Red sky at night, fisherman's delight... Red sky in morning, fisherman's warning. I believe that's how it goes. At some point people learn what to expect out of the world and out of life. Sometimes it comes from wisdom passed on from others, but the majority of that goes in one ear and out the other. I think that experience is the real teacher of these things. We see a red sky in the morning, and later that day the weather is bad. I remember living in Minnesota for a few years, and you could feel that a storm was coming. The sky, the air... you could sense it. I didn't know at first what to expect, but over time I observed and learned.
Jesus' indictment of the Pharisees and Sadducees was that they weren't paying attention. They asked for a sign, yet, Jesus had been giving them signs over and over again. Healings, teachings, miracles. What better signs could you want? Had they observed the signs, they would have seen what the weather was going to be like. Jesus couldn't really give them what they were looking for, because they couldn't recognize the signs that were given.
I think it would be like a bridge that has fallen down. On the road you would put up barricades, maybe some stop signs, or a do not enter sign. Then someone drives off the end of the bridge. After being rescued, the driver is asked, "why did you drive off the end of the bridge? Didn't you see the signs?" The driver replies, "I didn't see any sign that said, "the bridge is out, don't drive off the edge of it!" You don't need signs like that, you just need to pay attention to the signs that are there.
I think when people, even today, want something more out of Jesus, it's really because they want nothing out of Him. There are enough signs. Look at the ones that are there. Feels like a storm brewing to me...
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