“Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.””
2 Peter 3:3-4 NLT
One of the most impressive evidences against those who mock Jesus is how one must be in order to deny him. Peter lived among these people in his old age and he predicted that more would be coming. For Peter this is particularly incredible because the witnesses to Jesus were still alive. Despite this, people showed themselves to be skeptics and cynics, even while acknowledging the miracles directly in front of them. The Pharisees famously surmised that his power of demons was just demons casting out demons. If this is the nature of a rebellious human heart with God directly in front of it, it is not hard to understand how the cynicism would grow further from his manifestation. That being said, even a cursory look at history shows us that Jesus was unique. The armchair historian who believes that Jesus is not unique is not paying attention. History ahead folded itself around his advent and been irrevocably changed by his presence. We have every reason to believe in him, despite the mockers. Jesus and his resurrection is the best attested fact of antiquity and we ought to be confident about this before we step into the world to share about it.
JOSH McGARY. COM 