I do have to say I am not easily convinced by big statements, but I looked thoroughly into the things we know about the resurrection of Jesus. The evidence is pointing massively towards something supernatural (so the resurrection). The natural explanations just don’t hold up against the historical facts. You probably already knew this but I just wanted to highlight how strong the case for Christianity is.
Hello again Lily, the following link will take you to a short, interesting article about the various purposes that miracles had/have, especially in the lives of believers and believers to be (so to speak).
~What was the purpose of Jesus’ miracles? | GotQuestions.org
BTW, the website GotQuestions.org is a great place to go to get quick answers to your questions about God, the Bible, and the Christian faith (of course, you are always welcome to come here and ask us too
). It's also a good place to start when you are beginning to take a closer look into a Biblical passage, a topic, a doctrine, Christian terminology, etc., just FYI.
God bless you!! (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
~Deuteronomy (David)
p.s. - there is a story (or perhaps parable) that Jesus told us in the Gospel of Luke that is referred to as "Lazarus and the Rich Man" (Luke 16:19-31). When you have time, read through it and pay particular attention to what is being said towards the end between the Rich Man and Abraham (particularly v31), because it will tell you something else that you need to understand about miracles (and what they are and are not capable of helping certain people with) that the article above does not mention.
BTW, the majority of this story takes place in the Old Testament realm of the dead (called Sheol), where both the believers and the reprobate went when they died back then (believers, like Lazarus, went to Abraham's Bosom, also called Paradise, while the unbelieving/reprobate went to the other part of Sheol called, Hades).
Oh, and the reference to "Moses and the Prophets" in v29/v31 is just another way of referring to the entire Old Testament in the Bible.
Here it is (in English anyway
).
Luke 16
19 Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
20 And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
22 Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
23 In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried out and said, "‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
26 ‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’
27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—
28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
30 But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’
31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”