Why Signs

Jn. 20:30-31

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Jesus was not concerned with the signs in and of themselves, but instead, the signs were a tool to verify that Scripture had been fulfilled and to allow others to believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing, others would have eternal life.
 
First there were the women who saw the angels, the two men in dazzling white. The angel pointedly asked, Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise. They did remember and went and told the disciples all that they had heard and seen. But the disciples did not believe the women, so Peter and John ran to see for themselves.
 
On the road to Emmaus, Jesus came up and talked to two men. Without recognizing Jesus, they told him all that had transpired, the crucifixion and the missing body. Jesus responded, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter in His glory? And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Later He sat down to dinner with the men breaking bread with them, and their eyes were opened. They saw and they knew.
 
Then Jesus appeared to His disciples. Of course, they were frightened as well thinking Jesus was a spirit. Here he showed them His hands and feet, and even asked for something to eat with them. Then He said the crucial words, These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise  from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all nations...They were His witnesses. They would have to go and tell the message to all nations. But the gracious things was that He would empower them from on high. Jesus taught His followers that Scripture was fulfilled, He was truly resurrected, and that in His power, must now go and tell the message, the message of Jesus.
 
Father,
Give me Your power to tell the glorious message of Jesus' life and resurrection. Help me to proclaim boldly the message of Your gospel.
In Jesus name,
Amen