The theophany experienced by the disciples is greater than any in the Old Testament.
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When I was younger, a particular kind of 3D picture was popular: You could easily identify the picture at first glance, but if you stared at it long enough, another picture would appear as if magically protruding from the first. The key was looking at it the right way. The same is true for understanding Jesus’s miracles in the Gospels. They’re clearly demonstrations of Jesus’s power. But they communicate more about who he is and what he came to do than may first meet the eye.
With this in mind, let’s revisit Jesus walking on the waters of the Sea of Galilee (Mark 6:45–52; see Matt. 14:22–33; John 6:15–21). In this context, Jesus’s disciples had difficulty rowing their boat in a windstorm. Jesus came to them, walking on the sea amid that same storm. He rescued his disciples from danger, and in so doing, he revealed he is the divine Son of God who leads his disciples in a new exodus.
