“...healings miracles, signs, wonders, dreams ,visions etc. were the operating norm as long as God was dealing with Israel...”
The bible does not say this - this is someone’s distorted interpretation of certain verses to support poor theology.
Also see the FIrst Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, Chapter 4, verse 14: Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
There are no verses to back up the statement that here are no faith hearlers. etc., other than speculative/twisted interpretations of certain verses.
sorry meant faith healers not hearlers.
God never intended for his miracles and healings to be limited to a certain age, and sacred scripture does not support this false claim.
Was God's Word COMPLETE at that point? NO. Is God's WORD COMPLETE NOW? Yes. Until His Word was His complete revelation to man, prophecy was necessary. To CONFIRM the READING, EXHORTATION, and DOCTRINE that was received by the churches. Understand this? We no longer have the NEED for CONFIRMATION. It is ALL WRITTEN DOWN FOR US. It's called the HOLY BIBLE.
Now, what about healing.
"Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and THINE OFTEN INFIRMITIES." Tim. 5:23.
Common sense tells you that if faith healing was STILL being performed at that time, what was going on with Timothy, that he had OFTEN INFIRMITIES? More than that, what was going on with Paul that he didn't lay his hands on Timothy and HEAL HIM? Either they were both out of God's loop, or it wasn't being practiced by then.
But I'm sure you know this...