![]() The Creator’s sustaining miracles are ultimately responsible for the conditions and provisions that make ongoing life possible. And Paul refers to the Son as “the image of the invisible God” in whom “all things hold together” (Colossians 1:15, 17). Hebrews describes God’s Son as “sustaining all things by his powerful word” (Hebrews 1:3b). God not only brings the universe into existence he sustains it. Second, sustaining miracles point to the ongoing operation of nature that especially allows humans to exist and flourish. As the psalmist says, “The heavens praise your wonders, Lord” (Psalm 89:5). ![]() Yet in a sense, the very existence of the universe and its natural laws is a miracle. God’s creation of matter cannot be construed as suspending, much less violating, laws of nature because there were no laws of nature prior to the existence of the physical universe. The first type, creational miracles, are divine acts that bring things into existence-like God’s creation of the physical universe. So what are the different types? I think it’s useful to distinguish five types of miracles: (1) creational miracles, (2) sustaining miracles, (3) providential miracles, (4) predictive miracles, and (5) suspension miracles. *Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Truth About God: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It?
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