How do we, you and I know that God really exists? It can only happen when we personally witness something extradentary, something that is imposable to explain away, a miracle. It is kind of like 'doubting Thomas' in the Bible. When Jesus came back from the dead after being in the grave three days, Thomas couldn't/wouldn't believe that Jesus was alive until he personally saw him and was able to touch His wounds (John 20:24-31). There are people today who have personally witnessed a miracle. They can tell you without a doubt that there is a God.
There are a number of examples in the Bible where a whole group of people all witnessed a miracle, something that could not be explained away, it was evident to them that God exists and that He does as He pleases.
(Exodus chapter 14) When the Israelites were released from bondage out of Egypt (A miracle in itself), God led them to the edge of the Red sea. There was no direction that they could escape from the approaching Egyptians. I can imagine that the Egyptians thought that this was going to be an easy capture or kill. The stupid Israelites had gotten themselves into an inescapable place, no where for them to go. But God divided the sea and dried up the sea bed to allow the Israelites to pass to the other side. When all million or more Israelites were safe on the other side and when the Egyptians entered on the sea floor, God caused the sea floor to become muddy again in order to hold them back. Then He made the waters to collapse on top of them killing all the Egyptians.
There are other examples but I want to get to one more that has to do with Jonah and the Ninevites. What I am about to say has to do with 'The Sign of Jonah' and the post that I did on this. The Ninevites were a very wicked people. When Jonah finally went to Nineveh and told them the words that God wanted him to say, something happened to them; all of them. They suddenly knew God and they knew their condition. This caused everyone to repent, from the smallest all the way up to the king {Jonah 3}.
God says that He will cause every human being on earth to know Him; see my last post 'God Hates The Deeds and The Doctrines of the Nicolaitans -- Revelation 2:6 and 15 '. We don't know when He will do this. But, just as with the Ninevites, it all comes down to what we will do with that knowledge. Will we repent as the Ninevites did or will we sluff it off and continue in our wicked ways? We each will have to decide. As it says very clearly, we will have no excuse saying we didn't know that God exists. .
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