--- Josh Klose <mrbond@hlfallout.net> wrote:
When
Jesus multiplied the fish, it would have been absurd for the disciples to
believe that
the new fish had actually grown as it appeared. They knew well that miraculous
creation had just occurred – there was no past, whatever the appearance.
The text doesn't say that Jesus created the fish. It simply says he divided the
bread and the fish and there was enough for everyone. He could have transported
the fish from elsewhere. The same is true of the wine at Cana. It doesn't say
that he changed the water into wine. It simply says he asked that jars be
filled with water and then sent someone with a dipper full to the Master of
Ceremonies, who pronounced it excellent wine. Again, the water could have been
transported elsewhere and replaced by the wine, which was transported in from
somewhere. Do I think that's what really happened? I don't know, because the
text doesn't tell me. Neither would I advocate concluding that the fish or the
wine was _created_. The text doesn't tell us.
Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.821.8156 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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