Miracles

Miracles The first issue is to try and define what a miracle is. A miracle is hard to define, especially today. Miracles are a rarity in today's world. The technical definition of a miracle, is a kind of supernatural or extremely unusual event. In a biblical sense, a miracle is a special act of God in the world; a supernatural interference into nature; a special divine interaction. As Christians, the biblical definition is what we …

…said as nonessential to Christianity nor undefinable. Although miracles are unusual, they are not antinatural. "For if God exists, then miracles are possible because of His control over the world, and they are definable in terms of His character manifest in the world" (Geiser 1982:135). Miracles are identifiable in a theistic universe, the Bible provides us with the characteristics of identifying a miracle, and the resurrection of Christ have these characteristics. Miracles are possible and actual.