“If Thou Wilt Show Me a Sign”
Korihor is banking on the prevalence of an important principle—that generally speaking God does not give signs to the unfaithful. Anti-Christs know this. They know, as does their master, that signs follow faith, that the heavens seldom if ever vouchsafe the miraculous and the wondrous in behalf of the unbelieving. And thus when no sign is given they feel they have evidence for their own position. Unfortunately for this strategy, as in the cases of Sherem (see Jacob 7), an exception is made; a sign is granted, a condemnatory sign. For a discussion of the perilous end of sign-seekers see Commentary 2:87-89.
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