allowed, we must deny either the Divine omnipotence or His natural government, and, if these be allowed, the other follows.—Field