Most miraculous of signs: Matt. 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given except the sign of Jonah. I have been spending too much time talking about the law lately. Do this. Do that. You gotta do this. You gotta do that. And while it's all true, there is good news, the true Gospel: We have the sign of Jonah, the miracle of miracles, the greatest sign of God's love for us. This verse, or actually a very similar one, caught my eye yesterday. Right after Matthew records Jesus healing many more sick, including a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute (Matt. 12:22), the Pharisees came to our Lord and demanded a miraculous sign. And so Jesus responds by reminding a "wicked and adulterous nation" (Matt. 12:39; 16:4), in other words the unfaithful, that they will get their sign in due time: The greatest sign of all-time will be the slaughtered innocent lamb of God raising himself from the grave. Hear the good news of the Gospel again: "Every sin an...