Agent Tagging in "Miracles of the Bible" Interactive

Graham Criddle
Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,282
edited November 2024 in English Forum

I was looking into miracles in the Old Testament in preparation for a preaching series and was using the "Miracles of the Bible" Interactive to help select some.

I was surprised to see God not being shown as involved in some of them - see example below:

I know Moses was involved but God was as well! Shouldn't both be shown?

In the Interactive, Agent is defined as "the person or entity responsible for committing the miracle".and there is an overall recognition that all miracles are supernatural acts. So God is behind all of them.

So, more generally, wouldn't we expect to see one of God, Jesus, Holy Spirit identified as an agent in each miracle with - potentially - a human agent identified as well?

Trying to understand the tagging philosophy here.

Thanks, Graham 

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  • Wild Eagle
    Wild Eagle Member Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭

    God was involved in every miracle. If there are agents through whom God did it, then it is easy  for me to find that. But if there is God alone, then God as agent. If you want to see God tagged on every miracle, then Faithlife should tag God on everything: every event, every story, and action  since nothing goes without Him. 

    "No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying." Leonard Ravenhill 

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,282
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/964194#Comment_964194

    Wild Eagle said:

    If there are agents through whom God did it, then it is easy  for me to find that. But if there is God alone, then God as agent.

    That sounds reasonable and is consistent with how the tagging seems to be at the moment - thanks.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,298

    Graham Criddle said:

    I know Moses was involved but God was as well! Shouldn't both be shown?

    Using {Label Miracle WHERE Agent ~ <Person Moses>}  and  {Label Miracle WHERE Agent ~ <Person God>} in a Basic Search

    In the book of Exodus, Moses is Agent 16x and God is Agent 5x 

    Note 1: My result for Moses is higher because Miracles that follow within one verse of another - some Plagues - are not counted in the Search

    Note 2: Between Ex 7:8 & 7:10 and  Ex 16:8 & 16:14 there is some overlap between the Lord stating what will happen and its actual occurrence (Moses).

    Dave
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