When Paul Potts sang “Nessun Dorma” in his first audition on Britain’s Got Talent in 2007, it captured the world’s attention, but it wasn’t just because he was a working man who had incandescent talent. It was because it was God’s announcement of the Great Awakening. It is not a stretch to say that because it is how He works. God throws signs into the earth when He is about to do something, and if He uses people for that, they seldom know it. Giacomo Puccini didn’t know what he was composing when he wrote the opera Turandot in the early 1920s before his death, and Paul Potts didn’t know his audition would become the clarion call to begin a generational sea change. “Nessun Dorma” means “No one (be) asleep,” and the climax towards the end of the song is a declaration of the victory that will come at dawn. That is the very zeitgeist that has been developing and gaining momentum to replace lies and darkness since the announcement was made. The dual message of the song is: “Wake up!” (because) “Victory is certainly coming with the dawn!” (It seems significant that President Trump had it sung from the White House balcony during a public event.)
It should be noted that the signs God gives are missed by the majority of people. They are for those who have eyes to see them, but they become memes that embed His message even into the consciousness of those who have yet to see. Of course, not all events or mysterious happenings are signs from God, and it is a mistake to chase after them, but if you have sharp spiritual senses and keep your eyes open you will see them when they come. Trump is a prime example of a sign the sleeping missed. His very name was a signal that the trumpets were sounding in heaven, and that God was on the move to undo His enemies on the earth.
Well from one perspective, perhaps; but then again, Jesus did tell his followers to both put away their swords, and at another time to take them up. And he definitely intended believers to proclaim the Good News ‘with signs following’. So there can also be a richness and complexity, that often transcends our merely linear minds.
God has also commanded that people seek a sign, but then also, not to ‘test God’.
And in a real sense, all creation (including our human consciousness) can be considered ‘God’s Book’ of comms to us, by which we can more deeply contemplate, understand and cooperate with the unfolding of God’s living, ongoing divine plan.
As to seeking/giving signs, Isaiah 7:10 ff says:
Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, “Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as the netherworld, or high as the heavens.”
But Ahaz refused, saying, “I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!”
Then God said, “Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel…”
http://christswords.com/main/content/mark-1617-and-these-signs-shall-follow-them-believe Mark 16 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; | Christ's Words
In the Greek text … follow -- The term "follow" means ”to follow” or ”go with” in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning ”to be guided by” or ”to follow the meaning of” …
[and] could be a future tense or the tense indicating a specific time in the past, present, or future possibility…