"The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed."
As today's lessons makes clear, beyond God's divine word there will be no absolute sign given to the lost that will assure the identity of Jesus Christ. The fact that Jesus is the virgin borne Son of the living God and was sent to redeem a lost world is to be taken on faith alone. There will be no significant assurances that God even exists beyond what is spelled out in the bible.
To those of us who believe in Him, God's existence and presence is un-doubtable. Non-believers, however, are given the free will to decide for themselves whether to believe in him, or to reject Him and His soul saving grace. ~
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