The “otherness” of God is manifest to mankind through miracles. When we see miracles that have no other explanation but God, then we accept those miracles as evidence of God. Once again Moroni highlights the irony of the faith-process. The miracles may come as confirmations of faith, but they come after, not before. The specific phrase “he showed not himself until after their faith” returns to the example of the appearance of the Savior to the Nephites at Bountiful.
“If There Be No Faith Among the Children of Men God Can Do No Miracle”
The “otherness” of God is manifest to mankind through miracles. When we see miracles that have no other explanation but God, then we accept those miracles as evidence of God. Once again Moroni highlights the irony of the faith-process. The miracles may come as confirmations of faith, but they come after, not before. The specific phrase “he showed not himself until after their faith” returns to the example of the appearance of the Savior to the Nephites at Bountiful.