Miracles: Old versus New

I’ve been doing some thinking about miracles. I was discussing my surprise in the doubt of many when it comes to the miraculous, especially pertaining to the Old Testament. Many Christians readily claim that the Old Testament is a book of stories and nothing more, but when asked whether or not they believe in Jesus’ divinity the say “Why yes, of course I do.” I have a few friends at college who aim to emulate Jesus in all they do, yet refuse to acknowledge the Bible’s perfection and authority. I ask you this, what is easier to believe, manipulation of a natural phenomenon, or something completely outside of nature? Well, I’d think that the most logical (and sane) answer is the first. Looking through the Old Testament many miracles are nothing more than a manipulation of nature. The plagues of Egypt were very commonplace yet unfortunately timed occurrences, the great flood is a magnification of an everyday tragedy, and the appearance of quail in the desert could easily be verified. In short, God’s miracles of the Old Testament were simply His intervening in the natural world. God made the word and the laws that surround it, shouldn’t he have the right to step in every once and a while to sway the pieces to His desire? Jesus is very different though, His miracle of rising from the dead is unprecedented in nature. Floods and hail storms happen all the time, but no one rises from the dead. I do not mean to discount the miracle of Jesus, of course it happened and He is our true Savior. I just write this to ask those who disbelieve the Old Testament to look at the straight facts. If you are willing to believe in a miracle completely outside of nature why do you discount a natural occurrence as a child’s story?