One of the best ways to understand God’s willingness to communicate to people is to note the various methods, some of them quite unexpected, that He has used to give His message. Following is a sample of them and the people He contacted:
Jacob, Zechariah, Mary, Shepherds — contacted by angels — Genesis 32:22-32, Luke 1:13, 30, 2:10
Jacob, Joseph, Baker, Cup-Bearer, Pharaoh, Isaiah, Joseph, Magi — contacted in dreams — Gen. 28:10-22, 37:5-10, 40:5, 41:7-8, Is. 1:1, Matt. 1:20, 2:12-13
Belshazzar — contacted via writing on the wall — Dan. 5:5-9
Balaam — contacted through talking Donkey — Numb, 22:21-35
People of Israel — contacted through pillar of cloud/fire — Exod 13:21-22
Jonah — contacted through being swallowed by a fish — Jonah 2
Abraham, Moses, Jesus at His baptism, Paul — verbal contact — Gen. 12:1-4, Exod. 7:8, Matt. 3:13-17, Acts 18:9
Moses — contacted through fire in bush — Exod. 3:2
People of God today — contacted through God’s Son — Heb. 1:1-2
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