Is it not said that for those who believe, that signs and wonders shall follow? (Mark 16:17). And for all those who believe, are they themselves, of themselves, not the greatest sign and wonder to ever follow? That all of fallen creation has ever seen?

     For is a redeemed soul not of itself the greatest miracle or sign that there is, surpassing any other? Above and beyond the signs and wonders of casting out of devils, and of speaking with new tongues? And is a heart that once knew only darkness, but that now walks fully in the light, not the greatest wonder beyond any other for the eyes to behold? More so than the signs and wonders of being able to take up serpents, and lay hands on the sick, that they shall recover?

     With that being said, according to the Holman Bible Dictionary, a “sign” is used of a miracle as evidence of “divine authority”. And just like the law points to Jesus, is a sign not something that likewise “points to God”? Is that not “the purpose” of a sign? And a miracle? Does a sign and a miracle not draw attention to, and showcase, God’s divine authority and His eternal power? And, as His people, are we not called to point to God? Are we not called to be “a sign” unto all the nations? As far as the east is from the west?

     At the same time, the same bible dictionary describes a “wonder” as denoting something unusual that causes the beholder “to marvel”. And are we not described by God Himself as being an “unusual people”? For does the Word of God not say that the LORD has chosen His people to be a peculiar or unusual people? (Deuteronomy 14:2). And are His people not peculiar because He has called them out of darkness into His wonderful light? And are His people not an unusual people because, in a fallen world, they are “a holy people”? Because they stand out, in complete contrast, as something completely different and alien? Which is to be “set apart”, in a foreign land, as “a royal priesthood and a holy nation”? (1 Peter 2:9).

     And is it not a great wonder and marvel that in such dark and perilous times such as these, that anyone is yet able to remain pure and holy? But are His people not able to do so — and to stand, and to remain standing — because they are a miraculous sign of the divine authority of God “made flesh”? Being a sign and wonder of all whose hearts genuinely seek Him? (Jeremiah 29:13).

     And for all those who are peculiar and unusual because they seek Him with all their heart, has He not promised that He will bring them all back from exile? (Jeremiah 29:14). Which is to bring them out of the exile of darkness into the kingdom of light? And has Jesus not promised to come back and to take us to be where He is?

     For unto the unredeemed world, are His people not a sign of the divine nature and the eternal power that is the “divine authority of God” of good over evil, of righteousness over wickedness, of love over selfishness and self-centredness. Which is “the nature” of God that shines its light in the darkness, and darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5). Which, where just like a homing beacon, is the divine authority that we are to all be a sign unto a fallen and dark world that shines its light on a high hill that cannot be overcome or hidden? Which is to be a light that points to God?

     For whilst a sign is a miracle that is “contrary to the natural order of things”, and is seen as only something God could do, a wonder, on the other hand, is the awe that subsequently then marvels at everything that God is able to do. So in this sense, signs will typically and generally precede wonders. And as a sign, are we not “a new creation”? Which is contrary to the natural order of things? Which is especially something that only God can do?

      Another perspective of looking at this is that it has been said that whilst a sign tends to appeal to our “understanding”, a wonder appeals to our “imagination” or awe. And for every one of the redeemed, is the sheer wonder that follows the “understanding” that we are a new creation, not something we all truly marvel at? For are we not the sign and the miracle of being the “salt of the earth”? And of being the “light of the world”? Does this not make each of us a miracle “in the flesh”? One that lives and walks as a living and breathing witness to God’s divine authority, nature and power?

     And being a sign unto the nations, does this not make us especially unusual? For is the nature of being unusual not of itself the very nature of signs and wonders? For are signs and wonders not of themselves unusual? And is it not the nature of a peculiar or unusual people that, wherever they may go, that signs and wonders shall follow them? For does a transformed nature not follow all those unusual people who believe? And is a new heart and a new spirit not the wonder that follows all who believe? For is a spirit, soul and body that can present itself blameless at the coming of the LORD not a sign and wonder that follows all who believe?

     And whilst another great sign and wonder that follows all who believe is to be perfect and entire, lacking nothing (James 1:4), being entirely without spot or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless (Ephesians 5:27), the greatest sign and wonder that is starting to loom over the horizon is when in a flash, and in the twinkling of an eye, “the perishable shall be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality”. (1 Corinthians 15:54).