Two Great Miracles for Men
There are two great miracles given to mankind by the God.
One is in the sky and another is on the ground.
The first miracle is how the sun and the moon look from the earth. They look alike almost in the same size to our eyes. There are no scientific reasons that in a solar system the central fixed star and a secondary planet orbiting a planet should look in the same size from the ground of the planet. In other word, the moon must look smaller or larger from the earth when compared with the sun.
But though hundreds of millions of years ago the moon looked far larger than it looks today, the fact that the moon and the sun have looked in a similar size since emergence of mankind through evolution had a great influence on culture and civilization of mankind. By watching the bright and strong sun mankind came to have a concept of something positive and major, and the pale and soft moon led to a concept of something negative and minor. It helped development of intellect of human beings. Dualism is basics for intellect. And it started with the great configuration of the sun and the moon in the sky of the historical epoch when mankind has been growing, though this epoch just occupies a small portion in the whole history of the earth.
And the second miracle is that the God chose a tribe as His own which settled in Judea or Palestine which is situated in the key location connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia. For this purpose, the God called Abraham out of Ur, a city state in Mesopotamia, 4000 years ago.
So, the God did not choose Egyptians who resided in the corner of Africa or Sumerians who occupied a domain along the Euphrates river in Asia. The God did not even send His Son to Greeks or Romans who prospered in Southern Europe. God's Son must be sent to the center of the world to manifest glory of the God, so that Judaists or descendants of Abraham were required to move to the central region of the world. This is why Abraham and his family had to leave Ur for Palestine 4000 years ago. Then 2000 years ago, the God sent His Son to the heart of the world geographically and culturally, Palestine.
In a sense, by doing so, the God protected uniqueness of each domain, Europe, Africa, and Asia while giving all the three regions a kind of equal chances for religious development and deployment.
Now we live surrounded by the two miracles, each in the sky and on the ground. Without the great miracles, mankind even today must be in a state of just being a kind of Neanderthal men.
And the third miracle is that this era is 2000 years after the emergence of Christ Jesus and 4000 years after the journey of Abraham. We all share this third miracle. We have to respond to this great condition. But how?
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Mar 11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mar 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
Mar 11:29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mar 11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
Mar 11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Mar 11:32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
Mar 11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.