The Ultimate Sign

Matthew 12: 38-42

The Sign of Jonah

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” ³⁹ But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

 Receiving "a sign" would put our doubts to rest, or so we think. We are not alone, as we read that the Scribes and Pharisees thought the same way, but they incurred this strong condemnation from Jesus:  "an evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign".  We don't want to be part of them, so the answer lies in what has already been given. Jonah emerged unharmed from the belly of the whale, and Jesus arose after three days from the tomb.  Why do we keep looking, asking?  We have Jesus, the ultimate "Sign".  May our faith be built on this ROCK  He will not disappoint us.

Bro. Rene