393. See Marvelous Things
Micah 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
God promises He will show us marvelous things. We will see marvels, miracles and wonders. All of these signs are designed to lead us to praise and thank the Lord, and the signs point us to Christ as our Savior. The marvelous things are nothing special in and of themselves. The marvelous things are temporary, and soon after the miracle, the healing, the deliverance, or the great salvation things return to normal and life goes on. Nature miracles subside and nature returns to normal processes; healings are good for a while and then we die later anyway; resurrections from the dead are nice but then the person dies again anyway.
The purpose of the marvelous things is not just to experience wonders nor even is it to fix everything. The purpose is to point us to the wonder-working God who is the Person who saves eternally. God is our marvel; God is our wonder; God is our miracle; God is our life. He is eternal and makes us eternal through faith in Christ. We don’t need the temporary healing as much as we need the permanent healing and eternal life. This is the marvel God gives, and we trust His promise that the Lord will show us these things.
The marvels He will show us will be according to the days of our coming out of the land of Egypt. The Exodus Event is the bedrock of the Biblical revelation. God did many signs, wonders, and miracles in the days of Moses. God did many marvels in the days of Jesus and the Apostles. He is still doing wonders and working marvels in our own day. “The days of the coming out of Egypt” showed God’s judgments upon idolatry and unbelief, and they showed God miraculous salvation and provision. These are wonderful things, but they are still pointers. The marvels point to the God who saves us eternally in Christ. It is all about knowing Him and knowing Him better and better. He is life. He is Salvation. He is eternal. Christ worked the same kind of salvation from bondage. Sin was judged; salvation earned; life given.
What God did once through Moses He did again through Jesus Christ, but it was spiritual and eternal. What God did once through Christ He does again and again in our lives. And He promises to do it forever in the future.