While Jesus was on earth, what was the purpose behind his performing the various miracles?

Question

Healing the sick, restoring sight to the blind, raising the dead, making lame ones walk,ect. If all go to heaven why do any of it ? Was he pointing to the benefits of his kingdom and what it can do on a global scale, for man living on earth? Matt.4:23,24
Matt.9:18-25

What is reasonable to you?

Answer 1

Jesus performed these miracles to fulfill bible prophecy and to show that Jehovah's Holy Spirit was operating upon him as evidence of his being anointed as the Messiah or Christ.
These miracles showed love and compassion as well as drew people to Jehovah.
Today they serve as a sign of the greater things to come when Jesus as Jehovah's anointed Son and King of God's Kingdom will reign over the earth for a thousand years.
As King, he will raise the dead, heal the blind, lame, and sick,
for the bible says, no resident will say he is sick.
Besides the physical healing, Jehovah threw his son Jesus, will heal us emotionally, mental, and spiritually.
We will all be taught by Jehovah threw his organization to live in peace with each other.

Answer 2

Before Jesus came to earth, no one thought of going to heaven. After he left, not all were promised heaven either.

The purpose for miracles is in showing to all who he was in a short time. He only had 3 and a half years to get everything done. He was aware of the time and what was to happen. The miracles were a short cut to accepting belief in him as the promised Messiah. The apostles had abilities as well. It died out with them as humans would now have the completed Bible and time for choosing whom they would serve--God or the Devil.

The problem is from reading the Bible, that there will be no fence sitters. The Bible makes it clear that Satan strives to make people believe even if they think they worship God, they may not be. Only worship the way God approves will gain us life from pleasing Him. Any other way is a sham put up by Satan to mislead many.

Answer 3

The purpose for the miracles is to show that Jesus was sent to earth from Jehovah God. The miracles that Jesus perform showed that Jesus will soon earth-wide take care of all the sufferings that we face today. I believe I am going to live on earth forever. I do not have the hope of living in heaven.

Best Wishes on you question & answer!

Answer 4

Jesus is not a trained seal. He does not do parlor tricks. He is now the second most powerful force in all of existence. Second only to his Father. Even the best possible thing to get, which is God's heavenly Kingdom government that he is its King, must come in his Father's own due time---not our own human timing. The reason is that we do not know how many extra lives it would cost if that Kingdom began ruling Earth early. The Bible shows God has allowed time for those who will get out of false religion and into his place of safety. Every time he has destroyed anything, God has done this opportunity to survive. If it had come fifty years ago, how many faithful ones of today would not be alive? Better to continually pray for and support that Kingdom in God's own time.

Answer 5

Jesus was announcing his message in a very different, pre-scientific culture. Some of his miracles were acts of compassion, (e.g. Mt4v23f) but others were specific *signs* indicating who he is. the sign in your second reference is in that category. Only rarely in Israel's history had people seen such a miracle. For example, God did something similar to this many centuries earlier when Elijah prayed, (1 Kings17v21~3). However, in contrast to Elijah, Jesus raised the girl without praying, because he is God. He also healed the woman with the hemorrhage in the same way, Mt10v22. These were two signs, amongst many others which were intended to demonstrate to the Jewish people that their God was in town, but they did not recognize him. The sign at Cana, water into wine, showed that he is the Creator. In several healings Jesus even created organs which were missing. He spat and made clay, (Jn9v6, 11) illustrating the same creative power he had used to create the first man in Genesis2v7. In summary, the miracles he did showed his identity, his divinity and his compassion.

Answer 6

Jesus was proving his diety - that he was God.
Now, it is one thing to claim to be God or to fool someone into believing it is true, and something else entirely to prove it to be so. Christ offered as proof of His claim to deity many miracles and even rose from the dead. Just a few of Jesus' miracles include turning water to wine (John 2:7), walking on water (Matthew 14:25), multiplying physical objects (John 6:11), healing the blind (John 9:7), the lame (Mark 2:3), and the sick (Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:40–42), and even raising people from the dead (John 11:43–44; Luke 7:11–15; Mark 5:35). Moreover, Christ Himself rose from the dead. Far from the so-called dying and rising gods of pagan mythology, nothing like the resurrection is seriously claimed by other religions.

Answer 7

Jesus performed miracles to show that he had God's power in him (given to him by God, not because he was GOD himself), and so that we could believe that he is capable of healing the sick and raising the dead in the new world.

Like a guarantee that he will do it on a grander scale. Can't wait!!!

EDIT: CraigR; if Jesus raised himself- was he REALLY dead? The Bible says clearly that His Father raised him, not he himself!!! (Acts 10:38-42)

Answer 8

Now some people ask, "How can I know God has spoken?"
Just read His word and I'm not jokin.
Raising the dead and healing the blind.
Oh, there's lots of proofs, you'll find.
In the presence of thousands, both friend and foe.
things not done in secret, don't you know.
For when God speaks His word, He understands
we need proof it's His and not man's.


Afterall Jesus said, "The miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me" John 10:25

Answer 9

My nephew thinks is good book in the Bible, it is his name. Jesus did some great things and forecast that Heaven was even better. Like Matt the preacher says, yes my nephew is a preacher, Jesus is all it takes to get to Heaven. It is so hard to get to Heaven, all you do is ask. I am proud of him!!!!

Answer 10

WE are to know the miracles of The Lord, His healing Powers, WE need to know God can do the impossible, Jesus Christ heals us from our sins, gives us forgiveness when we believe, WE had to know that Jesus is the Son, We have to know that, The Lord can do anything, and everything in the Bible is following Prophesy.