IVP New Testament Commentary, Hebrews 2:4.
Do the signs, wonders and various miracles also continue throughout the present age?
It is impossible to set aside the testimony of Christians through the centuries to the miracle-working power of God in human lives.
Many well-attested occurrences of such miracles have been recorded throughout the church centuries, including today.
Missionaries and Christian workers of the most sterling character have reported such miracles in widely separated places and cultures so that it cannot be said that the age of miracles ever ceased.
But it must also be remembered that both Jesus and Paul warn clearly that as the age draws to its close there will be manifestations of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, done through Satanic agencies, which will deceive many (see Mt 24:24 and 2 Thessalonians 2:9)!
It is the effect of these signs and wonders on the lives of those involved which will reveal the genuine teachers from the false ("By their fruit you will recognize them"---Mt 7:15-16).
It must also be considered that the profound power of the mind upon the body often produces dramatic improvements in health.
But these are not always, or even frequently, associated with religious influence.
They are scarcely to be equated with the healings recorded in Scripture, which usually consist of the kind Jesus described to John the Baptist's disciples:
"The blind receive sight, the lame walk those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised" (Mt 11:5).
